Anne Bayefsky: UN Replaces Notorious Richard Falk -- Don't Expect Changes

For Immediate Release: May 7, 2014

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UN Replaces Notorious Richard Falk -- Don't Expect Changes This article by Anne Bayefsky originally appeared on FOX News. For over a month, the U.N.’s top human rights body has been struggling with a major dilemma. How much prior Israel-bashing experience is necessary to be appointed U.N. “independent expert” on Israel? On Wednesday we found out. Indonesian Makarim Wibisono has just the right mix of confirmed anti-Israel bias and diplomatic cover to replace outgoing U.N. “expert” Richard Falk. Falk was a notorious anti-Semite, infamous 9/11 conspiracy theorist, and Boston Marathon apologist. But at the U.N., a six-year time limit forced his retirement -- and not a matter of principle. Former Indonesian U.N. ambassador Wibisono is from a country that does not recognize Israel’s right to exist. He served as the president of the U.N. Human Rights Commission in its last year of operation in 2005 – a body that even U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said “cast a shadow on the reputation of the United Nations system as a whole.”

Unexpected Support For Israel From The EU and Putin -- Against Richard Falk and Iran

Two unexpected voices of support for Israel came out of unexpected sources this week.

First there is the EU, which has been less than supportive of Israel, and to date has still failed to add Hezbollah to its list of recognized terrorist organizations. Yet this week, The Jerusalem Post reports EU slams Falk’s Israel report as biased at UNHRC:

Mideast Media Sampler 6/12/13: Richard Falk -- The UN Watchdog Who Doesn't Like Being Watched

by David Gerstman, contributing blogger at Legal Insurrection

1) How can you tell the difference between a terrorist organization and a liberal democracy?

The title is a trick question. In international fora, the terrorist organization gets a lot more respect.
Last week the Ireland led the way to prevent the European Union from designating Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.

Ireland is reportedly blocking efforts inside the European Union to formally blacklist Hezbollah as a terror organization. Britain recently initiated procedures to add the Iran-backed terror group to the E.U. blacklist, after Bulgarian officials linked Hezbollah to the July 2012 Burgas bombing that killed six civilians and a Cypriot court convicted a confessed Hezbollah member on terrorism-related charges. The U.S. has repeatedly called upon the E.U. to follow its example and ban the group, which has established deep roots on the Continent.

Even as Hezbollah's reach is seen in South America and Syria the European Union refuses to sanction the terror group operating within its borders.

But when it comes to Israel, the world is more intent on preparing a final solution.

Anne Bayefsky Reveals the Madness of the UN Human Rights Council, in Tweets

For Immediate Release: June 12, 2013

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Bayefsky Reveals the Madness of the UN Human Rights Council, in Tweets This article by Anne Bayefsky originally appeared on Breitbart.com.  On Monday morning, Anne Bayefsky was one of the few voices to oppose the anti-Israel madness of the execrable Richard Falk, the 9/11 Truther who is a Special Rapporteur at the UN Human Rights Council. The Human Rights Council, incidentally, is something the U.S. government chose to ignore until President Barack Obama decided to give it legitimacy--a policy both Susan Rice and Samantha Power fully support. Bayefsky live-tweeted the event, and her comments are both darkly amusing and revealing about the extent to which the Human Rights Council has become a forum for brutal dictators to taunt Jews--while we watch:

Anne Bayefsky: Will UN Ambassador Samantha Power Legitimize Anti-US/Israel Richard Falk?

For Immediate Release: June 10, 2013

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Will UN Ambassador Samantha Power Legitimize Anti-US/Israel Richard Falk? This article by Anne Bayefsky originally appeared on Breitbart.com.

What do Samantha Power, Obama’s nominee for UN Ambassador, and Richard Falk, UN Human Rights Council “expert” and Boston terror-apologist, have in common? They both champion the United Nations’ human rights credentials and denigrate those of the United States.

On Monday in Geneva at the Human Rights Council, Falk will provide a demonstration.

UN's Richard Falk's Latest Smear of Both the US and Israel

For Immediate Release: April 26, 2013

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UN Official's Smear of Boston Victims Just Latest Attack On US, Israel This article by Anne Bayefsky originally appeared on Breitbart News.

On July 7, 2011, U.S. UN Ambassador to Geneva, Eileen Donahoe, issued a statement on Richard Falk. He’s the UN "human rights expert" who thinks Boston had it coming. The professor who labeled Boston’s victims “canaries” because resistance to “the American global domination project” is justified. The same guy who has been spouting antisemitism and anti-Americanism from his UN perch for years.

It reads: "Mr. Falk’s continued comments and postings to his personal blog are deeply offensive, and I condemn them in the strongest terms. I am registering a strong protest with the UN on behalf of the United States. The United States has often been critical of Mr. Falk’s approach to his mandate, including his one-sided and politicized view of situation in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. We hope that he will resign, recognizing that his continued status as a UN mandate holder is a blight on the UN system."

What happened next?

UN Human Rights Official, Richard Falk, Says Boston Got What It Deserved

For Immediate Release: April 22, 2013

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UN Human Rights Official Says Boston Got What It Deserved This article by Anne Bayefsky originally appeared today on Breitbart.com. UN Human Rights Council “expert” Richard Falk has published a statement saying Bostonians got what they deserved in last week’s terror attack. He quotes W.H. Auden to make his point: "to whom evil is done/do evil in return.” Richard Falk is the UN’s “Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.” He has held the post since 2008, despite exposure as a 9/11 conspiracy theorist.