Comments on: UNGA President: Treat Israel like Apartheid South Africa http://blog.z-word.com/2008/11/unga-president-treat-israel-like-apartheid-south-africa/ Commentary about Zionism, anti-Zionism, antisemitism and the conflict in the Middle East Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:25:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5-RC1.1 By: D’Escoto and The Holocaust – Politics Unlimited | UK politics news http://blog.z-word.com/2008/11/unga-president-treat-israel-like-apartheid-south-africa/#comment-3411 D’Escoto and The Holocaust – Politics Unlimited | UK politics news Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:55:30 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=564#comment-3411 [...] - whose choice of metaphor to describe Israel’s policies towards the Palestinians is “crucifixion” - bowed out. Perhaps it was because he didn’t want to be in a room where he wasn’t welcome; [...] […] - whose choice of metaphor to describe Israel’s policies towards the Palestinians is “crucifixion” - bowed out. Perhaps it was because he didn’t want to be in a room where he wasn’t welcome; […]

]]> By: D’Escoto and The Holocaust at Z-Word Blog http://blog.z-word.com/2008/11/unga-president-treat-israel-like-apartheid-south-africa/#comment-3407 D’Escoto and The Holocaust at Z-Word Blog Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:30:16 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=564#comment-3407 [...] - whose choice of metaphor to describe Israel’s policies towards the Palestinians is “crucifixion” - bowed out. Perhaps it was because he didn’t want to be in a room where he [...] […] - whose choice of metaphor to describe Israel’s policies towards the Palestinians is “crucifixion” - bowed out. Perhaps it was because he didn’t want to be in a room where he […]

]]> By: Holocaust Memorial Day: Embracing the Devil at Z-Word Blog http://blog.z-word.com/2008/11/unga-president-treat-israel-like-apartheid-south-africa/#comment-3395 Holocaust Memorial Day: Embracing the Devil at Z-Word Blog Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:02:31 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=564#comment-3395 [...] is no stranger to the tropes of Jew hatred, having claimed that the Palestinians “are being crucified” by Israel. Despite that, he is set to open the Holocaust Memorial Day ceremonies at UN HQ [...] […] is no stranger to the tropes of Jew hatred, having claimed that the Palestinians “are being crucified” by Israel. Despite that, he is set to open the Holocaust Memorial Day ceremonies at UN HQ […]

]]> By: Israel Was Right to Boot Out Falk at Z-Word Blog http://blog.z-word.com/2008/11/unga-president-treat-israel-like-apartheid-south-africa/#comment-2528 Israel Was Right to Boot Out Falk at Z-Word Blog Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:33:10 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=564#comment-2528 [...] diplomats for inciting death threats against him” - Brockmann, you will remember, is an advocate of sanctions and boycotts against Israel. Some NGOs are also claiming that Israel’s action [...] […] diplomats for inciting death threats against him” - Brockmann, you will remember, is an advocate of sanctions and boycotts against Israel. Some NGOs are also claiming that Israel’s action […]

]]> By: Jason http://blog.z-word.com/2008/11/unga-president-treat-israel-like-apartheid-south-africa/#comment-2293 Jason Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:19:58 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=564#comment-2293 The UN at work! "Banned UN Speech: "Human Rights Nightmare"" Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 4:03:16 pm PST Council president Luis Alfonso De Alba, denounces Neuer’s statement about the UN's inability to deal with real human rights issues: Courtesy of: http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/24924_Banned_UN_Speech-_Human_Rights_Nightmare The UN at work!

“Banned UN Speech: “Human Rights Nightmare”"
Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 4:03:16 pm PST

Council president Luis Alfonso De Alba, denounces Neuer’s statement about the UN’s inability to deal with real human rights issues:

Courtesy of:

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/24924_Banned_UN_Speech-_Human_Rights_Nightmare

]]> By: shriber http://blog.z-word.com/2008/11/unga-president-treat-israel-like-apartheid-south-africa/#comment-2286 shriber Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:40:46 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=564#comment-2286 In the meantime there is this report from The New Republic observes that: "UN Bans "Defamation of Religion" in Islamic Bid to Curb Free Speech" http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_spine/archive/2008/11/24/hooray-for-denmark.aspx#comments "Geneva, November 24, 2008 — By a vote of 85 to 50, with 42 abstaining, the UN General Assembly today adopted a draft resolution calling on all countries to alter their legal and constitutional systems to prevent "defamation of religions," asserting that "Islam is frequently and wrongly associated with human rights violations and terrorism." ... "This is just the latest shot in an intensifying campaign of UN resolutions that dangerously seek to import Islamic anti-blasphemy prohibitions into the discourse of international human rights law," said Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, an indpendent human rights monitoring group in Geneva. "Human rights were designed to protect individuals -- to guarantee every person free speech and free exercise of religion -- but most certainly not to shield any set of beliefs, religion included." "These resolutions legitimize the criminalization of free speech in countries like Sudan, Egypt, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia," said Neuer. "Muslim moderates, bloggers, women seeking basic freedoms -- all of these will be the first to suffer from the worsening climate of state repression in the name of state-supported Islamic orthodoxy." "No less is today's enactment aimed at the Western world, to intimidate anyone from criticizing radical Islam and those who commit violence in its name," said Neuer." This Orwellian, on the one hand it’s ok for the UN general assembly to defame the Jewish State while on the other any criticism of Islam will be outlawed as ‘defamation.’ The aim of the UN to Islamicize itself has just been boosted, on the other hand the UN has just taken another step in the continuing process of delegitimizing itself as body which represents equally the rights of all of humanity religious or irreligious. In the meantime there is this report from The New Republic observes that:

“UN Bans “Defamation of Religion” in Islamic Bid to Curb Free Speech”

http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_spine/archive/2008/11/24/hooray-for-denmark.aspx#comments

“Geneva, November 24, 2008 — By a vote of 85 to 50, with 42 abstaining, the UN General Assembly today adopted a draft resolution calling on all countries to alter their legal and constitutional systems to prevent “defamation of religions,” asserting that “Islam is frequently and wrongly associated with human rights violations and terrorism.”

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“This is just the latest shot in an intensifying campaign of UN resolutions that dangerously seek to import Islamic anti-blasphemy prohibitions into the discourse of international human rights law,” said Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, an indpendent human rights monitoring group in Geneva.

“Human rights were designed to protect individuals — to guarantee every person free speech and free exercise of religion — but most certainly not to shield any set of beliefs, religion included.”

“These resolutions legitimize the criminalization of free speech in countries like Sudan, Egypt, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia,” said Neuer. “Muslim moderates, bloggers, women seeking basic freedoms — all of these will be the first to suffer from the worsening climate of state repression in the name of state-supported Islamic orthodoxy.”

“No less is today’s enactment aimed at the Western world, to intimidate anyone from criticizing radical Islam and those who commit violence in its name,” said Neuer.”

This Orwellian, on the one hand it’s ok for the UN general assembly to defame the Jewish State while on the other any criticism of Islam will be outlawed as ‘defamation.’

The aim of the UN to Islamicize itself has just been boosted, on the other hand the UN has just taken another step in the continuing process of delegitimizing itself as body which represents equally the rights of all of humanity religious or irreligious.

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