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Israel denounces the vile, anti-Zionist UN body that employs the sheep’s clothing of ‘human rights’ to mask its eliminationist intentions: From AP:

UNITED NATIONS - Israel accused the UN Human Rights Council Tuesday of targeting the Jewish state "in an obsessive and discriminatory fashion," but Egypt said it is imperative that the UN body investigate violations of Palestinian rights.

The performance of the council, which replaced the discredited UN Human Rights Commission 2 1/2 years ago, was the subject of debate in the General Assembly which was considering the annual report of the Geneva-based council.

Israel's deputy UN ambassador Daniel Carmon told the 192-country world body that since it considered last year's report the council had adopted seven resolutions condemning Israel and held "a one-sided special session against Israel" - far more than any other member of the United Nations.

"We all witness a UN human rights body targeting Israel in an obsessive and discriminatory fashion," Carmon said.

But Egypt's UN Ambassador Maged Abdelaziz told the assembly the council must ensure "respect of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories." He added that it must also verify Israel's adherence to international obligations such as co-operating with the UN investigators in the Palestinian territories.

Abdelaziz noted Israeli officials refused to co-operate with Archbishop Desmond Tutu's investigation into the 2006 shelling of the Gaza town of Beit Hanoun and the simultaneous firing by Palestinian militants of Qassam rockets at Israeli civilians.

One aim in replacing the highly politicized Human Rights Commission with the Human Rights Council was to keep some of the world's worst human rights offenders from becoming members.

But the council has been widely criticized for failing to change many of the commission's practices, including putting much more emphasis on allegations of human rights abuses by Israel than on any other country.

Muslim countries form a strong bloc on the council and have used their votes to push through resolutions against Israel and block condemnation of their allies, including Sudan. The United States argued against the council and has not sought to join it because rights-abusing countries remain members.

Will that change with Obama at the helm? We shall see. My sense is that if a Bush administration was unwilling to engage in plain speaking about the eliminationist agenda (which will be on display at the upcoming Durban Wannsee II conference), no way the lefties will do so. In fact, America’s attendance at the Jew-bash is pretty much a sure thing now.

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