Israel Matzav: Lunatic Navi Pillay condemns Israel and US for not sharing Iron Dome with Hamas

Navi Pillay, the chairwoman of the United Nations 'human rights council,' President Hussein Obama's favorite international body, has condemned has condemned the United States and Israel for not sharing Iron Dome with Hamas!

Among the UN’s long bill of particulars against the beleaguered Jewish state comes the almost unbelievable accusation that Israel’s refusal to share its Iron Dome ballistic missile defense shield with the "governing authority" of Gaza – i.e. Hamas, the terror group created to pursue the extermination of the Jewish state and now waging a terrorist war against it – constitutes a war crime against the civilians of Gaza.

The UN chairwoman criticized the U.S. for helping fund Israel's Iron Dome system which has saved countless Israeli and Palestinian lives. "No such protection has been provided to Gazans against the shelling," she said.

Just because Hamas fires rockets indiscriminately aimed at Israeli civilian population centers without provocation and fires them from within its own population centers does not “absolve” Israel from its own legal violations, Pillay told reporters Thursday.

Had Navi Pillay and the 'human rights council' been around in 1945, she would have condemned the United States for not sharing the atomic bomb with Germany and Japan.

The Truth about the UN

Ambassador Danny Ayalon spreads the truth about the UN. Hypocrisy and cynicism have taken over the United Nations, the delegitimization perpetrators and Israel boycotters take advantage of the UN's image as an advocate of human rights in order to pass anti-Israeli resolutions which attempt to isolate Israel. It is important to spread the truth that the UN has been transformed into a political arena by undemocratic states who trample on human rights, and UN resolutions must be treated accordingly".

UN's Falk Accuses Israel of 'Inhuman Acts' In his final report before stepping down as a human rights expert, Richard Falk calls on the UN to back a “legitimacy war” against Israel.

The UN Watch NGO on Tuesday exposed a new anti-Israel reportauthored by Richard Falk, the United Nations’ special rapporteur on the areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority.

In the latest report, Falk, who has a history of anti-Israel statements, accuses Israel of “inhuman acts" and calls on the world body to support a “legitimacy war” against the Jewish state.

This will be Falk’s final report before he steps down after serving the maximum term of six years as a UN expert. The report will be presented on March 24 before the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). UN Watch revealed that the report recommends that the world court examine whether Israel is guilty of the international crimes of “apartheid” and “ethnic cleansing,” and urges the UN to investigate corporations that profit from “unlawful Israeli activities.”

Falk’s 22-page report repeats his past allegations concerning Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria, revealed UN Watch. He also offers a lengthy and detailed section arguing that Israel is guilty of “inhuman acts" and “murder” as defined by the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid.

"Falk's report makes no mention of war crimes or human rights violations by Hamas, Islamic Jihad or the Palestinian Authority. In fact, the word 'Hamas' appears nowhere in the report, said Hillel Neuer, director of UN Watch.

 Instead, Falk points the finger at Israel -- and also at the UN, noted the organization.

"It should be remembered that the suffering of the people of Palestine is inseparably linked to the partition arrangements initially proposed by the United Nations in 1947,” writes Falk. He also blames the world body for failing to implement the Goldstone Report’s call to prosecute Israelis for war crimes.

In a thinly veiled reference to UN Watch’s work in exposing his abuses and getting him condemned, Falk’s report twice complains that he was subjected to “defamatory attacks,” which he said had the effect of “diverting attention from substantive issues integral to the mandate.”

He urges the UN to afford his successor “better protection” in this regard.

Several months ago, Falk publicly called on the UN to investigate and potentially expel UN Watch, after it mobilized world leaders to condemn his comments blaming the Boston Marathon bombings on “the American global domination project” and “Tel Aviv.”

Falk has repeatedly locked horns with Israel, the United States, Canada and some human rights groups for positions including labeling Israel's 2008 counterterror offensive in Gaza a war crime and urging a boycott of companies helping Israeli construction in Judea and Samaria.

He has compared Israelis to Nazis and criticized Israel for keeping Islamic Jihad terrorist Khader Adnan in custody, even after a video of him pleading for suicide bombers to “carry the next explosive belt” was exposed.

Falk consistently rejected calls on him to resign, claiming his opponents were trying to silence his criticism of the Jewish state by labelling him as an anti-Semitic.

UN Watch noted that Israel recently returned to the Human Rights Council following a two-year absence, after Western countries finally agreed to admit Israel into their caucus. For decades Israel was the only country at the council excluded from any of the council’s five regional groups.

"Despite the correction of this longstanding breach of the UN Charter's equality guarantee, the council continues to apply selective treatmentagainst Israel, making it the only country permanently featured on the agenda of every meeting," said Neuer.

"As in years before, the upcoming March session is expected to enact half of all its condemnatory resolutions against Israel. Moreover, there will be at least four reports presented on alleged Israeli violations, including Falk's," he added.

"By contrast, there will be no special reports or resolutions on systematic human rights violations committed by major abusers such as China, Cuba, Russia and Saudi Arabia," noted Neuer, who pointed out that all four of the above countries were recently elected as members of the UNHRC.

Top 10 Worst U.N. Decisions of 2013

1. The UN Human Rights Council elected Hezbollah supporter Jean Ziegler, founder and recipient of the Muammar Qaddafi Human Rights Prize, as a top advisor.

2. The UN General Assembly adopted 21 condemnatory resolutions against Israel, compared to 4 on the rest of the world combined.

3. The same UN General Assembly elected China, Cuba, Russia, and Saudi Arabia to the UN Human Rights Council. The dictatorships will take their new seats on January 1, 2014.

4. UN Human Rights Council expert Richard Falk blamed the Boston Marathon terror bombings on "the American global domination project" and "Tel Aviv." Council members praised Falk and the presidentdefended him.

5. The UN Special Committee on Decolonization, charged with upholding fundamental human rights and opposing the subjugation of peoples, elected the murderous Syrian regime to a senior post.

6. The UN Conference on Disarmament in May 2013 made Iran its president.  

7. The UN Economic and Social Council, which oversees the UN women's rights commission, elected genocidal Sudan as its vice-president.  

8. The UN Human Rights Council elected slave-holding Mauritania to be its vice-president.

9. The UN chose Zimbabwe, a regime that systematically violates human rights, to host its world tourism summit.

10. UNESCO, which condemned no other country but Israel, and which was silent as Hamas bulldozed a world heritage site to make a terrorist training camp, allowed Syria to sit as a judge on UNESCO's human rights committee.

ELDER OF ZIYON: UN interpreter accidentally tells the world the truth (video)

Hillel Neuer of UN Watch writes:

On Thursday a United Nations interpreter, unaware that her microphone was on, uttered words of truth in reaction to the General Assembly’s adoption of nine politically-motivated resolutions condemning Israel, and zero resolutions on the rest of the world.

Under the mistaken impression that she was speaking only to colleagues, the interpreter uttered the following words into the headphones of every UN delegate, and before a live webcast audience worldwide:

“I think when you have… like a total of ten resolutions on Israel and Palestine, there’s gotta be something, c’est un peu trop, non? [It’s a bit much, no?] I mean I know… There’s other really bad shit happening, but no one says anything about the other stuff.”

Laughter erupted among the delegates. “The interpreter apologizes,” said the unfortunate truth-teller, moments later, followed by her audible gasp. I sincerely hope she won’t get fired.

Because the one who should really apologize today is the UN. Founded on noble ideals, the world body is turning the dream of liberal internationalists into a nightmare.

For by the end of its annual legislative session next month, the General Assembly will have adopted a total of 22 resolutions condemning Israel—and only four on the rest of the world combined. The hypocrisy, selectivity, and politicization are staggering.

Today’s nine resolutions, adopted by the GA’s 4th committee, which is comprised of all 193 UN member states, condemned Israel for violating the human rights of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, of Palestinian refugees, and even of Syrians in the Golan Heights.

That’s right: the UN adopted a resolution today that mentions the word “Syria” no less than 10 times—yet said nothing of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s massacre of more than 100,000 of his own people.

Keep in mind that this is not the UN Human Rights Council, which is known for its one-sided anti-Israel agenda. This is the United Nations General Assembly.

The video of the vote, a scene repeated with mind-numbing regularity at the UN, is what should be shocking, not the interpreter telling the truth. Every European country routinely votes for every anti-Israel resolution. 

And outside of a very few exceptions, no diplomat even takes the UN to task for routinely and obviously subverting its own mission.

It takes an anonymous interpreter to tell the world that the emperor has no clothes.

Ban: Releasing Murderers is Good, Building is Bad UN chief condemns Israel for building, but welcomes its "gesture" of releasing murderers.

Releasing terrorists is good, but approving new Jewish construction in Jerusalem is wrong, according to the head of the United Nations.

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, in a statement he released on Wednesday, condemnedIsrael’s announcement that it will build 1,500 new housing units in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo.

“Settlement activity is contrary to international law and constitutes an obstacle to peace. Any measures that prejudge final status issues will not be recognized by the international community,” said the statement.

Ban then expressed “appreciation” for Israel’s decision to release terroristswho murdered Israelis as a “gesture” to the Palestinian Authority.

According to the statement, Ban “understands that Israel took a difficult step in continuing to release Palestinian pre-Oslo prisoners in the face of deep domestic opposition, and appreciates this gesture.”

However, he added, “In keeping with the statement by the Quartet on September 27, the Secretary General expects the parties to take every possible step to promote conditions conducive to the success of the negotiating process and to refrain from actions that undermine trust.”

Israel’s announcement that it will promote new construction in Ramat Shlomo came on Tuesday night, as 26 terrorists were being released, the second in a series of four releases.

Ramat Shlomo is often erroneously described by anti-Israeli media as an "illegal settlement in east Jerusalem". Israel has been slammed in the past for promoting construction in the neighborhood.

The plan to build 1,500 homes has been shelved and then revivedseveral times over the past few years, largely because of criticism over it by the United States.

Israel to return to UNHRC after 18-month walk-out

UN Watch Briefing Latest from the United Nations: Saudi Human Rights Record Praised in UN Review

PR GONE WRONG? At today's UN review of Saudi Arabia's human rights record, the fundamentalist Wahabi regime deliberately sent women to testify — but with their faces hidden. To share on Facebook, click here.

GENEVA, Oct. 21 - As the UN Human Rights Council scrutinized Saudi Arabia's domestic rights record this morning, a minority of democracies such as Canada, UK, and the Czech Republic raised concerns, while the vast majority of countries lined up to defend and praise one of the world's most repressive theocratic regimes.

TODAY'S UNHRC PRAISE FOR SAUDI ARABIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD Turkey: "We commend Saudi Arabia for the significant rise of women in civil service” Tunisia: "We commend Saudi Arabia for efforts to adapt its laws with international human rights conventions…" Palestine: "We take notice of Saudi Arabia's efforts to protect and promote human rights..." Somalia: "Saudi Arabia maintains a high priority for protection and promotion of human rights…" Pakistan: Commended "laudable steps taken by Saudi Arabia to promote and protect the rights of children and women..." Nicaragua: "We note Saudi Arabia's progress in rights of the child, trafficking of persons, and legislative change for women's rights..." Mauritania, VP of the UNHRC (and a country that practices slavery): "We commend Saudi Arabia for always seeking to strengthen human rights…We commend Saudi Arabia in terms of the progress on guaranteeing fundamental rights and freedoms, socioeconomic progress, participation of women at all levels and participation in society. We hope to see greater prosperity and progress for Saudi Arabia." Maldives: "We commend Saudi Arabia's improvement on the situation of women." Libya: "Saudi Arabia continues to strengthen human rights and promote them and this deserves our appreciation..." Egypt: "We commend Saudi Arabia's progress to protect and promote human rights, and welcome work done to strengthen role of women..." France: "We commend Saudi Arabia with its progress in the role of women in society..." Denmark: "We commend #SaudiArabia's progress in the promotion of rights for women in recent years…" Cuba: "We commend Saudi Arabia for the implementation of recommendations made in the first cycle. Many areas of positive results: education, health..." China: "We appreciate efforts made to protect the rights of children and to have dialogues of religious tolerance..." Cambodia: "We take note of progress in human employment, education, and social security..." Afghanistan: "We commend Saudia Arabia as they continue to enhance the protection and promotion of human rights..." Vietnam: "Commend Saudi Arabia's efforts in combating human trafficking and discrimination; these are encouraging..." Venezuela: "Enrollment in primary education has reached 96.6%. We congratulate Saudi Arabia..."

Out of the 102 countries taking the floor today, over 80 of them praised Saudi Arabia.

It was another meeting of what has sadly turned into a mutual praise society, with anti-democratic regimes like Communist China heaping praise on fundamentalist Saudi Arabia, in the knowledge that tomorrow morning, when China gets reviewed, the Saudis will return the favor.

Despite widespread recognition of Saudi Arabia's abysmal record on the rights of women, religious freedom, and political liberties, the country is poised to win a seat on the Human Rights Council inelections to be held on November 12th by the UN General Assembly.

UN Watch and a coalition of human rights groups are urging U.S. ambassador Samantha Power and EU foreign minister Catherine Ashton to take the lead in opposing the Saudi bid for a UNHRC seat, the height of hypocrisy. Over the coming weeks, UN Watch will be bringing famous dissidents inside the UN to mobilize opposition to the Saudi and other absurd candidacies.

After Saudi Arabia presented the HRC with a 30-page report its human rights record, the council today held a three-hour "interactive dialogue," with over 100 states making statements and Saudi delegates nominally responding. The exercise is known as the “universal periodic review” (UPR), which examines every UN member state once every four years. Tomorrow is China's turn.

Saudi Arabia is a country whose legal system routinely lashes women rape victims rather than punish the perpetrators; it should not have been praised effusively by members of the UN's top human rights body.

Instead, the world should have used the opportunity to address the Saudi regime's cruel, inhuman and degrading punishments, such as flogging, amputations and eye-gouging. These and other abuses were amply documented in written submissions to the UN by Amnesty International and other NGOs.

No one challenged the Saudi regime on the 53 Christians who were arrested this year by religious police for the crime of praying in a private home, nor did anyone ask the Saudis why homosexuality is a crime punishable by public beheadings.

Saudi Arabian delegates to UN: "We have ratified five human rights instruments and are considering more, due to our commitment to human rights..."

UN Watch commends the small minority of countries who posed some kind of challenge to the Saudis.

Canada slammed Saudi Arabia's violations on child marriage, religious freedom, criminal justice, corporal punishment and the rights of women, calling for an end to the prohibition on women driving.

Ireland called for abolishing the male guardianship system. Germany spoke against child marriages. Britaincriticized Saudi criminal law. The Czech Republic spoke for the freedoms of speech, expression, and association. 

(Riyadh stunned the world on Friday by announcing it would reject the UN Security Council seat it just won -- the first time this has ever happened in history. Experts agreed this was a high-level Saudi rebuke to the Obama Administration over its perceived preference for Geneva talks instead of meaningfully confronting Syria and the nuclear program of its Shiite patron Iran. But with Secretary John Kerry's Paris meeting today with the Saudi foreign minister, the Sunni kingdom may yet change its mind. UN Watch will analyze this bizarre episode in our next briefing.)

Why Israel Opposes International Forces in the Jordan Valley

Israel's national ethos is one of self-reliance. International peacekeepers have been proven unreliable in the Middle East in every instance. The Israeli army has been deployed along the steep slopes of the Jordan Valley since 1967, allowing it to thwart terrorist infiltration and deter potential attacks. This critical zone cannot be turned over to international forces with an abysmal track record in Gaza, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt. Israel must defend itself by itself

Who Else Is Being Injured by the Vilification of Israel?

It is generally thought that the systematic diplomatic attacks against Israel in international institutions, many times through outright lies, are unfortunate, but they are really Israel's problem. However, ultimately over time they erode the credibility of bodies like the UN, which often embrace these false charges, only to find later that they are baseless. In the meantime, other, more pressing, international conflicts are completely ignored. This video graphically presents the problem.

ISRAEL MATZAV: Is there bias against Israel at the UN?

Geneva - U.N.: Palestinian Children Tortured, Used As Shields By Israel

Geneva - A United Nations human rights body accused Israeli forces on Thursday of mistreating Palestinian children, including by torturing those in custody and using others as human shields.

Palestinian children in the Gaza and the West Bank, captured by Israel in the 1967 war, are routinely denied registration of their birth and access to health care, decent schools and clean water, the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child said.

"Palestinian children arrested by (Israeli) military and police are systematically subject to degrading treatment, and often to acts of torture, are interrogated in Hebrew, a language they did not understand, and sign confessions in Hebrew in order to be released," it said in a report.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry said it had responded to a report by the U.N. children's agency UNICEF in March on ill-treatment of Palestinian minors and questioned whether the U.N. committee's investigation covered new ground.

"If someone simply wants to magnify their political bias and political bashing of Israel not based on a new report, on work on the ground, but simply recycling old stuff, there is no importance in that," spokesman Yigal Palmor said.

The report by the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child acknowledged Israel's national security concerns and noted that children on both sides of the conflict continue to be killed and wounded, but that more casualties are Palestinian.

Most Palestinian children arrested are accused of having thrown stones, an offence which can carry a penalty of up to 20 years in prison, the committee said. Israeli soldiers had testified to the often arbitrary nature of the arrests, it said.

The watchdog's 18 independent experts examined Israel's record of compliance with a 1990 treaty as part of its regular review of a pact signed by all nations except Somalia and the United States. An Israeli delegation attended the session.

The U.N. committee regretted Israel's "persistent refusal" to respond to requests for information on children in the Palestinian territories and occupied Syrian Golan Heights since the last review in 2002.

"DISPROPORTIONATE"

"Hundreds of Palestinian children have been killed and thousands injured over the reporting period as a result of the state party military operations, especially in Gaza where the state party proceeded to (conduct) air and naval strikes on densely populated areas with a significant presence of children, thus disregarding the principles of proportionality and distinction," the report said.

Israel battled a Palestinian uprising during part of the 10-year period examined by the committee.

It withdrew its troops and settlers from the Gaza Strip in 2006, but still blockades the Hamas-run enclave, from where Palestinian militants have sometimes fired rockets into Israel.

During the 10-year period, an estimated 7,000 Palestinian children aged 12 to 17, but some as young as nine, had been arrested, interrogated and detained, the U.N. report said.

Many are brought in leg chains and shackles before military courts, while youths are held in solitary confinement, sometimes for months, the report said.

It voiced deep concern at the "continuous use of Palestinian children as human shields and informants", saying 14 such cases had been reported between January 2010 and March 2013 alone.

Israeli soldiers had used Palestinian children to enter potentially dangerous buildings before them and to stand in front of military vehicles to deter stone-throwing, it said.

"Almost all those using children as human shields and informants have remained unpunished and the soldiers convicted for having forced at gunpoint a nine-year-old child to search bags suspected of containing explosives only received a suspended sentence of three months and were demoted," it said.

Israel's "illegal long-standing occupation" of Palestinian territory and the Syrian Golan Heights, continued expansion of "unlawful" Jewish settlements, construction of the Wall into the West Bank, land confiscation and destruction of homes and livelihoods "constitute severe and continuous violations of the rights of Palestinian children and their families", it said.

Israel disputes the international position that its settlements in the West Bank are illegal. It says the wall it built there during the uprising stopped Palestinian suicide bombers from reaching its cities.

In March, Palmor, the Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman, had said that officials from the ministry and the military had cooperated with UNICEF in its work on the report, with the goal of improving the treatment of Palestinian minors in custody.

"Israel will study the conclusions and will work to implement them through ongoing cooperation with UNICEF, whose work we value and respect," he said, in response to the UNICEF report.

How the UN Gave False Legitimacy to Assad - Hillel Neuer responds to Syria

The Syrian army has been responsible for the murder of more than 70,000 Syrians over the past two years. Yet, the United Nations 'human rights council' has decided that Israel should turn the Golan Heights over to the Syrian army so that thousands more can be murdered.

We took down Richard Falk

“You’re fired” are two words the U.N.’s chief Israel-hater, Richard Falk, never thought he’d hear.

But that is exactly what he was told last week, thanks to our group's effective action. Click here to see the video.

Let me tell you why I now need your help to continue our battle.

As the U.N. investigator on “Israel’s violations of the bases and principles of international law,” Falk has openly supported the Hamas terrorist organization, vilified the Jewish state, promoted the 9/11 conspiracy theory, and endorsed an antisemitic book. Falk is truly the worst of the worst.

Yet thanks to U.N. Watch's massive pressure campaign -- as reported in the Jersualem Post and numerous other newspapers -- Falk has just been forced out.

In response to our protest, this bigot was just expelled from the board of Human Rights Watch, the influential international organization -- and his name deleted from their website.

“U.N. Watch claimed credit quite reasonably for my dismissal,” admitted Falk. “This is a capitulation to U.N. Watch and all that it stands for,” lamented a writer on Falk's blog.
The story of Falk’s unprecedented removal is now spreading worldwide. Finally, thanks to our advocacy, this virulent anti-Israel and pro-Hamas official—a wolf in sheep's clothing—has been shamed, exposed, and discredited. Finally, his phony halo has been shattered.
Baruch C., building on this important new momentum, it's time for us now to get Falk fired from the U.N. itself.

But I can’t fight Falk and all the other scoundrels by myself. I really need your help and support to continue U.N. Watch's vital campaigning and truth-telling accomplishments. Please click here to make a secure and U.S. tax-deductible gift to sponsor the incredible work of U.N. Watch. Any donation — $500, $1000, or whatever you can give — will directly support our successful work fighting the U.N.'s worst antisemites and enemies of human rights.

Netanyahu: On Jerusalem, I don't care what the UN says

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: "Western Wall is not occupied territory and I don't care what the U.N. has to say about that" • Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas: "If settlement in Jerusalem and E1 continues, there will be no other choice but to dissolve the authority and give the responsibility for the Palestinians back to Israel."

Daniel Siryoti and Shlomo Cesana

A construction site in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo.  | Photo credit: Oren Nachshon

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The U.N.’s position that, based on international law, the Temple Mount does not belong to Israel, is "irrelevant," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told three Israeli TV news outlets in a series of pre-election interviews over the weekend.

"The Western Wall has always been and always will belong to Israel,” Netanyahu said. “Since 1967 we have been building in Jerusalem despite world opinion. All of Israel's governments ordered the construction of homes in Jerusalem's Jewish neighborhoods, and we are no different in that respect. If the U.N. does not accept the principle of our construction in Jerusalem, for what purpose was this state established?"

Asked if the interviews to the three channels was in response to a drop in support for the Likud-Yisrael Beytenu coalition in recent polls and the strengthening of Habayit Hayehudi ("The Jewish Home"), Netanyahu replied, "Forget about that; that's only an urban legend. We have resided in the Jewish nation's capital for 3,000 years. The Western Wall is not occupied territory and I don't care what the U.N. says about that."

Netanyahu said the Jan. 22 Knesset election would send a message to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Hamas politburo chief Khaled Mashal. He said the three enemy leaders would be waiting for the voting to end to discover if Israel's prime minister had been given a strong mandate to govern or if he had been dealt a blow.

He also said he would prefer to leave the position of housing and construction minister in the hands of his Likud party, if it gained enough seats in the election, and not have it go to Shas again.

In response to Netanyahu's remarks, Labor Chairwoman Shelly Yachimovich said, "Ahmadinejad, Nasrallah and Mashal will not be voting in the coming election. Israeli citizens will be the ones to decide. It is unprecedented that a prime minister does not bother to reveal his platform and vision, and instead chooses to strike fear into the hearts of citizens in an attempt to divert the public debate to issues for which he feels no need to be accountable to the public."

Hatnuah ("The Movement") Chairwoman Tzipi Livni condemned the decision to build in E1 and said, "Netanyahu's declarations of his intention to authorize construction only serve to endanger Israel's vital interests and weaken Jerusalem and its surrounding residential blocs. His announcements are only meant for voter consumption, and we will all pay the price for his policy when even one home is built."

Meanwhile, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas threatened to resign and dissolve the authority if Israel went through with its plan to construct thousands of new housing units in the E1 corridor between Maaleh Adumim and Jerusalem.

According to a report in the Palestinian media on Saturday, Abbas said, "Israel is crossing a red line in announcing it will build in E1, knowing such an announcement will lead to the end of the peace process. The Palestinian Authority will not be the watchdog for Israel's program of expansion in Palestinian territories. If this goes on, there will be no other choice but to dissolve the authority and give the responsibility for the Palestinians back to Israel."

Israel and the United Nations

Outrage as UN Report Calls for Israel Boycott; The UN investigator tasked with Israel-PA affairs openly supports a boycott of companies doing business in Israeli cities in Judea, Samaria.

The United Nations official responsible for investigating Israel-PA affairs has openly expressed support for a boycott of all companiesdoing business with Israelis east of the 1949 armistice line.

In his latest report, UN special rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Richard Falkhas called for a boycott on allcompanies tied to Israeli towns in Judea and Samaria.

Falk included “settlement expansion” as one of the reasons to boycott.

His statements have been severely condemned by Israel and its allies. Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird, quoted by the AFP news agency, called on Falk to “either withdraw this biased and disgraceful report – or resign from his position at the United Nations.”

Falk has “not only done a disservice to the United Nations, but also to the Palestinian people,” Baird charged.

Israel condemned Falk’s statements as “grossly biased.” United States UN Ambassador Susan Rice rejected his statements as well, saying, “His call for a boycott of private companies is irresponsible and unacceptable.”

Falk’s boycott statements “do nothing to further a peaceful settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and indeed poison the environment for peace,” she added.

Israeli experts say that Israel’s civilian communities in Judea and Samaria are legal under international law. The Palestinian Authority, backed by much of the international community, claims that the territories won by Jordan in 1949, and retaken by Israel in 1967, rightfully belong to Arab residents of the area for the establishment of a new Arab state.

Richard Falk was appointed by the UN Human Rights Council, not by UN Chief Ban-Ki-Moon. The Human Rights Council is notoriously anti-Israel, and has gone so far as to conduct its own probes criticizing Israel in cases where other official UN reports are more balanced.

Falk’s mission was criticized from the beginning due to his biased mandate, under which he is to examine Israeli Jewish violations of Arab rights, with no mention of Arab terrorism or other Arab violations of Israeli rights. The appointment of Falk, specifically, also came under fire due to his past extremist statements, including claims of a U.S. cover-up in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Silence on Gaza rockets gives terror a green light, Israeli envoy warns UNRon Prosor says there could be ‘tragic consequences’ if Security Council doesn’t condemn Gaza terror

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations called on the Security Council Wednesday to issue a statement condemning fire from Gaza, after more than 80 rockets slammed into southern Israel over a single day.

Ron Prosor warned Security Council members that if they don’t condemn the rocket attacks, “there could be tragic consequences” because Hamas and other terrorists will interpret the silence “as a green light for terror and provocation.”

On Wednesday, terrorists fired a barrage of rockets into the towns surrounding the Gaza Strip, injuring five civilians — three of them foreign workers — and damaging eight houses. Israeli retaliatory strikes on the Gaza Strip killed three Palestinians.

“The purpose for the rocket fire is to kill Israeli civilians in order to escalate the situation in the region and bring a confrontation,” Prosor wrote.

A Cairo-brokered ceasefire between the sides was reportedly to take effect at midnight.

Prosor often asks the Security Council to condemn rocket fire during escalations in the south, though with little success.

Earlier this month, he sent a letter to the body slamming them for remaining silent on attacks emanating from Gaza while being quick to address Syrian violations.

“The Council has slept through more than 12,000 rocket attacks against Israelis over the past decade. We applaud the Security Council’s condemnation last week – and expect the Council to act with the same speed and conviction to condemn the rocket fire targeting one million Israeli civilians,” he wrote.

Sudan to UN: Condemn Israel for bombing

Meanwhile, Sudan’s UN envoy asked the Security Council to condemn Israel for what it said was a bombing of a weapons factory in Khartoum Wednesday.

“Four Israeli aircraft invaded our airspace and perpetrated this heinous attack,” Daffa-Alla Elhag Ali Osman told a UN Security Council meeting on the Darfur conflict, AFP reported.  ”We reject such aggression and expect your esteemed council to condemn this attack because it is a blatant violation of the concept of peace and security.”

Israel did not respond to the reports of involvement in the bombing.

Osman also accused Jerusalem of aiding Darfurian rebels and said Israel was ”jeopardizing peace and security in the entire region.”