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Israel Accuses UN Children's Rights Envoy of "Improper Conduct"


(Reuters) Louis Charbonneau - Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor has accused Leila Zerrougui of Algeria, the UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, of "biased conduct against Israel" for a report criticizing Israel. Prosor said the report disproportionately focused on Israel, even though Iraq had the highest number of child casualties; the report includes 32 paragraphs on Israel, compared with eight on Iraq. Zerrougui's report did not mention Hamas, even though Israel told Zerrougui's office how Hamas rockets severely damaged Israeli medical centers and schools.
2015-06-18 00:00:00
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