Kerry Defends Israel Before UN Human Rights Council

March 3, 2015

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John Kerry Gives Up on Peace

US Secretary of State John Kerry defended Israel on Monday before the UN Human Rights Council, urging its members to end its blatantly biased attitudes towards the Jewish state.

Kerry’s comments come as the Obama administration is fielding criticism of not strongly supporting Israel, especially as the US pursues a nuclear deal with Iran.

The secretary of state slammed the council for undermining the State of Israel and its credibility. Israel is a frequent target of the council, who has ordered copious investigations against Israel and passed resolutions against the Jewish state.

In his speech denouncing human rights abuses in Ukraine, Syria and North Korea, Kerry turned his focus for several minutes on what he said is the council’s “deeply concerning record on Israel.”

“No one in this room can deny that there is an unbalanced focus on one democratic country,” he stated. Kerry criticized the council for having Israel as part of its permanent agenda, treatment which is not given to any other country.

 

“It must be said the (council’s) obsession with Israel actually risks undermining the credibility of the entire organization,” he added.

The Obama administration has been on a media blitz this week as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to address Congress on Tuesday. The administration has reiterated its strong commitment to Israel’s defense and the unbreakable bond between the two countries.

Kerry noted the administrations previous interventions on behalf of Israel at the council and other international forums, which have numbered in the several hundred over the last two years.

“We will oppose any effort by any group or participant in the UN system to arbitrarily and regularly delegitimize or isolate Israel,” he said. “When it comes to human rights no country on earth should be free from scrutiny but neither should any country be subject to unfair or unfounded bias.”

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