UN Human Rights Director Resigns in Protest, Citing Palestine Genocide
Craig Mokhiber, Director of the UN Human Rights New York Office, resigned in protest over the UN's handling of the Israeli bombardment of Gaza, calling it a textbook case of genocide. In a resignation letter to High Commissioner Volker Turk, he accused Western governments of complicity and criticized the UN's repeated failures in preventing mass atrocities. Mokhiber supported a one-state solution and criticized the two-state solution and Oslo paradigm. He also stated that the US, UK, and Europe are complicit and have violated Geneva Conventions. The UN General Assembly voted 120-14 for a humanitarian truce, but Israel and the US rejected it.
Craig Mokhiber, Director of the UN Human Rights New York Office, resigned in protest over the UN's handling of the Israeli bombardment of Gaza, calling it a textbook case of genocide. In a resignation letter to High Commissioner Volker Turk, he accused Western governments of complicity and criticized the UN's repeated failures in preventing mass atrocities. Mokhiber supported a one-state solution and criticized the two-state solution and Oslo paradigm. He also stated that the US, UK, and Europe are complicit and have violated Geneva Conventions. The UN General Assembly voted 120-14 for a humanitarian truce, but Israel and the US rejected it.
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Craig Mokhiber, Director of the UN Human Rights New York Office, resigned in protest over the UN's handling of the Israeli bombardment of Gaza, calling it a textbook case of genocide. In a resignation letter to High Commissioner Volker Turk, he accused Western governments of complicity and criticized the UN's repeated failures in preventing mass atrocities. Mokhiber supported a one-state solution and criticized the two-state solution and Oslo paradigm. He also stated that the US, UK, and Europe are complicit and have violated Geneva Conventions. The UN General Assembly voted 120-14 for a humanitarian truce, but Israel and the US rejected it.
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