The Washington Free Beacon has obtained a report
soon to be released by the United Nations that calls for an
international campaign of legal attacks and economic warfare on a group
of American companies that do business in Israel, including
Hewlett-Packard, Caterpillar Inc., and Motorola Solutions Inc.
The Human Rights Council (HRC), a body dominated by Islamic countries
and known for its hostility to, and heavy focus on, the Jewish State,
issued the report. The George W. Bush administration refused to
participate in the HRC, but President Barack Obama joined it soon after
taking office. Members of the HRC include infamous human rights abusers such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Libya, China, and Cuba.
Should the companies continue doing business in Israel, the Human
Rights Council “calls on civil society to actively pursue legal and
political redress against non-complying business” and “to vigorously
pursue initiatives to boycott, divest and sanction the businesses
highlighted in this report” and “calls on the international community to
consider requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of
Justice” to punish the businesses.
When the Obama administration joined the Human Rights Council in 2009, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice pledged, “Working from within, we can make the council a more effective forum to promote and protect human rights.”
Friday, October 26, 2012
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