Some 1,200 rally for Israel at UN Human Rights Council
Some 1,200 people demonstrated Monday outside the UN Human Rights Council, demanding it treat Israel fairly and end its "obsession" with the Jewish state. The protest took place as a commission of inquiry presented a report on last summer’s Israel-Gaza conflict.
The participants in the Geneva rally represented more than 80 nongovernmental organizations – both Jewish and Christian – and came from a dozen countries, according to the World Jewish Congress.
At the protest, WJC CEO Robert Singer said the council's obsession with Israel prevents it from properly addressing human rights violations around the world.
Adele Raemer, a resident of Kibbutz Nirim, near the border with the Gaza Strip, described how the kibbutz residents were nearly murdered during the conflict when terrorists emerged from a tunnel from the Gaza Strip.
“I am disappointed by the tone at times of the Human Rights Council, which insinuates that Israel does not demand accountability from her army,” Raemer said at the protest. “I know that in the process of protecting my community, our soldiers have put their lives at risk to save innocent Palestinian lives, aborting vital missions when non-combatant Palestinians were in harm’s way.”
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