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Israel to Ask U.S. Governors to Condemn U.N. List of Companies Tied to Settlements Article

Nikki Haley (File photo)

Haley slams 'conniving, manipulative' U.N. blacklist Article

Senator Risch speaking at a Foreign Relations Committee hearing (Screenshot of a webcast)

"U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released a report including a database of businesses operating in the Palestinian territories:

'It is unacceptable that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has released this incredibly biased report which is in direct support of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanction movement against our close ally Israel. Previously, I have spoken to High Commissioner Bachelet about this matter and believed that the OHCHR had already fulfilled its mandate by previous actions.

'Today's release of the report is a political move made by the high commissioner. This action is only further evidence that the OHCHR, which is supposed to be the lead human rights office in the United Nations, is overly politicized and focusing a disproportionate amount of time and resources on Israel. Instead, OHCHR should focus on the real human rights crises in the world such as the ongoing slaughter of civilians in Syria.

'The high commissioner should immediately redact the report and to take no further actions on this database.'"

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman: OHCHR's Release of Database of Companies Operating in Palestinian Territories is Unacceptable Article

"Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan," Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Development

"Ensuring accountability and justice for all violations of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem," Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Development

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (File photo)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Comments on U.N. "Human Rights" Council Blacklist Release Article

Former Democratic New York state assemblyman Dov Hikind being grabbed by man in a kuffiyeh at event featuring Rashida Tlaib (Photo courtesy social media)

Jewish Democrat thrown out of event for challenging Rashida Tlaib on antisemitism Article

The Old City of Jerusalem (File photo)

Israel condemns publication of the discriminatory so-called U.N. "database" of businesses with ties to Jewish neighborhoods Article

Preliminary response of Israel to the U.N. blacklist Article

U.N. releases blacklist of businesses with ties to Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem Development

U.N. Security Council (File photo)

U.S. celebrates withdrawal of U.N. Security Council resolution against peace plan Article