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Due to Disregard for Palestinian Human Rights, UN Advised to Leave Quartet.
« on: 2007-10-16 11:25:30 » |
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UN should leave the Mideast Quartet
Source: Jerusalem Post
Authors: Not Credited (JPost.com staff)
Dated: 2007-10-15
The UN should leave the Mideast Quartet unless the group starts taking Palestinian human rights seriously, a UN envoy was quoted by Israel Radio as saying Monday.
John Dugard, the UN's special observer on human rights for the Palestinian territories, told BBC the world body "does itself little good" by remaining in the Mideast Quartet, comprised of the US, the EU, Russia and the UN.
"In my most recent report to the General Assembly...I will suggest that the secretary general withdraw the UN from the Quartet, if the Quartet fails to have regard to the human rights situation in the Palestinian territories," Dugard said.
The South African, who has served in the independent post since 2001, said IDF checkpoints in the West Bank were meant to divide the territory into "cantons" and "make the life of Palestinians as miserable as possible".
An Israeli source downplayed Dugard's remarks, citing his "well-known pro-Palestinian bias."
*Hermit: Sadly this does not seem to have been reported by Ha'Aretz. Given that John Dugard, is the Special Rapporteur on the "Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Areas", it is little wonder that he reports on this and difficult to take seriously those who attempt to translate his doing his job into a "pro-Palestinian bias". Then again, even if it were not one's job, a simple evaluation of official Israeli statistics, or photographs from the Palestine would convince anyone without a massive "pro-Israeli" bias that the State of Israel is apparently doing its best to make apartheid look like the kinder, gentler face of racism and bigotry while disregarding those bits of International law it is not driving Merkava over or through.
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