“A U.N. mandate born from a 2014 Iran-sponsored resolution is now set to be filled by Zeina Jallad, who has voiced support for Hamas,” Israel’s Foreign Ministry said.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry condemned on Sunday the expected March 31 appointment by the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) of a candidate with a long history of anti-Israel activism to a senior post.
“A U.N. mandate born from a 2014 Iran-sponsored resolution is now set to be filled by Zeina Jallad, who has voiced support for Hamas, a designated terrorist organization responsible for the October 7 massacre,” the ministry posted to X, calling the appointment “outrageous.”
The decision exposes the process as political and not about human rights, it added.
In a rare break from its own vetting process, the U.N. Human Rights Council is set to bypass its top-ranked candidate to appoint a Palestinian academic who defended the terrorist group that invaded Israel in 2023, justified violence directed against civlilians as “resistance,” and blamed the West for the Oct. 7, 2023, bloodshed.