Israel on human rights: It’s accountability for Palestinians but ‘diplomatic terror’ for Israel
Calev Myers, of the Jerusalem Institute of Justice traveled to Brussels on Thursday to hand the European Union a report urging future aid be based on the Palestinian Authority improving the human rights of Palestinians. [...] Asking donors to look into the human rights conditions and accountability is a good thing. No matter who it is. The Palestinian Authority, like all governmental entities should be held to account for how it treats it's citizens. It's also good to be held accountable to international law. But one must remember a simple fact. The Israelis are the ones in power in the West Bank. Is this taken into account as well? Are the human rights abuses perpetrated by Israeli polices accounted for in Mr. Myers report? More on that later. However, back in Jerusalem...Haaretz reported on Sunday that:
Israel is considering sanctions against the Palestinian Authority after the United Nations' Human Rights Council decided to establish an international investigative committee on the West Bank settlements.
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman called it "diplomatic terror" and on Sunday evening Foreign Minster Danny Ayalon tweeted that the UN team would not be allowed into Israel.
Uprooted Palestinians: Lobby: ‘Israel quits UNHRC, US should too!’
John Glaser: Israel Cuts Ties With UN Human Rights Council, Bars Entry into West Bank - The Israeli attempt to block an investigation of settlement policy looks like an admission that it violates human rights - Israel has severed working relations with the United Nations Human Rights Council and barred it from entry into Israel or the West Bank after it announced a plan to investigate Jewish settlements in the occupied territories. Cutting ties and barring entry to the Human Rights Council is a revealing confession by the Israeli government that its policy of settlement expansion in Palestinian territory indeed violates human rights. Otherwise, the council would surely be welcomed to investigate.