Palestinian UN Rep Thanks Assad Regime for Protecting Human Rights

On November 2, 2016, the Palestinian Representative to the UN publicly thanked the Assad regime for its "support" of Palestinian refugees in Syria - while failing to mention that such support includes subjecting Palestinians to siege, enforced starvation and chemical weapon attacks. The representative made her comment during a meeting of the General Assembly's Fourth Committee (a committee of the whole comprised of all 193 UN member states) to consider the annual report of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

In her words:

"Today, we once again recognize the central role of the host countries...and the Syrian Arab Republic - and renew our abiding gratitude for their invaluable support to the large Palestine refugee communities they have hosted..."