Re: UN call Israel a racist state

Obviously the independent was pro Arab.


Why obviously? Because in your view anyone who criticizes Israel must be biased against all Jews?


"Al Smith" <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eLuDh.123325$Y6.47865@xxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,253906,00.html
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>> GENEVA — An independent report commissioned by the United Nations >> compares Israel's actions in the West Bank and Gaza to apartheid South >> Africa — charges that drew angry rebukes from Israel and may revive >> charges that the U.N. Human Rights Council is biased against the Jewish >> state.
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>> The report by John Dugard, independent investigator on the >> Israeli-Palestinian conflict for the council, is to be presented next >> month, but it has been posted on the body's Web site. In it, Dugard, a >> South African lawyer who campaigned against apartheid in the 1980s, says >> "Israel's laws and practices in the (Palestinian territories) certainly >> resemble aspects of apartheid."
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>> The 24-page report catalogues a number of accusations against the Jewish >> state ranging from restrictions on Palestinian movement, house >> demolitions and preferential treatment given to Jewish settlers in the >> West Bank.
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>> "Can it seriously be denied that the purpose of such action is to >> establish and maintain domination by one racial group — Jews — over >> another racial group — Palestinians — and systematically oppress them?" >> he asks.
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> Aw, gee, looks like Jimmy Carter was right after all, doesn't it? > Naturally the entire United Nations is now officially anti-Semitic. Anyone > who criticizes Israel is automatically anti-Semitic, aren't they?
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