The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), a body hardly known for fairness toward Israel—or for its embrace of human rights—has named Penny Green, a professor of “law and globalization” at a London university, as its “special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories.” Tim Marshall comments:
[Green] supports the total boycott of Israel, wants Hamas de-listed as a terrorist organization, and has wondered why the British and Americans have not begun “bombing Israel for its massacres.”
So far, so routine in the extremist mainstream. To her credit, Green, unlike so many “human-rights activists,” stands up against abuses around the world and not just in one small part of it. She does, however, display an unhealthy obsession with the same place that others obsess over: Israel.
She is entitled to her opinion. However, surely anyone, even someone supporting these views, might understand that holding them disqualifies you from impartially judging the behavior of one of many parties involved in the situation. . . . The UNHCR’s own rules state that when selecting a candidate [for this job], impartiality and objectivity are of “paramount importance.”
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