Pre-Purim portents

Rosh Chodesh Adar (the new month of Adar) has arrived, and that means Purim is not far away. Read more

Lapid: ‘Without peace talks, 2022 will likely see Israel designated apartheid state’

Israeli Foreign Minister has called for a diplomatic dialogue with the Palestinians, citing concerns that otherwise international organizations may designate Israel an apartheid state. Read more

The escalating international war against Israel

At the U.N. General Assembly last month, a large majority of member nations voted to lavishly fund a permanent inquisition against the Jewish state. Read more

‘Shame on You!’ Israel’s envoy tears up Human Rights Council report at General Assembly

The United Nations General Assembly held a special session on Friday during which Nazhat Shameem Khan, President of the Human Rights Council, presented the UNHRC’s annual report to all UN member states. Read more

US re-elected to UN Human Rights Council, vows to ‘push back’ against anti-Israel bias

The United States was elected to the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Thursday, reversing a move by the Trump administration, which withdrew from the international body in 2018 over its anti-Israel prejudice. Read more

The inevitable inequitable application of proposed laws

Ben & Jerry’s decision to stop selling ice cream in Jewish communities in the West Bank has caused ripples – and may be a breach of US laws that prohibit discriminatory boycotts. Read more

Blinken blunders and other balagan

For those uninitiated in the nuances of modern Israeli discourse, balagan loosely translated means chaos or fiasco. Read more

‘Obsessive and biased’: Israel slams UN Human Rights Council following vote on anti-Israel items

Israel’s diplomatic leadership had harsh words for the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) following several resolutions it adopted against Israel. Read more

Engaging with the UN Human Rights Council

Many people who have never heard of the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) might reasonably ask why this body has the name that it does, upon learning that one of its members, China, is currently engaged in genocide against its Uyghur Muslim minority. Read more

New report by human-rights group responds to anti-Israeli bias perpetuated at UNHRC

Geneva-based independent human-rights group UN Watch has published a detailed report in advance of the 46th session of the U.N. Human Rights Council, which is scheduled to open this month on Feb. 22 in Geneva and run until March 23. Read more

UNHCR’s blacklist, the ICC and Zionism as racism – these are the 2021 antisemitism trends

The focus on Zionism as a supposedly racist and exclusionary political ideology will intensify, the UNHCR’s blacklist is expected to return and the ICC will continue its campaign against Israel, these as the anti-Israel and antisemitic trends for 2021 according to the International Legal Forum (ILF). Read more

Report to UNHRC on Israel’s crime against humanity denounced

World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has vigorously denounced a report submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council accusing Israeli security forces of having committed crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip. Read more

World Jewish Congress urges UNHRC commission of inquiry on Gaza to remain independent and impartial

The World Jewish Congress is calling on the United Nations Human Rights Council’s commission of inquiry on Gaza, whose three members were appointed this week, to ensure that it “maintains the highest levels of balance and objectivity” when investigating the events of the recent protests on the Israel-Gaza border. Read more

Danby: Australia to stay in UNHRC but join the US in fighting anti-Israel bias at the UN

Australia should remain in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), but in America’s absence we will have to fight even harder for the organisation based at the old League of Nations headquarters in Geneva, to rebalance its focus on international human rights…writes Michael Danby. Read more

WJC applauds United States’ UNHRC withdrawl

The World Jewish Congress has applauded the United States’ decision to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council over its obsessive and biased focus on the State of Israel. Read more

Netanyahu, Danon praise US decision to leave UNHRC

Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has thanked the Trump administration for the decision to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), saying the world body had  “betrayed its mission of protecting human rights”. Read more

Citing ‘chronic bias against Israel’ the US quits the UN Human Rights Council

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced on Tuesday that the U.S. is pulling out of the U.N. Human Rights Council, citing the world body’s “chronic” bias against Israel as one of the primary factors for the withdrawal. Read more

Australia takes a seat at the United Nations Human Right Council

Australia’s second session as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) commences in Geneva today. Read more

British demand that UN Human Rights Council end its anti-Israel bias

The United Kingdom called on the United Nations Human Rights Council to ends its long-standing bias against Israel and drop the controversial agenda item singling out the Jewish state. Read more

US threatens to withdraw from UN Human Rights Council over anti-Israel bias

The United States is close to withdrawing from the U.N. Human Rights Council after talks to reform the Council have failed to meet Washington’s demands. Read more

On the other hand…writes Michael Kuttner

Discoveries, innovations and world “firsts” combined with other positive developments kick start the post (Jewish) New Year into high gear. Read more

Hope for reason to prevail at the UNHRC as Australia takes its place

The Jewish community has welcomed the Australia’s election to Unite Nations Human Right Council. Read more

(UN)limited obsessions continue…writes Michael Kuttner

Another week and more obsessive, unmitigated outpourings of condemnation issue forth from groups which are dedicated to slandering the Jewish State. Read more

United Nations: Convergence of Hypocrisy, Deceit, and Evil…writes Isi Leibler

Israel was the first country to boycott the annual human rights review presented at the bogus United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Despite being tacitly rebuked by the US, Israel was justified in doing so. For years, whilst ignoring the rampant denial of human rights and the butchering of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians throughout the world, the proceedings of this despicably biased body were concentrated on relentlessly condemning, demonizing and delegitimizing the Jewish state. Read more