Posts Tagged: UN Watch
Watchdog: Head of UN Probe Must Resign Over ‘Demonstrable Bias Against Israel’
A watchdog group on Monday called for the chair of the United Nations commission of inquiry into the May conflict between Israel and the Palestinian...
Facebook Threatens to Ban Head of UN Watchdog for Post Critical of Taliban, BDS Movement
Facebook has threatened to ban the head of the watchdog group UN Watch due to alleged content violations, including a post denouncing the Taliban and...
Watchdog Condemns United Nations After Raft of ‘One-Sided’ Resolutions Adopted Against Israel
A leading United Nations watchdog group on Thursday condemned the passage of three General Assembly resolutions attacking Israel, describing the "assault" on the Jewish state...
UN Watchdog Group Demands Secretary-General End Censorship of UNRWA Antisemitism
A prominent watchdog group called on Tuesday for the UN Secretary-General to intervene over what it called the international body’s "ban" on identifying the antisemitism...
UNHRC Stops Video Quoting Antisemitic Posts by UNRWA Teachers
i24 News - President of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Nazhat Shameem Khan on Friday cut off a video presentation by UN Watch...
Israeli Officials, Human Rights Activists Condemn EU for Envoy Appearance at Iranian Presidential Ceremony Next to Terrorist Leaders
Israeli officials and human rights activists criticized the presence of a top European Union diplomat seated immediately behind senior leaders of the Hamas and Hezbollah...
Head of Human Rights Watch Faces Storm of Criticism After ‘Blaming’ Israel for UK Antisemitism
The head of the NGO Human Rights Watch faced a storm of criticism on Monday for pinning a rise in antisemitic violence targeting British Jews...
Jewish Refugees From Arab and Muslim Countries Recognized on United Nations World Refugee Day
In honor of United Nations World Refugee Day on Sunday, Israel and Jewish organizations remembered the often forgotten story of the nearly one million Jews...
Dozens of NGOs Urge UN Action to Free Gaza Peace Activist Detained by Hamas
Dozens of NGOs issued a joint statement on Monday calling on the UN Human Rights Council to seek the release of a Palestinian peace activist...
ECOSOC Members Slammed for ‘Hijacking’ UN Body to Push Anti-Israel Agenda
A watchdog group has slammed members of the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for “hijacking” the body to push an anti-Israel agenda. Commenting on an...
NGO Coalition Protests to UN Against Continued Detention of Gaza Peace Activist by Hamas
A coalition of 70 NGOs lodged a legal complaint with the United Nations on Wednesday against the ongoing detention of a Palestinian peace activist by...
UN Official Slammed for ‘Ignoring’ Human Rights Abuses by Palestinians
The Geneva-based monitoring group UN Watch issued a stinging rebuttal on Thursday to an anti-Israel report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) by...
Watchdog Group Slams UN Human Rights Council After Presentation of ‘Blacklist’ of Companies Doing Business in Settlements
The United Nations Human Rights Council, long noted for its hostility to Israel, was formally presented with a “blacklist” of various companies doing business in...
Finnish Amnesty International Board Member Says Israel Worse Than Hezbollah
An Amnesty International board member from Finland was criticized on Monday after denouncing Germany’s decision to ban the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah. Syksy Räsänen, a Finnish...
