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Hezbollah says U.N. 'weak' after critical Israel report pulled
reuters ^ | Mar 18, 2017 | Ellen Francis and Nidal al-Mughrab

Posted on 03/18/2017 5:21:49 PM PDT by mdittmar

The leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement denounced the United Nations on Saturday as weak after the withdrawal of a report accusing Israel of imposing an "apartheid regime" on Palestinians.

A senior U.N. official resigned on Friday after the secretary-general asked her to remove the report, published by the United Nation's Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), from the internet.

U.N. Under-Secretary General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf said she was leaving after "powerful member states" had pressured the world body and its chief with "vicious attacks and threats".

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised speech on Saturday that the incident served as a reminder of the "truth of this organization, that it's weak ... and it succumbs to the will of the United States and Israel".

The U.N. is "incapable of taking a stand" and the debacle over the report proved it cannot be counted on "to defend human rights in our region," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: khalaf; palestinians; rop; un
Well,looks like the U.N. is worthless,time to defund it!
1 posted on 03/18/2017 5:21:49 PM PDT by mdittmar
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To: mdittmar

Weak. And expensive. And useless. And hate the US and Israel. And is a moocher. And takes up prime NYC real estate. And it’s peacekeepers are worthless. And it believe in One World govt. And redistribution of wealth. And runs up HUGE tabs on prostitutes and narcotics when there is a meeting in NYC.

Did I leave anything out?


2 posted on 03/18/2017 5:27:57 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: mdittmar

Hezbollah needs to be eliminated. ASAP.


3 posted on 03/18/2017 5:34:10 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans are not born, they're excreted." -- Marcus Tillius Cicero)
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To: faithhopecharity

It didn’t take long for this palestinian to whine about the new sheriff. And good riddance to the u.n. crybaby that was fired.


4 posted on 03/18/2017 5:47:47 PM PDT by chief lee runamok
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To: mdittmar

The UN was a great idea at the time but now has been hijacked by despots. It gives a vail of credibility in its name. But when they side with a group that won’t recognize another group’s right to exist and the Human Right council is full of groups that don’t recognize the human rights of their own people.


5 posted on 03/18/2017 5:55:52 PM PDT by Jimmy The Snake
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Buh-bye Rima, go back to your muslim crap-hole.


6 posted on 03/18/2017 6:22:23 PM PDT by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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To: mdittmar

Maybe the U.N. is useless and needs to be scraped...

In other news:
“Water is Wet. News at 11...”


7 posted on 03/18/2017 6:23:09 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: dp0622

Nope, think you hit the nail on the head.


8 posted on 03/18/2017 6:58:27 PM PDT by ku567318
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To: mdittmar

Hassan Nasrallah knows all about human rights - wantonly slaughtering fellow Arabs.

Israel hasn’t doesn’t anything close to it. And Lebanon’s apartheid treatment of its Palestinian Arabs needs no comment.

Hate of Israel is propagated by Arab leaders to deflect attention from the dismal state of their own societies.

I’m not surprised to see Hezbollah circling wagons around the duscredited Rima Khalaf.


9 posted on 03/18/2017 7:30:47 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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Script: So..., much..., WINNING!
10 posted on 03/18/2017 8:52:57 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (NeverTrump, a movement that was revealed to be a movement. Thank heaven we flushed!)
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Hizbollah knew the UN was weak when they rearmed under the UN's nose.

11 posted on 03/19/2017 6:49:10 AM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
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