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Sat Aug 6, 2022, 03:18 PM Aug 2022

(Jewish Group) UN investigator apologizes for 'Jewish lobby' remark, other antisemitic comments

UN investigator apologizes for ‘Jewish lobby’ remark and other comments deemed antisemitic

A United Nations investigator has apologized for recently using the phrase “Jewish lobby” and suggesting that Israel could lose its U.N. membership, comments that drew widespread condemnation, including from U.S. officials.

Miloon Kothari sent an apology letter on Thursday to Federico Villegas, head of the U.N. Human Rights Council, for statements he made during a podcast interview last week with the anti-Zionist Mondoweiss site.

Kothari is a member of the Human Rights Council’s commission to investigate human rights abuses in the Occupied Palestinain Territories that was formed following Israel-Gaza violence in the spring of 2021.

In the interview, he said, “We are very disheartened by the social media that is controlled largely by – whether it is the Jewish lobby or specific NGOs, a lot of money is being thrown into trying to discredit us, but the important thing is our mandate is based on international human rights and humanitarian standards and that we are all seeking the truth.”

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He will soon be fired.



This is the UN. This is anti-Semitism. This has already been defended by another UN member claiming it was "taken out of context". This is par for the course. Nothing will happen. Business as usual.

When they tell you/show you who and what they are...believe them!
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