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<h1 class="reader-title">Israel Targets UN Rights Office with
‘Exceptional and Harsh Measure’</h1>
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<div class="reader-estimated-time">February 13, 2020<br>
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<p><strong>By <a
href="http://www.palestinechronicle.com/writers/palestine-chronicle-staff"
title="Display all articles for Palestine Chronicle
Staff">Palestine Chronicle Staff</a></strong></p>
<p><span>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.</span></p>
<p><span>Israel’s Foreign Minister<b> </b>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.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Israel Suspends Ties with UN
Bachelet after Settlement Blacklist TEHRAN (Iran News)
– Israel suspended its ties with UN High Commissioner
for Human Rights Michelle <a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Israel?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Israel</a>
<a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IsraeliOccupation?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IsraeliOccupation</a>
<a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OHCHR?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OHCHR</a>
<a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UN?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UN</a>
<a href="https://t.co/K73ujWxnJ8">pic.twitter.com/K73ujWxnJ8</a></p>
<p>— irannewsdaily (@irannewsdaily) <a
href="https://twitter.com/irannewsdaily/status/1227920567979905024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February
13, 2020</a></p>
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<p><span>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.</span></p>
<p><span>“It was not immediately clear what practical
implications the decision would have,” The Times of
Israel newspaper reported, adding that,<b> </b>“the
commissioner’s office has representatives stationed in
Israel, but they are not known to enjoy good working
relations with Israeli diplomats.”</span></p>
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<p><span>“Officials in Jerusalem on Wednesday evening
merely said that any requests they may have will not
be answered as of today.”</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">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.</p>
<p>Read more: <a href="https://t.co/AhyZDVg9Wt">https://t.co/AhyZDVg9Wt</a>
<a href="https://t.co/1Ry8suNjgx">pic.twitter.com/1Ry8suNjgx</a></p>
<p>— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) <a
href="https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/status/1227872537683615744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February
13, 2020</a></p>
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<p><span>“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.” </span></p>
<p><span>“At this point, Israel holds no sway at the UN,
with the exception of the UN Security Council, thanks
to the US veto.” </span></p>
<p><span>Earlier on Wednesday, </span><span>OHCHR had
released a report, listing over one hundred businesses
that benefit from the Israeli occupation. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">See Full List Below: <a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UN?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UN</a>
Blacklists 112 Businesses that Enable <a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IsraeliOccupation?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IsraeliOccupation</a>
of Palestine <a href="https://t.co/M1KNSxdzvU">https://t.co/M1KNSxdzvU</a>
via <a
href="https://twitter.com/PalestineChron?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PalestineChron</a>
<a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OHCHR?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OHCHR</a>
<a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bachelet?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Bachelet</a>
<a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UnitedNations?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UnitedNations</a>
<a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/settlements?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#settlements</a>
<a href="https://t.co/Ke0eS4zfrC">pic.twitter.com/Ke0eS4zfrC</a></p>
<p>— Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) <a
href="https://twitter.com/PalestineChron/status/1227691010760859650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February
12, 2020</a></p>
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<p><span>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. </span></p>
<p><span>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also
slammed the decision, accusing the UN rights council
of being a “biased and uninfluential body”. </span></p>
<p><span><i>(The Palestine Chronicle)</i></span></p>
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