US ENVOY LEADS PROTEST OVER ANTI-ISRAELI 'BIGOTRY' AT UN COUNCIL
The UN Human Rights Council has a dedicated
fixture on its schedule which is exclusively devoted to resolutions condemning
Israel's treatment of the Palestinians, which is known as Agenda Item 7 (AFP
Photo/Fabrice COFFRINI)
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Geneva (AFP) - The US ambassador to Germany
led protests outside the UN Monday over what he termed the "bigotry"
faced by Israel at the Human Rights Council, as nations weighed condemnations
of the Jewish state.
Several hundred people joined the protests
which were largely focused on the council's so-called Agenda Item 7, a fixture
on the council's schedule exclusively devoted to resolutions condemning
Israel's treatment of the Palestinians.
Israel is the only country with a dedicated
agenda item, which is one of the main factors that prompted the United States
to leave the rights council last year.
"This is not just a form of bigotry. It
is a sign of intellectual and moral decay," US envoy Richard Grenell told
the crowd.
"Like a drug-addiction, anti-Semitism is
both a disease and a source of comfort" for states that habitually condemn
Israel at the UN, said Grenell, who stirred controversy in Germany last year
over his stated ambition to promote conservatives throughout Europe.
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