UNGA head accuses Israel of slander

Middle East • December 2008 • Views: 355

Hypocrite, and a liar too.

“…A top UN official accused Israeli diplomats of slander Monday after a dispute last week over diplomatic protocol in which he allegedly tried to prevent Israel’s envoy from giving a speech on human rights.

General Assembly President Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann issued a strongly worded statement calling the claim a “malicious and absolute lie” and suggesting that comments from Israeli officials to the press “could best be characterized as slander” and suggesting that “in any court of law this is a criminal act.”

In a statement issued by his spokesman, Enrique Yeves, dEscoto also said he had received death threats on the Internet that were being investigated by “the pertinent authorities.”

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EE Dec 16, 2008 5:51:40pm

UNGA chief D’Escoto Brockmann is the slanderer. He continually slanders Israel. This is taken from a Wikipedia article about Brockmann, just to give the flavor of his slanders against Israel.

“Ahmadinejad embrace and dinner”

[On September 17, 2008, Israel’s Ambassador to the U.N. to refer to d’Escoto as an “Israel-Hater”[21] because D’Escoto embraced Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after Ahmedinedjad’s speech to the UN assembly. Ambassador Shalev is quoted saying that d’Escoto [Brockmann]:”

” “dedicated a whole paragraph to Israel, saying that the UN’s great failure is the fact that a Palestinian State was not established in 1947, as part of the partition plan. The man is known for his dislike for Israel, to put it mildly, and those who heard the speech could think that Israel is the most important country in the world, as if there are no other problems or hotbeds of terrorism in the world. […] I heard that the Iranian president’s address was followed by loud applause, and that d’Escoto warmly embraced him. He was also expected to join a dinner with Arab leaders to mark the end of Ramadan, with Ahmadinejad also in attendance.”[22]”

“D’Escoto [Brockmann]responded saying that he didn’t “want anyone to be wiped off the map - not even any individual, much less a state.”[23] D’Escoto’s spokeman also responded:”

” “He will join the dinner because he believes in dialogue, an issue which he had highlighted, and thinks that he should deal with all member states.”[24]”

[edit] “Apartheid comparison”

” Main article: Israel and the apartheid analogy”

“D’Escoto [Brockmann], reported the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz, “likened Israel’s policies toward the Palestinians to South Africa’s treatment of blacks under apartheid. … Brockmann stressed that it was important for the United Nations to use the heavily-charged term since it was the institution itself that had passed the International Convention against the crime of apartheid.”[25][26][27]”

[edit] “Boycott call”

“On November 24, 2008 D’Escoto called for the world to support the international campaign of “boycott, sanctions and divestment” which aims to pressure Israel to change its current treatment of the Palestinians.’

[edit] ‘Crucifixion mention

D’Escoto [Brockmann] also accused Israel of “crucifying our Palestinian brothers and sisters.” [28]

‘D’Escoto [Brockmann] mention of crucifiction promoted a number of reactions:”

” * Abraham H. Foxman, the national directory of the Anti-Defamation League, condemned D’Escoto [Brockmann]for his remarks, stating that: “It is outrageous that the president of the General Assembly could accuse Israel of ‘crucifying’ Palestinians, knowing full well that this is a term loaded with symbolism and history. For centuries, the charge that the Jewish people were responsible for crucifying Jesus was used as an excuse for pogroms and other violence against Jews. It is irresponsible, indeed unconscionable for a world leader to stand up and to charge Israel with, in essence, ‘doing it again.’”[29]”

” * The Argentine branch of the Simon Wiesenthal Center released a statement calling for D’Escoto’s dismissal, stating that “D’Escoto Brockmann’s statements, promoting anti-Semitism and the destruction of a Member-State of the United Nations, are an abuse of the honorable position that he holds.[30]”

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