UN rights body holds moment of silence for Gaza 'martyrs'I don't suppose anyone there thought through the implication of the fact that the majority of those 'martyrs'--those who have been killed in battle--are the ones trying to kill Israeli citizens.
At the request of Iran's foreign minister, UN Human Rights Council holds moments of silence for Palestinians killed by Israeli military The UN Human Rights Council held a moment of silence Tuesday for "martyrs in Gaza" killed by Israeli armed forces, after a request by Iran's foreign minister.
Manouchehr Mottaki called for the gesture on behalf of the "women and children who are nowadays under attack by the Zionist regime," the term Iranian officials use for Israel because they do not recognize the Jewish state.
"I would like ... to request one minute of silence and ask my Muslim brothers and sisters to read the fatah for those martyrs in Gaza," he asked the council president, referring to the opening verse in the Quran. The room was silent for about 30 seconds. Those present said no one stood.
Apparently real martyrs are hard to find in Gaza.
The Israeli UN Ambassador in Geneva, Itzhak Levanon, responded that he himself would have been willing to stand--if the silence had been devoted to victims of Iranian human rights abuses.
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