(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon- The UN special rapporteur on the right to food, Jean Ziegler, should be removed from his post for urging the EU to suspend ties with Israel, Israeli officials said Thursday. According to AFP, Ziegler has called on the EU to suspend its association agreement with Israel and hints of the use of possible sanctions. Daniel Meron, head of the Foreign Ministry's human rights and organizations department, said that Ziegler, a Swiss university lecturer and leader in the Socialist International, is a constant critic of Israel and abuses his mandate by unfairly "singling out Israel." UN Watch submitted a dossier against Ziegler to the UN Commission on Human Rights in July, saying his actions "evince a pattern of selective treatment of Israel."
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