[News] Israel Targets UN Rights Office with ‘Exceptional and Harsh Measure’

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http://www.palestinechronicle.com/israel-targets-un-rights-office-with-exceptional-and-harsh-measure/ 



  Israel Targets UN Rights Office with ‘Exceptional and Harsh Measure’

February 13, 2020

*By Palestine Chronicle Staff 
<http://www.palestinechronicle.com/writers/palestine-chronicle-staff>*

Israel lashed out at the United Nations High Commissioner for Human 
Rights on Wednesday, soon after the UN body revealed a list of companies 
that have ties with illegal Jewish settlements in occupied Palestinian 
Territories.

Israel’s Foreign Minister**Israel Katz has reportedly ordered the 
“exceptional and harsh measure” of suspending its ties with Michelle 
Bachelet’s OHCHR in retaliation to the latter’s decision to publish the 
list after years of delay.

    Israel Suspends Ties with UN Bachelet after Settlement Blacklist
    TEHRAN (Iran News) – Israel suspended its ties with UN High
    Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle #Israel
    <https://twitter.com/hashtag/Israel?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>
    #IsraeliOccupation
    <https://twitter.com/hashtag/IsraeliOccupation?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>
    #OHCHR
    <https://twitter.com/hashtag/OHCHR?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw> #UN
    <https://twitter.com/hashtag/UN?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>
    pic.twitter.com/K73ujWxnJ8 <https://t.co/K73ujWxnJ8>

    — irannewsdaily (@irannewsdaily) February 13, 2020
    <https://twitter.com/irannewsdaily/status/1227920567979905024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>

OHCHR is “serving the BDS campaign,” Katz’s office claimed, referring to 
the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which aims to hold 
Israel accountable for its human rights violations and military 
occupation of Palestine.

“It was not immediately clear what practical implications the decision 
would have,” The Times of Israel newspaper reported, adding that,**“the 
commissioner’s office has representatives stationed in Israel, but they 
are not known to enjoy good working relations with Israeli diplomats.”

    “Officials in Jerusalem on Wednesday evening merely said that any
    requests they may have will not be answered as of today.”

    Airbnb, Expedia, TripAdvisor and Motorola are among a list of
    companies named by the UN human rights office for having business
    ties to illegal Israeli settlements.

    Read more: https://t.co/AhyZDVg9Wt pic.twitter.com/1Ry8suNjgx
    <https://t.co/1Ry8suNjgx>

    — Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) February 13, 2020
    <https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/status/1227872537683615744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>

“The Israeli decision is inconsequential and all of this is mere 
political saber-rattling,” said Ramzy Baroud, Palestinian journalist and 
editor of The Palestine Chronicle, “because Israel has already isolated 
itself from all relevant UN bodies such as UNHCR, UNESCO, and UNRWA.”

“At this point, Israel holds no sway at the UN, with the exception of 
the UN Security Council, thanks to the US veto.”

Earlier on Wednesday, OHCHR had released a report, listing over one 
hundred businesses that benefit from the Israeli occupation.

    See Full List Below: #UN
    <https://twitter.com/hashtag/UN?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>
    Blacklists 112 Businesses that Enable #IsraeliOccupation
    <https://twitter.com/hashtag/IsraeliOccupation?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>
    of Palestine https://t.co/M1KNSxdzvU via @PalestineChron
    <https://twitter.com/PalestineChron?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw> #OHCHR
    <https://twitter.com/hashtag/OHCHR?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>
    #Bachelet
    <https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bachelet?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>
    #UnitedNations
    <https://twitter.com/hashtag/UnitedNations?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>
    #settlements
    <https://twitter.com/hashtag/settlements?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>
    pic.twitter.com/Ke0eS4zfrC <https://t.co/Ke0eS4zfrC>

    — Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) February 12, 2020
    <https://twitter.com/PalestineChron/status/1227691010760859650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>

Expectedly, Israel’s foreign ministry accused the UN of “shameful 
capitulation” to pro-Palestine groups, while Palestinian Foreign 
Minister Riyad Al-Maliki described the report as a victory for 
international law.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also slammed the decision, 
accusing the UN rights council of being a “biased and uninfluential body”.

/(The Palestine Chronicle)/

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