Nikki Haley blasts UN for condemning Israel’s record on women’s rights

“It amazes me how the U.N. condones votes like these. It is a total mockery of human rights,” Haley tweeted. 

By Benjamin Kerstein, The Algemeiner

Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley blasted a U.N. council on Thursday for singling out Israel for alleged violations of women’s rights.

The U.N. Economic and Social Council resolution was approved by a 40-2 margin, with nine abstentions. Among the countries voting in favor were Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Pakistan, all notorious for often misogynistic policies and denying basic rights to females.

“It amazes me how the U.N. condones votes like these,” Haley tweeted. “It is a total mockery of human rights to allow Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, and Yemen to name Israel as the world’s only violator of women’s rights.”

Much of the resolution — which only the U.S. and Canada voted against — did not deal with women’s rights at all, but rather parroted generic anti-Israel rhetoric, accusing the Jewish state of numerous crimes and alleged violations of human rights.

One clause, however, asserts “that the Israeli occupation remains a major obstacle for Palestinian women and girls with regard to the fulfillment of their rights, and their advancement, self-reliance, and integration in the development of their society.”

The resolution also “urges the international community to continue to give special attention to the promotion and protection of the human rights of Palestinian women and girls and to intensify its measures to improve the difficult conditions being faced by Palestinian women and their families.”

Furthermore, the resolution called on the U.N. secretary-general to “include information on the gender-specific impact of the occupation” in a report.

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