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WJC head thanks Canadian minister for condemnation of Falk remarks NEW YORK, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), strongly condemned an article by the special rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Richard A. Falk, in which he blames the terrorist attacks at the Boston Marathon earlier this month on Israel and on American foreign policy. In an article titled "A Commentary on the Marathon Murders,"...

NEW YORK, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The World Jewish Congress condemned the adoption by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) last week of five anti-Israel resolutions that undermine the chances of direct negotiations and a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. In doing so, the UNHRC has diminished United Nations efforts at getting the talks back on track, a stated goal of the Quartet, of which the UN is a member. Among the deleterious...

NEW YORK, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AJC, the premier global Jewish advocacy organization, congratulated India and Israel on the 20th anniversary of the two democratic nations establishing full diplomatic relations. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100816/AJCLOGO) "After two decades of wide-ranging ties, the rationale, depth and mutual benefits of the India-Israel relationship are abundantly clear to the governments and people of both countries, and to...

NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mike Huckabee - who will address the biggest conference countering the expected Israel-bashing-fest at the UN's Durban III "anti-racism" gathering Thursday - said today that the world body is dabbling in "politics dressed up as human rights." Huckabee will join 17 other top names - among them former U.S. ambassador to the UN John Bolton and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel - at the day-long "counter conference" titled "The Perils of...

NEW YORK, April 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A prominent national human rights and advocacy organization has vowed to fight against the advertising group Clear Channel's inconsistent rejection of its pro-Israel advertisements in Seattle after accepting ads from an anti-Israel hate group. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91367) The antisemitic group, Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign, is running ads that read, "Equal Rights for Palestinians: Stop funding the...

NEW YORK, June 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Jewish Committee condemned a resolution adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council which authorizes "an independent international fact-finding mission" into Israel's interception of ships bound for Gaza organized by the pro-Hamas "Free Gaza" movement. "The UN Human Rights Council remains a kangaroo court, in which repressive and authoritarian states like Cuba, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan can indulge their obsession with Israel,...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A global coalition of civil society organizations from every corner of the world, ranging from Human Rights Now in Japan to the South African Council of Churches, have urged members of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to support the recommendations of the Goldstone Report and work to adopt a resolution which will ensure accountability for victims of the Gaza conflict earlier this year. In the letter from the groups, which include...

By Richard Wolf UNITED NATIONS -- President Bush challenged the United Nations on Tuesday to stop terrorism, punish Iran and North Korea for their nuclear programs and see Russia's invasion of Georgia as a violation of the U.N.'s charter. Speaking in sharp terms for the last time to the 63rd General Assembly, Bush said the U.N. must offer greater support to peaceful democracies and hand out tougher punishments to tyrannies that sponsor terrorism. It was a valedictory of sorts for a...

Text of report by Jordanian newspaper Al-Dustur on 26 August [Al-Dustur editorial: "Rice's Visits in the Eleventh Hour"] The release of 198 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons coincided with the arrival of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on her 18th visit to the region to urge the Israelis and Palestinians to overcome the obstacles facing their negotiations and reach an agreement to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict before the end of this year. The goals that Israel and...

By Khaled Yacoub Oweis DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez pledged solidarity on Wednesday with Syria in its struggle against Israel and the United States and predicted the demise of U.S. "imperialism." Chavez, a harsh critic of U.S. foreign policy, also said he would seek a front-row seat if President George W. Bush accepted an invitation from Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to a televised debate, adding he would be cheering on the Iranian president. "Syria and Venezuela...