The UN Stops Pretending

It was quite a day for Israel haters: At the same time that the Human Rights Council voted in Falk, it announced that Jean Ziegler, from Switzerland, had been elected to its advisory committee. Ziegler is on record for, among other things: claiming members of the Israel Defense Forces are no different than concentration camp guards; embracing a discredited Holocaust denier; rejecting the notion that Hizbullah engages in terrorism; and justifying the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers. It's not difficult to imagine the type of "advice" he will give to the Council.

The Falk and Ziegler appointments are all the more troublesome because their bigotries were well-known to those on the Council. Pro-Israel activists strongly protested, urging members of the Council to reject their appointments. Despite - or more likely, because of - their anti-Zionist positions, the pair were welcomed with open arms. In the end, the prospect of further reinforcing the UN's animus toward Israel was just too delicious to pass up. It is hard to interpret the Council's actions as anything other than an endorsement of noxious views which, in any civilized and objective forum, would be rejected out of hand.
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Let's give credit, however, where credit is due: one certainly cannot accuse the UN of being inconsistent. Whenever there's a chance to stick it to Israel, rest assured that leading the charge will be bureaucrats from the UN.