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Biden’s bad foreign-policy deals

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Because Barack Obama struck me as a clever fellow, I never understood why, when negotiating with despots, he failed to utilize the leverage available to him. For instance, he might have said to Russian President Vladimir...
View of the U.N. Human Rights Council special session on “the deteriorating human-rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem,” May 2018. Photo by Elma Okic/U.N.

UNHRC delays Israeli-Palestinian debate due to coronavirus

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The U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has delayed its 43rd session in Geneva, therefore suspending the Agenda 7 debate on the Israeli-Palestinian debate, due to the coronavirus pandemic. “The Bureau discussed with the UNOG  Director...
Becca Wertman, deputy editor and Canada Desk researcher at Jerusalem-based research institute NGO Monitor, speaks during the presentation of Agenda Item 7 at the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva on Sept. 23, 2019. Credit: Screenshot.

Authoritarian countries take the stand against Israel at UN

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As Western democracies left the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) plenary in Geneva on Sept. 23, boycotting the presentation of Agenda Item 7, the notorious agenda item in which Israel is singled out at...
Geneva, home to the United Nations Human Rights Council, or UNHRC. Credit: EJP.

UNHRC adopts five resolutions condemning Israel and its various actions

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The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted on Friday five resolutions condemning Israel. One that was related to accusations of Israeli abuses in the Golan Heights passed by a tally of 26 in favor, 16...
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid bin Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein. Credit: U.N. Photo/Pierre Albouy

UN Human Rights Council approves ‘war crimes’ probe into Gaza deaths; Israel and US...

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The United Nations Human Rights Council approved a “war crimes” probe on Friday to “provide recommendations to protect civilians against any further assaults” in the Gaza Strip. The resolution was approved in a 29-2 vote,...