Israel: State of a Nation with Eylon Levy UNRWA Explained | How a UN Agency Became a Hamas Front
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Feb 5, 2025 Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of UN Watch, dives deep into the troubling ties between UNRWA and Hamas. He argues that UNRWA has effectively become a front for terrorism, raising alarming questions about the United Nations' moral authority. Neuer and fellow guests dissect the systemic bias against Israel within the UN, exposing how Western support of UNRWA complicates international relations. They explore the challenges of reforming the UN and the dire need for a stronger narrative about humanitarian efforts amidst the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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UN's False Sanctity
- The UN is often viewed with reverence, as an independent moral authority.
- In reality, it's a sum of its parts, many of which are non-democratic states.
Human Rights Council Composition
- The Human Rights Council, meant to uphold human dignity, now consists of 60% tyrannies.
- This council disproportionately condemns Israel more than any other country.
Banned UN Speech
- In 2007, Hillel Neuer gave a speech criticizing the Human Rights Council's obsessive focus on Israel.
- The chairman banned the speech, but it gained attention on YouTube, highlighting UN's bias.