Two new UN reports on the Palestinian situation

Haaretz’s Akiva Eldar has written this week about two new UN reports on the Palestinian situation:
1. OCHA - The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
To fully appreciate this item, a little background — Kevin Kennedy is a former U.S. Marine, who became a “star” in Kofi Annan’s UN, and whose rise continues…]
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So what happened in the hearing?

Basically, the Administration blindly and wilfully maintained its vicious prosecutorial position — it said it was relying on the “contemporous” testimony of the complainant, an employee of an NGO in Geneva with a fragile personality and a desire for  revenge, who told me that she “wanted to teach the UN a lesson”.
Of course, everytime we [...]

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Looking at the lights of the UN Secretariat Building from across the street

Sorry for the lengthy absence — after having been in and out of Gaza, and back to Geneva, I’ve now arrived this evening in NYC, and am presently looking at the lights of the UN Secretariat building across the street.  Tomorrow, there will be a hearing in which I will participate that may help bring [...]

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