UN's Rima Khalaf quits over report accusing Israel of apartheid

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

UN's Rima Khalaf quits over report accusing Israel of apartheid

17 March 2017 Middle East

A UN official has resigned after saying the UN had pressured her to withdraw a report accusing Israel of apartheid over its treatment of Palestinians.

The report was published by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), led by Under Secretary General Rima Khalaf.

She had said it was the first to conclude Israel was a racist state.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres had distanced himself from the report, saying it reflected its authors' views.

As of Friday, it was no longer visible on the ESCWA's website.

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[Mosby]

1. Good

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This obsession the Arab states have with Israel needs to be dialed back at the UN, the ESCWA* should focus on real, not imagined problems in the ME, like economic and social rights for women in the Arab world. If they can't do that they should be disbanded.


* ESCWA Member States
Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, The Sudan, The Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, The United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

[sabbat hunter]

2. Well let's face it

the Arab states focus on Israel (and their populace anger) on Israel, so avoid focus on their economic, social issues (not just with women, but high unemployment, concentration of wealth among the very few in the oil producing countries, etc)