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At UN Rights Council, Israelis Are Left Standing in the Hall
(Fox News) Anne Bayefsky - Despite promises made by the administration that by joining the UN Human Rights Council the U.S. would not become part of the problem, U.S. Ambassador Eileen Donahoe chose to attend and fully participate in a meeting that deliberately excluded anyone representing the Jewish state. Israel is the only UN state not permitted to be a full member of any of the UN's five regional groups. Throughout the Human Rights Council sessions, these groups hold key planning meetings in which countries negotiate and share important information behind closed doors. Even the Palestinian Authority, though not a state, is permitted into the Asian regional group. Israelis are allowed into the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) in some parts of the UN. But WEOG members have chosen to exclude them totally in all of their meetings associated with the Human Rights Council. While Israelis are left standing in the hall, this week for the first time Libya took its seat as a full-fledged Council member.