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U.S. Envoy Says Criticism of Israel at UN Is "Appalling"

(Middle East Eye-UK) Ali Harb - U.S. Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday that it is "appalling that the [UN Human Rights] Council has one standing agenda - and that's Israel - when there's so many other countries that are committing human rights violations." She added: "We've seen that countries that have put Israel on the agenda on a regular basis have expressed views that are anti-Semitic, and many of those countries are in the Middle East." "We will fight against every effort wherever it takes place to undermine or diminish or question Israel's right to exist," she said. "And we have committed to fighting those efforts at the United Nations when unfair resolutions have been raised targeting Israel."
2021-06-17 00:00:00
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