Why the UN Human Rights Council Can’t Be Reformed
Despite American efforts.
February 19, 2021
Why the UN Human Rights Council Can’t Be Reformed
Despite American efforts.
Last week, the U.S. secretary of state, Antony Blinken, announced that he intends to bring America back into the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), where it will join representatives of some of the world’s most brutal despots. Although Blinken was straightforward about addressing the body’s problems, including the fact that it tends to ignore the most serious human-rights abuses while obsessively producing condemnations of Israel, he argued that American involvement will be “the best way to improve the council.” Gerald Steinberg believes this hope is poorly placed:
February 19, 2021
How Official Statistics Distort the Situation of Israel’s Poor and Keep Alive Failed Government Programs
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Don’t Look to Russia for Help in Dealing with Iran
If the U.S. wants to be tough on Moscow, it should pay attention to the Kremlin’s goals in the Middle East.
A Yiddish Journalist’s Rare and Honest Account of Stalin’s Brutalization of Ukraine
Jews were both victims and victimizers.
What Is the Meaning of Jewish History?
And does it have religious significance?