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The United Nations Human Rights Council this week will review reports of racism, police brutality and violence against protesters in the U.S. in an urgent meeting after weeks of anti-racism protests that have swept the country. The request to hold an “urgent debate” among the 47-member group, of which the U.S. is not a member, was initially requested by Burkina Faso on behalf of 54 African countries after the family of George Floyd urged the group to review systemic racism and police brutality in the U.S. Mr. Floyd died on May 25 after a white officer knelt on his neck...

The Power of the Written Word by Ari Bussel “U.N. reports are not canceled on the basis of an op-ed in a newspaper.” U.N. Human Rights Council spokesman Cedric Sapey Many claim print media is a disappearing industry, yet it still wields enormous power. Many still claim Jews rule the media. Let us take a look at three Op-Ed pieces published in recent months. I have chosen one from the Los Angeles Times, another from the Jerusalem Post and a third from the Washington Post. Incidentally, all three pieces are by distinguished Jewish writers. Ironically, all paint Israel in a...