UN Watch Welcomes Clarification by UN Rights Chief on Arab Charter

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Lousie Arbour responds to global complaints about her lack of moral clarity. Via UN Watch: UN Watch welcomed the new clarification issued today by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour, in response to its Jan. 28, 2008 letter protesting her endorsement of the Arab Charter on Human Rights, which contains anti-Semitic provisions. “Last week the High Commissioner endorsed the Arab Charter, but today she has shown courage in criticizing its ‘incompatibility… with international norms and standards,’ and that’s a step forward,” said Hillel Neuer, UN Watch executive director. “We welcome Ms. Arbour’s recognition today that the Arab Charter

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Who is Louise Arbour?

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Louise Arbour is the current UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. According to Wikipedia, in July, during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, Louise Arbour stated that “those in positions of command and control” could be subject to “personal criminal responsibility” for their actions in the conflict. According to the Weekly Standard, and I am in agreement with their analysis, her talk about “proportionality” and anyone else who frames Israel’s defense of her own border with that predjudice, actually means “they don’t like Israel.” Louise Arbour was impugning Israel but Israel doesn’t target civilian concentrations. Clearly, Louise Arbour doesn’t get it. Israel

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