The U.N. Human Rights Council Remains Allergic to Facts

"The only country in the world to be officially condemned by the UN Human Rights Council for defending its own borders is Israel.

Since March of last year, Israel has defended itself against armed terrorists vowing to 'tear out the hearts' of Israelis and 'erase' the border with Israel; rocket attacks (in November, almost 500 rocketswere shot at Israel from Gaza in less than 24 hours); incendiary devices – including burning tires and other incendiary devices, some of them attached to live birds, that have burned thousands of acres of land and wildlife - and booby-trapped balloons aimed at Israeli children.

In May, the UN Human Rights Council voted in favor of establishing, a commission of inquiry (COI) to 'Investigate all alleged violations and abuses of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), including East Jerusalem, particularly in the occupied Gaza Strip, in the context of the military assaults on the large-scale civilian protests that began on 30 March 2018, whether before, during or after'.

The executive summary of that report was recently published. According to the members of the COI, 'The commission has reasonable grounds to believe that during the Great March of Return, Israeli soldiers committed violations of international human rights and humanitarian law,' and, 'Some of those violations may constitute war crimes or crimes against humanity, and must be immediately investigated by Israel.'...

Israel's message that it aims to take out terrorist operatives, not civilians, whom it always warns to evacuate ahead of operations is entirely lost on the UN, which is adamant to promote its own 'narrative' about the conflict – a narrative with which facts are not allowed to interfere."