UK ex-colonel blasts UN rights council for ignoring Hamas role in Gaza clashes

A formal colonel in the British military blasts the UN Human Rights Council for criticizing Israel’s handling of deadly clashes on the Gaza border while ignoring Hamas’s role in the violence.

“I commanded British troops in Afghanistan, Iraq, the Balkans and Northern Ireland, and served with NATO and the United Nations. I have come straight from the Gaza front line to share my assessment,” Richard Kemp says at a special session of the organization on the Gaza riots.

“Based on what I observed, I can say that everything we just heard here is a complete distortion of the truth,” he adds. “The truth is that Hamas, a terrorist organization that seeks the destruction of Israel and murder of Jews everywhere, deliberately caused over 60 of its own people to get killed.”

Kemp, who is speaking on behalf of UN Watch, accuses the council of being “complicit in further bloodshed” for ignoring Hamas’s use of human shields and attempts to carry out attacks during the clashes.

“I ask every country in this council: You have all been telling us that Israel should have reacted differently. But how would you respond if a jihadist terror group sent thousands to flood your borders, and gunmen to massacre your communities?” Kemp asks the council

He says Israel’s approach to the riots saved Palestinian lives, as the army would have been forced to adopt a tougher response if Hamas terrorists had breached the border and threatened Israeli citizens.