‘Israel’ most condemned by UN in 2020, three times other nations
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) condemned ‘Israel’ the most during 2020, according to a report by the UN Watch, a Geneva-based non-governmental organisation that monitors the performance of the global body.
The UN General Assembly just now condemned Israel in two resolutions, for a total of 17 resolutions this year on the Jewish state.
There were six on the rest of the world combined, with 1 on Syria, 1 on North Korea, and 1 on the Islamic Republic of Iran.https://t.co/Ze2hdCsQET
— UN Watch (@UNWatch) December 21, 2020
With two of its resolutions criticising ‘Israel’ last week, the UNGA brought its total number of resolutions against the country to 17 – almost three times compared with the rest of the world, standing at six.
One of the resolutions involves ‘Israel’ for exploiting the natural resources of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Syrians in the occupied Golan Heights.
That resolution in November states “deeply concerned that Israel has not withdrawn from the Syrian Golan, which has been under occupation since 1967…” and stresses “the illegality of the Israeli settlement construction and other activities in the occupied Syrian Golan since 1967.”
Another resolution in October says it is imperative to resolve the issue of the Palestine refugees and urges both sides to deal with Palestine refugees’ properties and their revenues within the peace negotiations.
Earlier this year, Israel suspended its ties with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) after the agency published a list of more than 100 companies working in illegal settlements in the West Bank.
In October this year, ‘Israel’ also stopped issuing visas to UN human rights workers in Palestine, forcing them to leave, including OHCHR country director, James Heenan.
“Forcing [out] human right monitoring groups is part of a clear strategy that aims to muzzle documentations of Israel’s systematic repression of Palestinians,” Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine director for Human Rights Watch, told Al Jazeera.
