US Furious Over Another Scathing UN Report On Israeli Abuses
He decried how Israel’s “illegal settlement enterprise has moved at
an alarming pace” since Donald Trump assumed the U.S. presidency in
January, calling the practice a “flagrant violation” of international
law.
His report also pointed to how the illegal settlement building is
accompanied by “high rates of demolition of Palestinian homes in the
West Bank, including East Jerusalem.”
Israel and its supporters, notably in Washington, have repeatedly
highlighted Agenda Item Seven as evidence of the council’s credibility
gap, arguing it cannot be effective while disproportionately targeting
Israel.
The U.S. has taken those concerns to the next level, with its top
diplomat Rex Tillerson publicly threatening to withdraw from the council
over its “biased agenda item against Israel.”
The U.S. and Israel boycotted Monday’s session that saw a group of
majority Muslim nations repeatedly denounce Israel’s treatment of the
Palestinians.
Lynk’s scathing findings were issued days after U.N. official Rima Khalaf resigned over another report in which she accused Israel of being an “apartheid state.”
A Palestinian child looks at Israeli soldiers patrolling in the West
Bank city of Hebron, Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. (AP/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
