UN human rights "expert" calls antisemites and terrorism advocates "Human rights defenders"

A UN human rights "expert" is attempting to cover-up the antisemitic and violent records of individuals he labels "human rights defenders" while slamming Israel for interfering with their "human rights" work. The allegations come in a new report just released by the UN "Human Rights" Council on the "situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories.," The report was written by UN "Special Rapporteur" Michael Lynk – a man chosen by the Council for the UN expert position fully aware he has called Israel's creation an instance of "ethnic cleansing." Lynk's report is one of five reports condemning Israel that is now being considered at the month-long session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Lynk specifically lists Palestinian "human rights defenders" who he alleges have faced "interference" with their right to peacefully protest, and "who all engage in non-violent activity." In fact, among those listed are individuals with violent and highly antisemitic records.

Manal Tamimi – Described only as a "leader of a protest movement" and "field researcher" by Lynk, Tamimi is in fact a notorious antisemite and, whose social media accounts are filled with:

• Messages supporting terrorists who have stabbed Israeli civilians
• Calling Israeli settlers "nazi settlers"
• Calls for attacks against "Zio-Nazis"
• Expressions of hope for the death of all "Vampire Zionist[s]"
• "[G]enocidal wishes, denial of Jewish history and identity, Nazi-era imagery, mocking of Jews, co-opting the Holocaust, and outright libels demonizing the Jewish people."

Issa Amro – Charged with 4 counts of attacks on Israelis, including one in which Amro "violently attacked a civilian, forcibly took the victim's camera, and then destroyed the camera by smashing it on the ground, all while while spitting on the victim."

Salah Khawaja – Described only as a "member of the secretariat of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) National Committee in Lynk's report, Khawaja is in fact an "an active member of the blacklisted Popular Front Liberation Party," which is considered a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union.

Lynk's report concludes with recommendations, including calling on Israel to "[a]ctively combat incitement against the work of human rights defenders," but makes no mention of Palestinian incitement to terrorism, including that of the so-called "human rights defenders" listed in his report.