Jewish group could lose U.N. credentials

[oberliner]

A Jewish group could lose its observer status credentials at the United Nations.

The U.N. Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations was scheduled to take up the issue at its meeting Wednesday.

At issue is whether the representative of the World Union of Progressive Judaism to the U.N. Human Rights Council abused the council when he tried to criticize the Hamas charter during a January session in Geneva.

The only item on the agenda was Israel's human rights violations caused by military incursions into Gaza.

http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/108941.html

[Sezu]

1. Well of course these troublemakers must be SILENCED!!!

How dare they bring up Hamas' Jew hatred???? After all, hatred of Jews isn't a human rights issue is it? At least not to this moronic UN Human-rights-for-everybody-but-Jews council.

[LeftishBrit]

2. Is it 'abusing the council' to criticize any party's or country's charter?

Or are Hamas in some sort of protected position here?

[notfullofit]

3. Never fear,

Hamas will always find somebody to protect their position. even enhance it.

[Behind the Aegis]

4. U.N. Human Rights Council. What a sick fucking joke that group is. n/t

[notfullofit]

5. Look who chairs the commitee - SUDAN!!!

Cuba, a non-aligned nation, brought what its representative called the abuse of the council to the attention of the committee in charge of NGOs. The 19 members of the committee will make their recommendations.

Sudan chairs the committee. Other members include Cuba, Pakistan, Egypt, Angola, Qatar, United States, Britain, Burundi, China Colombia, Dominica, Guinea, India, Peru, Romania, Russia and Turkey.

What a joke indeed!

[LeftishBrit]

6. I missed that...

Talk about putting the fox in charge of the henhouse!