[AP] Eliane Engeler - Jean Ziegler, a Swiss legal expert and outspoken critic of Israel, was elected Wednesday as one of 18 advisers to the UN Human Rights Council. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, had demanded the Swiss government withdraw its support for Ziegler's nomination because of what she called his anti-Semitic statements and support for dictators. She also accused Ziegler of using "his platform [as a UN expert] to consistently attack America and Israel."
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