Germany takes the helm of notorious anti-Jewish UN Human Rights Council

Germany was elected as President of the UN Human Rights Council for 2015. Taking the helm will be German Ambassador Joachim Rücker. After his election, Rücker praised the notoriously anti-Israel Council for "having a serious impact on the world stage." Although he also said that "Israel should be treated like any other state," Germany's own voting record on the Council is part of the problem.

In 2014 the Council passed 6 resolutions slandering Israel and Germany supported four of them, while merely abstaining on another two.

Germany, for example, voted in favor of the following:

• "[T]he Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan are illegal and an obstacle to peace and economic and social development" (Resolution 25/28. "Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan", March 28, 2014)
• "[T]he construction of the wall by Israel, the occupying Power, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, along with measures previously taken, severely impedes the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination" (Resolution 25/27. "Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination", March 28, 2014)
• "The Human Rights Council...expressing deep concern also about the ill-treatment and harassment of any Palestinian prisoner and all reports of torture...Condemns the excessive use of force by the Israeli occupying forces against Palestinian civilians, particularly in the Gaza Strip...Also calls upon Israel to end any harassment, intimidation and reprisals against human rights defenders...Expresses grave concern at: (a) The restrictions imposed by Israel that impede access of Christian and Muslim worshipers to holy sites in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem" (Resolution 25/29. "Human rights situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem", March 28, 2014)...