Geneva – The United States will not take the floor at the main U.N. human rights forum on Monday during the annual debate on violations committed in the Palestinian territories, as part of a previous agreement not to speak.
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The European Union, however, reiterated “the urgency of renewed, structured and substantial efforts towards peace”.
“The U.S. delegation will not be speaking about Palestine today,” a U.S. spokesman in Geneva told Reuters in response to a query as the debate began.
The last time that Washington spoke under that stand-alone agenda item was in March 2013, U.N. records show.
The decision not to talk since then was part of an agreement in October 2013 when Israel resumed participation in the U.N. Human Rights Council.
In Israel, the Foreign Ministry said that the annual debate “negatively singles out Israel and Israel every year asks its friends on the council not to express themselves”.
Here we go. Are you brainwashed Obama lovers out there ready to sing his praises? The rest of us see him as a terror lover, rabid anti-Israel freak, and unworthy of a position of leadership. He is turning his back on America’s most trusted ally because of his personal, political ego. What a disgrace! May his days as president be numbered.
Obama: “The United States has Israel’s back – until we don’t feel like it”
What a petty, immature man. I am ashamed of my own president.
According to the Jerusalem Post, Israel had asked the US to NOT speak.
If Obama has your back, it’s with a knife.
Obama: “I’ll have Israel back”.
Smoothest liar on the planet. Thinnest skin. He lost the election in Israel, and he wants to kick Israel where it hurts.
Liar. Liar. Liar.
The first few comments show the low level of intelligence among our Obama-hating frum morons. Can’t you people read?? Or are you just so insane with hate that you don’t understand what the article was saying? This IS NOT an anti-Israel move on America’s part. Quite the contrary. Once again the Obama haters here reveal what true imbeciles they are.
This is not the issue where to criticize the democrats,as in this case it is better that the US does not get involved !!
However,long term Democratic ideology will not be beneficial toward a religious Israeli right -wing thinking/believing govt,and this is why the FRUM/Orthodox community must vote the democrats out of office in Congress
The liberal/ progressive/ ideology that our elected Jewish officials in Congress have,is the reason that none of them have stood up against president Behaima and his feud with Bibi/Israel,as they align themselves with the J street group and non-religious Jews and so don’t care about any religious aspect to Israel.
This is the difference in dialogue that you read on VIN and all other media like Haaretz,msnbc etc and yet only FOX news stands as a beacon of light reflecting the Frum /Jewish ideology and commitment toward Israel that is needed,as reported by non-Jews !!
The republican/conservative ideology is closer to the religious/frum Jewish ideology in almost every aspect,so if you are frum you must vote republican/conservative and get all these “jewish” in name only “do-nothing” officials out of Congress once and for all