Israel kicked Richard Falk, the “Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967,” who is an anti-Israel crackpot who believes 9/11 conspiracy theories.
McClatchy’s Dion Nissenbaum calls Falk “contentious” and his views “provocative.” Actually, Falk is morally obtuse and his views are offensive. There is no sugarcoating his outlandish and offensive views. Falk isn’t much different from David Irving and deserves the same scorn.
Hillel Neuer of UN Watch says (h/t Daled Amos)
“The very credibility of the UN mission to preserve international peace and security is at stake,” said UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer. “The UN can’t claim to oppose Al Qaeda terrorists while its officials seek to deny their most ghastly crimes.
“Dominated by Arab states, the 47-nation UN rights council appointed Falk to the only mandate that is immune from regular review, with Saudi Arabia, Cuba, and other member states voicing strong support for his work.
“How tragic that in the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the UN’s representative figures have gone from luminaries like Eleanor Roosevelt to loonies like Richard Falk.†said Neuer.
Here’s what Arnold Roth wrote about Falk’s predecessor John Dugard:
He’s erudite and talks well and smoothly, no doubt about it. In the course of about an hour of conversation, I learned some interesting things about how he does his job. Then we came to the end of our meeting, and he thanked me for making the time to meet. He very politely expressed appreciation that I had decided to share some views with him. And then, with no evident sign of realizing the impact on me, he said he had never met an Israeli victim of terror before. And our meeting was over.
As Roth observes:
Dugard’s role, in simple terms, involves looking exclusively at one side of a multi-sided conflict.
So for the person who’s the Special Rapporteur…, being viciously anti-Israel is part of the job description, not a disqualification. (A feature not a bug, if you prefer that terminology.)
The job of the Special Rapporteur … is to perpetuate the Arab grievances against Israel and keep the Palestinian refugee industry going. When Falk’s term is up, I would nominate Cindy Sheehan for the job. She has all the requisite qualifications.
Also blogging Falk (about this and other aspects of his record) Israel Matzav, CAMERA Snapshots, Moment Magazine blog, Simply Jews, Mere Rhetoric, Solomonia.
Crossposted on Soccer Dad.
