A United Nations human rights investigator is being called anti-Semitic for remarks made Friday against Israel at the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. Critics say this is just another long line of anti-Israel bias stemming from the world body as it seeks to rewrite history.
Michael Lynk, a Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, was speaking to a meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Council presenting findings from his report where he said he wanted, “to make it clear to Israel that its illegal occupation, and its defiance of international law and international opinion can and will no longer be cost free.” Lynk, who has long been criticized for his anti-Israel views, noted, “I conclude that the Israeli settlements do amount to a war crime.”
Lynk’s remarks immediately drew fire from critics who noted that his report and remarks excluded any criticism of terror group Hamas or the Palestinian Authority.
