Press Release From the Permanent Mission of Israel to the UN

Mission of Israel's recent Press Release

  •   Silence of the Lambs
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    Regarding the briefing notes of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights from 27 August, 2013, we find disturbing yet unfortunately not surprising, that even during these critical days of dramatic events and large scale humanitarian crises developing in different locations throughout the Middle East, the High Commissioner for Human Rights finds the time to express her concerns about municipal procedures concerning housing in Jerusalem; this is furthermore compounded by the fact that the discussed municipal procedures were proven to have gone through all legal channels, and received all legally required approvals.

    We furthermore find it puzzling that the High Commissioner is rushing to express concerns about specific incidents, particularly since she admits in her own message that "we do not yet have sufficient information to make an assessment of these specific cases (…)".

    Regrettably, this type of behavior only serves to further emphasize the High Commissioner’s Office apparent helplessness and irrelevance in dealing with the substantive and relevant challenges originally mandated to deal with, including the ongoing slaughter in Syria, as well as consistent and brutal violations of human rights in Iran and elsewhere.  ​