An NGO affiliated with the terror group Hamas was given a platform to question the legitimacy of the UN member state of Israel at the UN Human Rights Council. Despite having known ties to Hamas, the Palestinian Return Centre was given UN-accreditation in July 2015, which entitles it to address the UN Human Rights Council. On September 23, 2016, the Palestinian Return Centre spoke at the Human Rights Council's session specifically dedicated to demonizing Israel, agenda item 7. In its words:
"The question of Palestine has been on the agenda of the United Nations for almost seven decades with the Palestinian people continuing to suffer under the untenable conditions of occupation, apartheid and settler colonisation."
September 23, 2016
Hamas-Affiliated NGO Demonizes Israel at UN "Human Rights" Council
The UN Human Rights Council
Date
September 23, 2016
Title
Oral Statement by The Palestinian Return Centre Ltd, Agenda Item 7, at UN Human Rights Council, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
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