Zeina Jallad, who was picked over the vetting committee’s top choice, blames the United States and Europe for boycotting Hamas and claims falsely that the terror group recognizes Israel.
The United Nations Human Rights Council named Zeina Jallad, a Palestinian academic who justified the Hamas-led Oct. 7 terror attacks, on Tuesday to a six-year term as the global body’s special rapporteur on sanctions.
Jallad leads the Palestine Land Studies Center at the American University of Beirut, which was evacuated this week due to the threat of Iranian missile fire on U.S. educational institutions in the Middle East.
Her portfolio in the position, which Iran created, focuses on the negative impact of Western sanctions imposed on Tehran and other rights abusers.
Jallad’s appointment was unusual. Sidharto Suryodipuro, Indonesian ambassador to the global body in Geneva, who serves as president of the Human Rights Council, dismissed the vetting committee’s recommendation to select Jallad.
