UN Facilitates NGO Orgy of Anti-Israel Vitriol Alongside Session of the UN "Human Rights" Council

Hatred of the UN member state of Israel is now routine at the UN - under the guise of "human rights." On the sidelines of the UN Human Rights Council on March 17, 2016, on UN premises, at a UN-advertised event, Israel was accused of "ethnic cleansing," "apartheid," "racism," "brainwashing," and on and on.

UN-accredited NGOs may hold "informal meetings" during the Human Rights Council sessions. UN rooms are allotted by UN staff to UN-accredited NGOs upon request. Requests are approved if facilities are available and if they meet the UN's requirement that - in the words of the request form - "Accredited NGOs in consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) may organize information meetings of relevance to the work of the Human Rights Council." The form also stipulates that: "Materials containing abusive or offensive language or images are not permitted on United Nations premises."

These meetings are perceived as fora to influence diplomats and UN staff. As the UN form explains: "NGO parallel events are public meetings and may be attended by NGOs, Permanent Mission Representatives, UN Staff and other persons with access to Palais des Nations."

The meetings are advertised by the UN itself during Council sessions by being posted daily on the UN website under the title "Bulletin of informal meetings."

On March 17, 2016, the UN-accredited Union of Arab Jurists held an informal meeting entitled "Reprisals Against NGOs." Here is just some of what the featured panelists alleged:

Mohammad Barakeh, Chairman of the Follow-Up Committee for Arabs in Israel: "Israel is imposing upon us discriminatory racist policy... what Israel is doing is equal to a brainwashing by the Israelis."

Ahmad Amara, Member of Mezan Organization: "We are unwelcome remnants of the Palestinians who remained within Israel, and we-I mean, in their wishful thinking they would have preferred the complete ethnic cleansing... We have a settler colonial state that was established in our land... I mean, we live in an extremely hyper-violent regime."

Yousef Jabareen, Member of the Arabic Block in the Knesset: "...instead of having a two state, it's having a one Jewish and Zionist state in which Palestinians will enjoy very limited self-steering, mainly in the main cities, which would look very similar to apartheids of Africa."