Anne Bayefsky: Hamas Welcomed at UN Headquarters in Geneva

For Immediate Release: March 19, 2012

Contact:  Anne Bayefsky anne@hudsonny.org (917) 488-1558

Hamas Welcomed at UN Headquarters in Geneva Today the UN Human Rights Council and its UN staff in Geneva advertised and facilitated an event that handed a UN pass, and a UN microphone, in a UN room, to a representative of the terrorist organization Hamas. …notwithstanding the fact that the grotesque antisemitic charter of Hamas advocates the murder of Jews and the obliteration of the Jewish state - – and the organization’s members are continuing to use unspeakable cruelty and violence to realize that horrendous goal. Here is the UN advertisement – a Bulletin posted on the UN website – of the event organized by the UN-accredited NGO "Maarij Foundation for Peace and Development (MFPD)". Here are photos of the Hamas speaker – Ismail al-Ashqar – a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council at the session. (He is the individual wearing a red tie.)  Hamas representative Ismail al-Ashqar addressing audience at UN Headquarters event (man sitting at the head table at the front of the room).

Name tag of Ismail al-Ashqar on UN desk in UN room at UN Headquarters Geneva event

Hamas speaker Ismail al-Ashqar at UN Geneva Headquarters event (red tie at the front of the room, sixth from right).

Hamas representative Ismail al-Ashqar and company hobnobbing at UN Headquarters event(man fourth from the right)

Here is some of the material distributed at UN Headquarters during the event. Among other things, it includes a call for genocide against the Jewish people. “We ask Almighty God to…liberate all Palestinian territories…” Yes, an organization dedicated to genocide but handed a platform by the United Nations “human rights” apparatus.

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