Comments on: Human rights and Israel http://themoderatevoice.com/7204/human-rights-and-israel/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:05:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Pyst http://themoderatevoice.com/7204/human-rights-and-israel/comment-page-1/#comment-10137 Pyst Sun, 13 Aug 2006 06:02:41 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/2006/08/11/uncategorized/human-rights-and-israel/#comment-10137 Good question, and I'd answer your question if a post about the UN security council adressing terrorism sponsoring comes up. Instead I'll stick to the subject at hand, which is the UN human right commission. 2 very differrent subjects there. PING: TITLE: Same Old Same Old BLOG NAME: The Debate Link University of Missouri International Law scholar Peggy McGuinness has the latest episode in the farce that has become the UN Human Rights Council. Over the past 40 years, a full 30% of the HRC's resolutions were directed at Israel. Though this new bo... Good question, and I’d answer your question if a post about the UN security council adressing terrorism sponsoring comes up. Instead I’ll stick to the subject at hand, which is the UN human right commission.

2 very differrent subjects there.

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TITLE: Same Old Same Old
BLOG NAME: The Debate Link
University of Missouri International Law scholar Peggy McGuinness has the latest episode in the farce that has become the UN Human Rights Council. Over the past 40 years, a full 30% of the HRC’s resolutions were directed at Israel. Though this new bo…

]]> By: C Stanley http://themoderatevoice.com/7204/human-rights-and-israel/comment-page-1/#comment-10136 C Stanley Sat, 12 Aug 2006 16:01:41 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/2006/08/11/uncategorized/human-rights-and-israel/#comment-10136 <blockquote> Pyst (mail): "The resolution’s operative paragraphs said nothing about Hezbollah or the killing of Israeli civilians." I got a theory why the resoulution didn't mention Hezbollah. They aren't recognized as a nation, or UN member and Israel is. Therefore Israle agrees with the UN charter about human rights, and Hezbollah is an outlaw organization not recognized by the UN hence them being absent from the resolution. The UN only polices it's own members, and would probably turna blind eye entirely towards Israel stomping Hezbollah into the ground. But Lebanon is a member of the UN and is taking a beating by another member, hence the resolution. </blockquote> OK, you've got a point but why doesn't the UN hold it's members accountable for being state sponsors of the groups that are committing human rights violations and other acts of terrorism??

Pyst (mail):
“The resolution’s operative paragraphs said nothing about Hezbollah or the killing of Israeli civilians.”

I got a theory why the resoulution didn’t mention Hezbollah. They aren’t recognized as a nation, or UN member and Israel is. Therefore Israle agrees with the UN charter about human rights, and Hezbollah is an outlaw organization not recognized by the UN hence them being absent from the resolution. The UN only polices it’s own members, and would probably turna blind eye entirely towards Israel stomping Hezbollah into the ground. But Lebanon is a member of the UN and is taking a beating by another member, hence the resolution.

OK, you’ve got a point but why doesn’t the UN hold it’s members accountable for being state sponsors of the groups that are committing human rights violations and other acts of terrorism??

]]> By: Pyst http://themoderatevoice.com/7204/human-rights-and-israel/comment-page-1/#comment-10135 Pyst Fri, 11 Aug 2006 23:45:54 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/2006/08/11/uncategorized/human-rights-and-israel/#comment-10135 "The resolution’s operative paragraphs said nothing about Hezbollah or the killing of Israeli civilians." I got a theory why the resoulution didn't mention Hezbollah. They aren't recognized as a nation, or UN member and Israel is. Therefore Israle agrees with the UN charter about human rights, and Hezbollah is an outlaw organization not recognized by the UN hence them being absent from the resolution. The UN only polices it's own members, and would probably turna blind eye entirely towards Israel stomping Hezbollah into the ground. But Lebanon is a member of the UN and is taking a beating by another member, hence the resolution. Yeah that's a simplistic way of putting this but we see much more simplistic demands made of the UN by Israel quite often. Israel thumbs it's nose at the UN resolutions all the time without regard, so no complaining because Israel won't care what they say anyways. But on the flip side Israel shouldn't run to the UN to condem anyone either. Maybe they should either quit or comply, not use it as political propoganda all the time only to be more or less a rougue member at the end of the day. It's become completely obvious they aren't ever going to abide by the many resolutions against them, and only abide by ones that are completely in their favour, so quit. “The resolution’s operative paragraphs said nothing about Hezbollah or the killing of Israeli civilians.”

I got a theory why the resoulution didn’t mention Hezbollah. They aren’t recognized as a nation, or UN member and Israel is. Therefore Israle agrees with the UN charter about human rights, and Hezbollah is an outlaw organization not recognized by the UN hence them being absent from the resolution. The UN only polices it’s own members, and would probably turna blind eye entirely towards Israel stomping Hezbollah into the ground. But Lebanon is a member of the UN and is taking a beating by another member, hence the resolution.

Yeah that’s a simplistic way of putting this but we see much more simplistic demands made of the UN by Israel quite often. Israel thumbs it’s nose at the UN resolutions all the time without regard, so no complaining because Israel won’t care what they say anyways. But on the flip side Israel shouldn’t run to the UN to condem anyone either. Maybe they should either quit or comply, not use it as political propoganda all the time only to be more or less a rougue member at the end of the day. It’s become completely obvious they aren’t ever going to abide by the many resolutions against them, and only abide by ones that are completely in their favour, so quit.

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