Hillel Neuer ‘not surprised’ by Biden’s return to UNHRC, but sees chance to hold abusers to account
news
Hillel Neuer ‘not surprised’ by Biden’s return to UNHRC, but sees chance to hold abusers to account
UN Watch executive director spoke about anti-Semitism and COVID-19, the U.S. decision to rejoin the U.N. Human Rights Council and the treatment of the Uyghurs in China.
(February 17, 2021 / JNS) Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch a Swiss-based NGO that monitors the actions of the United Nations has drawn praise for his fearless rebukes of dictatorial regimes who single out Israel criticisms, while ignoring human-rights violations elsewhere. His widely viewed 2017 speech “Algeria, Where Are Your Jews?” illustrates the hypocrisy of Arab nations that criticize Israel, but ignore their own terrible human-rights records. The speech has been viewed more than 5 million times.