UN fails to condemn and combat anti-Semitism, watchdog charges

In addition to its notorious anti-Israel bias, the United Nations largely fails to condemn and combat anti-Semitism, a Geneva-based watchdog charges.

Presenting a new 40-page report in the Knesset today, UN Watch calls on the UN secretary-general “to acknowledge the demonstrable failure” and establish an “action plan that will mobilize key UN stakeholders, and in particular those within its human rights machinery, to exercise their responsibilities to condemn and confront bigotry, hatred or violence targeting Jews worldwide.”

The report charges, for instance, that top UN officials are quick to condemn racism and ethnic discrimination all over the world, but are hesitant to denounce attacks on Jews.

Furthermore, the report, entitled “The United Nations and Antisemitism,” accuses the UN’s top human rights official of “softcore Holocaust denial” and efforts to “dejudaize” the Holocaust.

— Raphael Ahren