From the main stage, UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer addressed the 2026 JNS International Policy Conference, reaffirming UN Watch’s mission to confront antisemitism, defend human rights, and bring truth and accountability to the United Nations.

Full Remarks:

Friends, thank you for the very warm reception here in Jerusalem. I’m coming here from the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, where, when I walk into the room, I get an altogether very different kind of reception. So I’m glad to make the adjustment.

I was supposed to be here on stage today with Ambassador Danny Danon, Israel’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, but he was unable to attend because he had to participate in an important meeting at the United Nations. You may have seen the video of a clash that occurred during a meeting on sexual violence in conflict. Ambassador Danon was calling out the latest disgraceful report by the UN Secretary-General, in which Israel was placed on the same blacklist as the Hamas terrorist organization and falsely accused of systematic sexual violence through the IDF.

As he spoke, he was suddenly interrupted by one of the Secretary-General’s representatives, Vanessa Frazier, the former Ambassador of Malta who now serves as the Special Representative on Children and Armed Conflict. The exchange went viral online. One of the debates afterward was whether she had the right to interrupt him.

A website called Security Council Procedure claimed that she did. Of course, that was false. A UN staff member has no right to interrupt a member state. I responded on Twitter to this account, which is supposed to be an expert source on UN procedure. I said that, from personal experience, I have been condemned personally hundreds of times at the United Nations, and I have never had the right to intervene. Only a member state can interrupt on a point of order.

Soon afterward, the account deleted all of its tweets on the issue. Why do I mention this? Because it is indicative of a broader problem. The Secretary-General’s representative broke clear procedure in order to interrupt the State of Israel—something they would never do to any other state. They would never interrupt China, Qatar, Russia, Pakistan, or Venezuela. Yet when it comes to Israel, they do.

You know, António Guterres is the same man who, just two weeks after October 7, came before the United Nations and said, “Yes, I condemn the attacks of October 7.” But he also said it was important to note that the attacks “did not happen in a vacuum.” He then went on to enumerate numerous alleged Palestinian grievances against Israel.

Effectively, António Guterres was justifying the attacks of October 7. But, not everything he said was wrong. When he said the attacks did not happen in a vacuum, that was true. Nothing any of us did today happened in a vacuum. Everything is influenced by our surroundings, our culture, and the people around us.

But if Mr. Guterres had even a smidgen of self-reflection, he might have asked who educated the Hamas terrorists who invaded Israel on October 7 and committed atrocities. Who taught them?

According to former UNRWA legal advisor Johann Soufi, 90 percent of those in Gaza attended UNRWA schools. UNRWA schools did not happen in a vacuum. You’re right, Mr. Guterres—the attacks did not happen in a vacuum. The perpetrators of those atrocities were graduates of your education system, graduates of your schools.

Let me share a few words about our battles against terrorism and antisemitism at the United Nations.

I mentioned UNRWA. It was recently reported that UNRWA finally fired 70 staff members over terror links. They said they were not acknowledging wrongdoing, but let me say a word about what we have been exposing over the past decade, and especially over the past few years.

UNRWA has been funded by all the Western countries—the EU countries, Canada, Australia, and others. We have been funding UNRWA with billions and billions of dollars. Yet after seven decades, they have not resettled a single Palestinian. Quite the opposite.

To quote former Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis, it is a “perverse logic. We are perpetuating the conflict.”

UNRWA has a pathological purpose: to keep Palestinians in a state of dependency, grievance, and war against Israel, teaching them that their mission is to dismantle Israel through the so-called “right of return.” Those who invaded Israel on October 7 believed they were exercising that right, exactly as they had been taught in UNRWA schools.

UNRWA tells European taxpayers that it teaches UN values, human rights, and human dignity. But who are the teachers?

Last year, in our report Schools in the Grip of Terror, we exposed the fact that the head of the teachers’ union in Gaza, Suhail al-Hindi—a teacher for 30 years, a school principal, and the head of 8,000 UNRWA teachers funded by Western taxpayers—was a member of the Hamas politburo. He still is. You can see photographs of him with Yahya Sinwar.

So the head of the teachers’ union, a teacher and school principal, was on the Hamas politburo that planned the October 7 attacks.

Go to Lebanon. A year and a half ago, Fathi al-Sharif, head of the UNRWA teachers’ union there, was killed in an IDF strike. He had spent 30 years as a teacher and school principal in UNRWA schools funded by Western donors. On the day he was killed, Hamas announced that Israel had killed one of its leaders.

I’m not telling you that he was a Hamas leader. Hamas said it. Hamas said Fathi al-Sharif, the head of the UNRWA teachers’ union in Lebanon, was the head of Hamas in Lebanon. They released videos showing him with Ismail Haniyeh and accompanied by Hamas bodyguards.

When the Secretary-General’s spokesman was asked how it was possible that the head of a UNRWA teachers’ union was also the head of Hamas, he replied that when an underground militant group operates underground, it is difficult to know.

How could they know? In the report we released—more than 100 pages long—we answered that question. They could have known because he announced it every day. On his public Facebook page, open for the entire world to see, Fathi al-Sharif regularly posted support for Hamas, photographs with terrorists, images from Hamas funerals, and celebrations of terrorist attacks.

Everybody knew.

Philippe Lazzarini is about to retire as head of UNRWA, and we will demand his indictment for complicity in war crimes, terrorism, and crimes against humanity. He cannot claim he did not know. He knew, and we have the receipts.

I am happy to say that the United States government has now defunded UNRWA. The United States used to provide $400 million a year. Today, that figure is zero. Sweden has also ended funding worth tens of millions of dollars.

But the battle continues. France, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and other European countries are still funding an agency that, in the words of Secretary Rubio, is “an arm of Hamas.” If we want peace in this region, if we want deradicalization, it begins and ends with UNRWA.

Let me now say a word about the UN Human Rights Council, which is meeting as we speak.

Today, Reem Alsalem of Jordan, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women—and also one of the most prominent deniers of violence against Israeli women—is presenting her latest report. Among other things, it accuses Israel of genocide. I hope someone confronts her. We’ll see what happens. Stay tuned.

But let me say a word about the other rapporteurs before I conclude.

UN rapporteurs are supposed to be the crown jewels of the UN system: independent human rights experts. A week or two ago, we released a report titled From Watchdogs to Ideologues, documenting how UN rapporteurs have politicized and subverted the human rights system.

We found that George Katrougalos, the UN expert on a democratic and equitable international order, received $100,000 from the Chinese Communist Party. This is documented in UN records that we uncovered.

In the same year, he attended a propaganda event in Greece promoting a book by Xi Jinping and praised Xi’s vision. While receiving funding from China, he never criticizes China. Instead, he attacks Israel daily and accuses it of genocide.

Another rapporteur is Ben Saul, professor of law at the University of Sydney and the UN Special Rapporteur on counterterrorism and human rights. He received $150,000 from the Chinese Communist regime.

Despite China’s detention of more than a million Uyghurs under the banner of counterterrorism, he has never spoken out against it. Instead, while receiving Chinese funding, he repeatedly condemns Israel. He accuses American leaders of criminal conduct and calls for their arrest.

Then there is Alena Douhan, the UN Special Rapporteur on sanctions. She received $1.3 million from China, Russia, and Qatar while producing reports that praised China, Russia, Qatar, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, Syria, and Iran—regimes she portrayed as victims of sanctions.

Finally, I will mention one rapporteur you all know well: Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian territories.

She has said that America is controlled by the Jewish lobby. After October 7, she defended Hamas by insisting there was a “context.” Every few minutes on social media, she echoes some of the worst blood libels against Israel and serves as one of the leading promoters of the genocide libel.

We are fighting back.

We exposed her hateful remarks. She is now the first UN rapporteur in history to be condemned by France, Germany, Canada, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Argentina, Hungary, the United States, Latvia, Estonia, and many other countries.

Every condemnation matters.

We led a campaign that gathered 120,000 signatures urging Secretary Rubio to take action. When the UN failed to act, Secretary Rubio announced that, for the first time in history, the United States would sanction a UN official.

On July 9, Francesca Albanese became the first UN rapporteur ever sanctioned by the United States.

No more lectures at Harvard, Princeton, Georgetown, or Columbia. She is barred from entering the United States. She cannot use American financial systems. She cannot receive payments through them.

In her own words, the sanctions have been “devastating.” Good. Very good. It sends a message of deterrence.

After she was sanctioned, her husband, who works for the World Bank and has echoed her incitement, was demoted from his position. Shortly afterward, Navi Pillay, head of the Commission of Inquiry against Israel, resigned. We heard that she was concerned about the possibility of sanctions affecting her ability to enter the United States.

Friends, we face a steep uphill battle. Whether it is UNRWA or the UN rapporteurs, we are not going to give up.

We are going to keep fighting the haters.

The United Nations was founded on genuine principles of human rights. We are going to uphold those principles.

I want to conclude by recalling what the Lubavitcher Rebbe told Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations in the 1980s. He said:

“You are entering a house of darkness. Your mission is to light a candle of truth.”

That is exactly what we are going to do. And we are not going to give up.

Thank you very much.

“You're right, Secretary General António Guterres. The attacks of October 7th ‘did not happen in a vacuum.’ The U.N. taught the Hamas terrorists that committed atrocities. They were graduates of your UNRWA schools.”

— Hillel Neuer at the 2026 @JNS_org International Policy Summit pic.twitter.com/orOzI7Ptmz

— UN Watch (@UNWatch) June 24, 2026

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Leading author and intellectual Ayaan Hirsi Ali was presented with the Moral Courage Award before a sold-out audience at the 2026 UN Watch Gala Dinner. Upon receiving the award, Hirsi Ali delivered a powerful speech and was interviewed on stage by UN Watch Chair and former Canadian Senator Linda Frum. Here are some of the highlights from the Q&A:

Hon. Linda Frum: You have lived your life under constant threat, facing real danger and real consequences. Can you talk to us about the personal cost of living your life this way?

Ayaan Hirsi Ali: I think the question I always get is: What is the cost? I almost never get the question: What is the reward? To be honest with you, I think, as the other two award winners tonight will tell you, the reward is a lot greater than the cost. Sitting on the sidelines and watching what we watch and see renders you a complainer. It renders you a spectator.

I think I would be more depressed and downcast if I simply watched than if I stood up and did something about it, however small. The first thing I did seemed very small to me. I didn’t wear a uniform. I wasn’t on the front lines, as members of the IDF are. I didn’t discover anything revolutionary.

I simply spoke up. I was inspired by the insight that evil proliferates when good people do nothing. And I think doing something — however small it is, however small it may seem to you — is much more rewarding than meditating on what the cost might be.

Hon. Linda Frum: You really are a remarkable person. In a way, I suppose it’s unfortunate that such courage is considered remarkable. We admire somebody who has the courage that you do because, while you may downplay it, it is rare and unusual for people to stand up and speak out.

We know the reasons why so many people are afraid to do so. There are consequences — social consequences, consequences for friendships, and consequences for careers. When you want to inspire people to be more like you and to take that kind of stand, what advice do you have for people who feel that fear and need to overcome it?

Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Just do it. It’s hard to give advice. I’ve spoken to different people at different moments and in different settings. I don’t know if we’re completely coming out of it, but in both Canada and the United States we’ve lived through this phenomenon called cancel culture, where fellow academics and people in positions of leadership hesitate to speak out because they may lose their jobs. It might have consequences for their children or their social lives.

The kinds of conversations we have are very different from those I have with a young woman fleeing a forced marriage who comes to me through my organization and asks, “What should I do now? Should I run away from home?” To some of these young women, I have said, “Maybe it’s not the right time to run away.” To those who have already run away and receive a letter from home saying, “Come back,” I say, “I don’t think it’s wise to go back.”

But to a professor of history, classics, or political science, I would say: yes, it is worth speaking out. It may have consequences for your job in the short term, but before long you’ll stand out as a brave voice. The one thing I do know is that I’ve been speaking out for the last 25 years, and not once have I regretted doing so.

Hon. Linda Frum: On the topic of shocking moral inversions, let’s touch briefly on the post–October 7 world. For the Jewish community, it was difficult to comprehend the reaction that followed—in academia, on campuses, within human rights organizations, NGOs, and cultural institutions. Were you surprised by what happened after October 7, or did you see it coming all along?

Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Yes and no. I wasn’t surprised, but I was surprised by how widespread it was. It spread like a wildfire. My husband and I have spent many years in academia. We were familiar with the BDS movement. We were accustomed to hearing critical race theory narratives. I was used to pushback from organizations such as the Council on American-Islamic Relations and what I view as the broader Muslim Brotherhood infrastructure.

I knew these forces existed on American campuses.  So I wasn’t surprised by the existence of these attitudes, but I was surprised by their reach and intensity. And, of course, I was saddened by it.

I must also say that I was pleasantly surprised by Israel’s resilience. At that moment, Israel set aside its internal political divisions and focused on the task at hand, and it has continued to do so. I have watched that with great admiration.

My hope is that Israel’s example will inspire Europeans and Americans — not by contributing to the rise in antisemitism that we have unfortunately witnessed, but by encouraging democratic nations to do what Israel has done: regain and nurture their foundational creed.

By that, I mean recovering a sense of doctrinal confidence and passing it on to future generations — young people who can answer fundamental questions such as: Why am I defending this place? What values am I preserving? What am I going to pass on to my children? What, ultimately, is worth sacrificing for?

Those are questions that Israel understands deeply. And I believe Europe and America need to recover that same sense of purpose and conviction.

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UN Watch is proud to award Abnousse Shalmani, the brilliant French-Iranian journalist, author, and filmmaker who courageously confronts Islamism and defends human dignity, with the Per Ahlmark Award at its sold-out 2026 Gala Dinner on June 4th, in Geneva, Switzerland.

Full Speech (English Translation, Original in French Follows):

Ladies and gentlemen, officials included, thank you. It is an immense honor to receive this prize,  and I can only try to live up to the pride it brings me.

There is one word that comes back, naggingly, every time Iran is discussed. In newsrooms, in the hushed salons of foreign ministries, at conferences where condescending experts explain the world to those who endure it.

That word is “complexity.” Complexity as a smokescreen. Complexity as an absolution. Complexity as an elegant way of saying: “The Iranians aren’t quite ready.” Ready for what? For freedom?

For democracy? For the basic rights we have claimed for ourselves since 1789 and which we deny to others in the name of a cultural relativism that is nothing but racism in a frock coat, contempt for the Iranians who have been executed, for protesters gunned down by weapons of war —men and women of every ethnic and religious background— simply calling for a change of regime.

Contempt, then, in all its forms. The contempt of the war correspondent who returns from Tehran with his authoritative analyses without ever questioning the nature of that authority. How many times has he dined with regime officials, congratulating himself on his own diplomatic subtlety?

There is something obscene about boasting of knowing Larijani, about calling him pragmatic, when we know that this man has, with his own voice, called for firmness against protesters whom the regime labeled enemies of God.

The pragmatism of executioners:  that is the name cowards give to their own complacency. The contempt of think tanks that publish their convoluted papers. We are expected to read, with a straight face, that the demonstrations of December 2025 risked being counterproductive because they might provoke foreign interference.

That is the logic. Iranians demanding their freedom are treated as a destabilizing factor. Balance. But whose balance? The mullahs’? As if the real problem were not the murderous rule of the mullahs, but the potential media coverage of their downfall, which might prove useful to Israel.

The real compass is the anti-Western agenda. What Iranians don’t understand is why the West refuses to confront a regime that funds Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Shiite militias in Iraq and Syria; a regime that has ordered attacks on European soil and assassinated its opponents in Paris, Berlin, and Stockholm.

What the Iranians would like to hear on everyone’s lips is this: “Next year in Tehran via Tel Aviv.”

Because that would mean the end of Middle Eastern chaos,  the return of the 3,000 year old understanding between Persians and Jews, and the resumption of the kinship that came to an abrupt halt with the Khomeini revolution in 1979.

47 years of rupture imposed by the mullah regime: what is that compared to 2,600 years of shared history since the day Cyrus the Great freed the Jews from Babylon? The kinship has never died out, and it will burst forth into broad daylight of truth as soon as the mullahs and the Revolutionary Guards are gone.

I am certain of it.

And why do we meet the Iranians’ cries for freedom with this unbearable silence? The answer is simple: we are afraid. Afraid of the Islamists, afraid of the judgment of those who see any support for the Iranians as implicit support for America or Israel.

This is not prudence, nor diplomacy, but contempt. And contempt, in foreign policy as in personal morality, is always a form of complicity. Let us speak, then, of this anti-Western agenda that dominates the institution supposedly entrusted, since 1945, with defending humanism everywhere, on every last patch of earth: the UN.

That every voice should have a say at the table of the world is part of a welcome development. However laudable the principle of automatic rotation may look on paper, it does not require us to accept leadership positions being handed out with no regard whatsoever for human-rights standards — a system that, in practice, systematically places geopolitical balance above values.   And not just any values.

Saudi Arabia’s unanimous election, by the 45 members of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, to chair that very commission in 2024. As early as January 2003, Gaddafi’s Libya had already been elected to chair the Commission on Human Rights  by 33 votes in favor, 3 against, and 17 abstentions.

Since 2015, the General Assembly has adopted 155 resolutions against Israel, while, during the same period, there have been—brace yourselves—0 resolutions, I said 0 resolutions, against China, Cuba, or Venezuela.

And yet, only 8 resolutions against the Islamic Republic of Iran. 24 against Russia—what a joke. 10 against the United States—that is what they call the balance of power. Since 1948, the Security Council has adopted 229 resolutions concerning Israel, dealing with settlements, the status of Jerusalem, and the return of Palestinian refugees.

With more than 50% of all Human Rights Council resolutions, 86% of General Assembly condemnations between 2012 and 2015, and 100%—I repeat, 100%—of specific UNESCO resolutions, Israel is the subject of an obviously obsessive focus that far exceeds the attention directed against all authoritarian regimes combined, resulting in the loss of credibility of the international organization that is supposed to be the world’s humanitarian watchdog.

And meanwhile, thousands are dying in Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Iran, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and I’m leaving others out. After the Taliban’s return in 2021, we heard talk of “moderate” Taliban.

For many in the West, it has become self-evident that one must negotiate with the mullah regime in the name of freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, and so much for the freedom of the Iranian people. We are still debating whether to negotiate with Islamists. The pride in killing, the enjoyment of violent death, the refusal to lay down arms and accept defeat: these are the very definition of an Islamist terrorist group.

To imagine that a future of peace is possible with men who believe only in destruction is a terrifying illusion, an admission of cowardice, and an abandonment of humanism. There are 15.7 million Jews in the world. 7.2 million live in Israel, 6.3 million in the United States, 27,000 in Arab-Muslim countries, including 10,000 in Iran, and 440,000 in France.

Since the pogroms of October 7, antisemitic acts have skyrocketed around the world. The expression of antisemitism has shed its inhibitions, as though the massacre of men, women, and children, the torture, the mutilations, the rapes—filmed with enthusiasm by terrorists delighted to have fulfilled their duty of total annihilation, had given permission to the ordinary person whose antisemitism had been quietly snoring away  to express his hatred in broad daylight.

And because this hatred finds justification in the speeches of politicians whose opportunism is matched only by their conviction, and of rancid, Holocaust-denying intellectuals, they pile on with words, deeds, and shouting. They draw up lists of Zionists to be economically destroyed — while waiting for a better solution.

Antisemites no longer hide; they are proud and praised; they are courted. Post–October 7 anti-Zionism is antisemitism with the mask finally off. Antisemitism is a challenge thrown in the face of liberal democracy.

Antisemitism is the moral victory of Islamism in the West. There is one country—just one, not two, not three—that serves as a refuge for Jews. One single country of which the world demands a proportionate response to a pogrom.

There is one country, one alone, not two, not three, that is in the crosshairs of every international organization, guilty by birth, guilty of existing. Israel’s great sin is that it is populated by Jews. If we want to avoid the day when I have to begin a speech with: “Once upon a time, there was a country called Israel,” then it is time to fight, truly fight, against antisemitism, which is anti-humanism and which tomorrow will be our collective shame.

Thank you very much.

Full Speech (Original in French):

Mesdames et messieurs, officiels compris, merci. C’est un immense honneur que de recevoir ce prix et je ne peux que tenter d’être à la hauteur de la fierté que cela représente pour moi.

Il y a un mot qui revient, lancinant, chaque fois qu’on parle d’Iran. Dans les rédactions, dans les salons feutrés des chancelleries, dans les colloques où des experts au regard condescendant expliquent le monde à ceux qui le subissent.

Ce mot, c’est « complexité ». La complexité comme paravent. La complexité comme absolution. La complexité comme manière élégante de dire :  « Les Iraniens ne sont pas tout à fait prêts. » Prêts pour quoi ? Pour la liberté ?

Pour la démocratie ? Pour les droits élémentaires que nous réclamons pour nous-mêmes depuis 1789 et que nous refusons à d’autres au nom d’un relativisme culturel qui n’est que du racisme en redingote, du mépris face aux Iraniens exécutés, aux manifestants tombés sous les balles d’armes de guerre, hommes et femmes de toute origine ethnique et religieuse, appelant simplement à un changement de régime.

Le mépris, donc, sous toutes ses formes. Le mépris du reporter de guerre qui revient de Téhéran avec ses analyses autorisées sans jamais s’interroger sur la nature de l’autorisation. Combien de fois a-t-il dîné avec des responsables du régime, se félicitant de sa propre finesse diplomatique ?

Il y a quelque chose d’obscène à se vanter de connaître Larijani,  à le qualifier de pragmatique, quand on sait que cet homme a, de sa propre voix, appelé à la fermeté contre des manifestants que le régime qualifiait d’ennemis de Dieu.

Le pragmatisme des bourreaux : c’est est le nom que donnent les lâches à leur propre complaisance. Le mépris des instituts qui publient leurs notes alambiquées. On peut lire sans rire que les manifestations de décembre 2025 risquaient d’être contre-productives parce qu’elles pourraient provoquer une ingérence étrangère.

Voilà la logique. Des Iraniens qui réclament leur liberté constituent un facteur déstabilisant. L’équilibre. Mais l’équilibre de qui ? Des mollahs ? Comme si le vrai problème était non pas la mollarchie assassine, mais l’éventuelle médiatisation de leur chute, qui pourrait être utile à Israël.

La vraie boussole, c’est l’agenda anti-occidental. Ce que les Iraniens ne comprennent pas,  c’est pourquoi l’Occident refuse de regarder en face un régime qui finance le Hamas, le Hezbollah, les Houthis, les milices chiites en Irak et en Syrie, qui a commandité des attentats sur le sol européen et qui a assassiné ses opposants à Paris, à Berlin, à Stockholm.

Ce que les Iraniens aimeraient entendre sur toutes les lèvres, c’est : l’année prochaine à Téhéran via Tel-Aviv.

Parce que cela dit la fin du chaos moyen-oriental, le retour de l’entente trois fois millénaire entre Persans et Juifs, la reprise de la cousinade qui s’est brutalement arrêtée avec la révolution khomeiniste en 1979.

47 ans de rupture imposée par la mollarchie : qu’est-ce que c’est entre 2600 ans d’histoire commune depuis le jour où Cyrus le Grand a libéré les Juifs de Babylone ? La cousinade ne s’est jamais éteinte et elle éclatera au grand jour de la vérité dès la fin des mollahs et des gardiens de la révolution. J’en suis certaine.

Et pourquoi oppose-t-on cet insupportable silence aux cris de liberté des Iraniens ? La réponse est simple : nous avons peur. Peur des islamistes, peur du regard de ceux qui voient dans tout soutien aux Iraniens un soutien implicite à l’Amérique ou à Israël.

Ce n’est pas de la prudence ni de la diplomatie, mais du mépris. Et le mépris, en politique étrangère comme en morale personnelle, est toujours une forme de complicité. Parlons-en, de cet agenda anti-occidental qui domine l’institution censée défendre l’humanisme partout, sur n’importe quelle parcelle de terre, depuis 1945 : l’ONU.

Qu’il soit dans l’ordre d’une évolution, bienvenue, que toutes les voix aient leur mot à dire à la table du monde, il n’est pourtant pas nécessaire, au prétexte pourtant louable sur le papier de la rotation automatique, d’accepter l’absence de critères de respect des droits de l’homme pour les postes de direction, qui jouent alors systématiquement en faveur de la prééminence des équilibres géopolitiques.

Et pas n’importe quelle valeur. L’élection au poste de présidente de l’Arabie saoudite, à l’unanimité des 45 membres de la Commission de la condition de la femme de l’ONU, en 2024. En janvier 2003, déjà, la Libye de Mouammar Kadhafi avait été élue à la présidence de la Commission des droits de l’homme par 33 voix pour, 3 contre et 17 abstentions.

Depuis 2015, l’Assemblée générale a adopté 155 résolutions contre Israël, tandis que, dans la même période, on compte, accrochez-vous, 0 résolution, j’ai dit 0 résolution, contre la Chine, Cuba ou le Venezuela.

Et pourtant, 8 résolutions contre la République islamique d’Iran seulement. 24 contre la Russie, c’est une blague. 10 contre les États-Unis, ça s’appelle l’équilibre des forces. Depuis 1948, le Conseil de sécurité a adopté 229 résolutions concernant Israël, portant sur la colonisation, le statut de Jérusalem et le retour des réfugiés palestiniens.

Avec plus de 50% de toutes les résolutions du Conseil des droits de l’homme, 86% des condamnations de l’Assemblée générale entre 2012 et 2015, et 100%, je dis bien 100%, des résolutions spécifiques de l’UNESCO, Israël fait l’objet d’une focalisation de toute évidence obsessionnelle, qui dépasse largement celle dirigée contre tous les régimes autoritaires réunis et dont le résultat est la perte de crédibilité d’une organisation internationale censée être la vigie humanitaire du monde.

Et pendant ce temps-là, des milliers de morts en Syrie, au Yémen, au Soudan, en Iran, en République démocratique du Congo, et j’en oublie. Après le retour des talibans en 2021, nous avons entendu parler de talibans modérés.

Il est devenu évident pour beaucoup en Occident qu’il faut négocier avec la mollarchie au nom de la liberté du détroit d’Ormuz, et tant pis pour la liberté des Iraniens. On débat encore de savoir s’il faut négocier avec les islamistes. La fierté de tuer, la jouissance de la mort violente, le refus de rendre les armes et d’accepter la défaite définissent ce dont tout groupe terroriste islamiste est le nom.

Imaginer qu’un avenir de paix soit possible avec des hommes qui ne croient qu’en la destruction est une terrifiante illusion, un aveu de lâcheté  et un abandon de l’humanisme. Il y a 15,7 millions de Juifs dans le monde. 7,2 millions vivent en Israël, 6,3 millions aux États-Unis, 27 000 dans des pays arabo-musulmans, dont 10 000 en Iran, et 440 000 en France.

Depuis les pogroms du 7 octobre, les actes antisémites ont explosé partout dans le monde. L’expression de l’antisémitisme s’est décomplexée, comme si le massacre d’hommes, de femmes, d’enfants, les tortures, les mutilations, les viols filmés dans l’enthousiasme par des terroristes heureux d’avoir accompli leur devoir d’annihilation totale autorisaient le quidam dont l’antisémitisme ronflait tranquillement à exprimer sa haine au grand jour.

Et parce que cette haine trouve justification dans des discours de politiques aussi opportunistes que convaincus  et d’intellectuels négationnistes et rances, ils en rajoutent en mots, en actes, en vociférations. Ils dressent des listes de sionistes à abattre économiquement en attendant mieux.

Les antisémites ne se cachent plus, ils sont fiers et applaudis, ils sont courtisés. L’antisionisme post-7 octobre est un antisémitisme enfin assumé. L’antisémitisme est un défi lancé au visage de la démocratie libérale.

L’antisémitisme est la victoire morale de l’islamisme en Occident. Il y a un pays, un seul, pas deux, pas trois, qui est un refuge pour les Juifs. Un seul pays auquel le monde réclame une réponse proportionnée à un pogrom.

Il y a un pays, un seul, pas deux, pas trois, qui est dans la ligne de mire de toutes les organisations internationales, coupable de naissance, coupable d’exister. La grande faute d’Israël est d’être peuplé de Juifs. Si nous voulons éviter qu’un jour, je commence un discours par : « Il était une fois un pays, Israël », il est temps de véritablement se battre contre l’antisémitisme, qui est un antihumanisme et qui sera demain notre honte collective.

Merci beaucoup.

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ORA’s honorees are people who are “not just in the headlines but are shaping what happens next” — thinkers, creators, and builders whose work helps define where ideas and society are heading. The list highlights individuals who influence art, media, design, and public life, and who move between Jewish identity and the wider world with confidence and conviction. The magazine selects “the brightest lights who in every generation shine and shape what comes next.”

In its profile of Neuer, ORA highlights his leadership of UN Watch and his efforts to challenge bias and expose human rights abuses within international institutions. The magazine recognizes Neuer as “a leading voice for accountability on the global stage” and praises his willingness to confront authoritarian regimes and double standards at the United Nations. ORA writes that Neuer “brings moral clarity into rooms built on diplomacy, refusing to let silence stand in for truth.”

The list also includes prominent figures from a range of fields, including activist Mandana Dayani, author and public intellectual Gad Saad, and musician and activist Chantae Vetrice.

UN Watch is honored to see Hillel Neuer and our organization recognized as among the brightest lights whose ideas, creativity, and convictions are helping shape the future.

The ORA 18

In every issue, ORA honors 18 trailblazers who illuminate the intersection of art, identity, and influence. We look for the people who aren’t just in the headlines but are shaping what happens next. The ORA 18 is a snapshot of that shift, the thinkers, creators, and builders whose work defines where culture is actually going.

These are the people setting the tone in art, media, design, and public life. They build audiences from scratch. They start conversations no one else will touch. They move between Jewish identity and the wider world without asking for permission. Together, they form a constellation: a map of where creativity, courage, and cultural power meet. This is the ORA 18. The brightest lights in a world that cannot look away.

“Every generation has its lights who shine and shape what comes next.”

HILLEL NEUER
International Lawyer/Advocate
A leading voice for accountability on the global stage, Hillel Neuer is the executive director of UN Watch, where he has spent over a decade, challenging bias and exposing human rights abuses within international institutions. Based in Geneva, Neuer is known for his direct, unsparing speeches at the United Nations, often confronting authoritarian regimes and calling out double standards. Trained in law at McGill University and Hebrew University, he shifted from corporate practice to advocacy, becoming a prominent defender of democratic values and Jewish rights on the world stage.

ORA FACTOR: He brings moral clarity into rooms built on diplomacy, refusing to let silence stand in for truth.

MANDANA DAYANI
Marketer/Activist
A lawyer, activist, and cultural force, Mandana Dayani has built a career at the intersection between Los Angeles and New York, she first rose as a brand builder, helping shape platforms like I AM A VOTER, before stepping fully into her own voice as a founder, advocate, and community leader. As a Jewish Iranian immigrant, Mandana champions human rights and women’s voices. She was appointed by Joe Biden to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, reinforcing her commitment to remembrance, education, and combating antisemitism.

ORA FACTOR: She transforms visibility into action, bridging activism, media, and identity.

GAD SAAD
Philosopher/Author
A provocative public intellectual and evolu- tionary behavioral scientist, Gad Saad is a professor at Concordia University and a leading voice on culture and free speech. Born in Lebanon and raised in Canada after fleeing civil war, he has built a global platform through bestselling books, media, and his “Honey Badger” persona. His latest book, Suicidal Empathy, challenges moral frameworks that undermine truth and merit.

ORA FACTOR: He uses science and sharp commentary to confront dominant narratives and spark global debate.

CHANTAE VETRICE
Pop-Rap Artist/Activist
A bold voice in music and identity, Chantae Vetrice is a New York-born rapper, singer, pop, and deeply personal storytelling. Rising through both independent and label-backed releas- es, she has built a following with raw, thought-pro- voking lyrics and striking visuals, while also working as a model and creative collaborator. Openly proud of her journey, Chantae converted to Judaism after years of spiritual exploration and speaks unapologetically about her identity as a Black Jewish Zionist, often in the face of criticism.

ORA FACTOR: She brings a new, fearless voice to Jewish identity, using music and visibility to challenge stereotypes and expand what it means to belong.

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For the first time ever, in wake of UN Watch’s advocacy, Germany, Italy, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Latvia withheld support for renewing UNRWA’s mandate, in a recent vote at the UN General Assembly. Germany’s Der Spiegel called it a “remarkable political shift.” And in a second vote on UNRWA, those six EU countries were further joined by Austria, Romania and Lithuania. In previous years, all 27 EU states had voted in favor of these resolutions.

Two months before the vote, UN Watch delivered parliamentary testimony and appeared in the media in Germany and Italy, releasing a major report that exposed UNRWA’s terror ties. In addition, UN Watch launched the UNRWA Terror Network, an interactive platform mapping the infiltration of UNRWA by terrorists, which was covered on the front page of Germany’s Die Welt.

Executive Director Hillel Neuer spoke in the German Parliament and at a Berlin press conference to present UN Watch’s report, Schools in the Grip of Terror. UN Watch’s revelations were reported by Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Berliner Morgenpost, and other newspapers. In Italy, Neuer spoke at the Senate in Rome to present UN Watch’s evidence, and was interviewed live on RAI, Italy’s national broadcaster. UN Watch’s report on UNRWA terror ties was also covered by La Stampa, Il Tempo, and Il Riformista.

“Virulent disinformation has not only tarnished UNRWA’s reputation—it has strangled funding,” said UNRWA Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini.

2. U.S. Sanctions Francesca Albanese, Bars Her From America

Following UN Watch’s campaign backed by 120,000 signatures, on July 9th U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced sanctions against the UN’s pro-Hamas rapporteur Francesca Albanese — the first such action ever taken against a UN official.

Albanese is now blocked by the global financial system, unable to open a bank account, use a credit card, or receive payments. She was barred entry to America, which put an end to her anti-Israel campus lecture tours that last year saw her spew hate at Georgetown, Princeton and Barnard.

In interviews, Albanese says the sanctions have been “devastating” to her, and that they are having a “chilling effect” on other UN officials who think twice before criticizing Israel.

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3. Syrian Activist Tears Apart Anti-Israel Lies at UN

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Invited by UN Watch, Syrian activist Rawan Osman tore apart anti-Israel lies in a viral speech at the United Nations that shocked Arab delegates — and which on Instagram alone drew 269,000 likes and 4.4 million views. “I ask Iran: Why do you send billions to Hamas and Hezbollah, instead of liberating your own people, who are suffering oppression and poverty?”  Ms. Osman went on to brilliantly call out the hypocrisy of Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. A rare moment of truth at the UN.

4. Anti-Israel Inquiry Chair Resigns, Fearing U.S. Sanctions

In July, days after the U.S. announced sanctions on UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese, the Chair of the UN’s anti-Israel Commission of Inquiry suddenly announced her resignation. Navi Pillay, who has a daughter and grandchild living in New York, reportedly feared being sanctioned and denied entry into America. Fellow commissioner Miloon Kothari, who was previously condemned by 18 countries after his rant about the “the Jewish Lobby controlling social media,” also resigned. UN Watch had waged a massive campaign exposing the egregious anti-Israel bias of Pillay and her commission.

5. “When Arabs Kill Arabs, Why Is It No One Bats an Eye?”: Yemeni Journalist Slams UN Hypocrisy in Viral Speech

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UN Watch brought a rare voice of moral clarity to the UN floor: Yemeni journalist Luai Ahmed.

After UN rights chief Volker Türk singled out Israel, our guest speaker challenged the UN’s fixation on the Jewish state while mass slaughter in Yemen, Syria, and Sudan is met with silence:

“I ask the UN, the Arab League, and everyone who has been raising the Palestinian flag since October 7: Where is the flag of Yemen?”

“In my country, half a million people have died in the last 10 years. The biggest famine and humanitarian crisis in modern history. Why does no one care when half a million Yemenis die?”

“High Commissioner, why is it that when Arabs kill millions of Arabs, no one bats an eye? Where is the outrage, and where are the protests?”

The UN Watch speech by Luai Ahmed went viral worldwide—with over 500,000 likes and 10 million views on Instagram alone—becoming one of the most widely viewed UN interventions of the year, and igniting global outrage over the UN’s double standards.

6. Revealed: UN’s Anti-Western Rapporteur Received $1.3 Million From China, Qatar, Russia

UN Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan, who was installed by the UN Human Rights Council to go after Western countries for sanctioning dictatorships, received over $1.3 million from China, Qatar, and Russia, revealed Hillel Neuer when he confronted her in a dramatic UN debate. Absurdly, the UN chair rebuked Neuer for “personal attacks.” Cuba joined in, accusing UN Watch of “offensive, out-of-order, politicized comments.” In a powerful National Post op-ed, however, UN Watch exposed in detail the moral and financial corruption of Douhan’s Orwellian UN mandate, including her propaganda trips to Iran, China, Syria, Qatar, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, and, most recently, Cuba.

7. UN Watch Gathers World’s Top Human Rights Voices, Turns Tables on Tyrants

UN Watch led a coalition of 30 courageous human rights groups to host the 17^th annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy, gathering family members of political prisoners, and turning a rare global spotlight on regimes such as Iran, China, Russia, Cuba, Eritrea, Afghanistan, Venezuela, and Sudan.

The opening was held at the United Nations European Headquarters, hosted by Canada and attended by numerous diplomats. UN Watch’s coalition presented the 2025 Courage Award to Venezuelan President-Elect Edmundo González and opposition leader María Corina Machado. Famed chess grandmaster and pro-democracy activist Garry Kasparov gave the opening speech. With a mass crowd of Persian enthusiasts flying in from around the world, Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi  delivered the keynote. In a poignant moment, Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza, only months after his release from Siberian prison, joined his wife Evgenia on stage. UN Watch’s flagship human rights event of the year was reported by Reuters, Agence France Presse, Swiss TV, and other media. Click here to see the powerful testimonies.

8. South African Council Penalizes UN Health Monitor For Calling Neuer “Evil Scum White Man”

South Africa’s Health Professions Council disciplined UN health monitor Tlaleng Mofokeng for professional misconduct, slapping her with a fine of 10,000 Rand, after she called Hillel Neuer an “evil scum white man.”

The ruling followed Neuer’s exposure of Mofokeng’s repeated defenses of Hamas terrorism and her offensive posts, including a tweet telling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “F**ck off.” Neuer’s exposé went viral, triggering widespread outrage. In response, Mofokeng lashed out at Neuer with racist insults and expletive-filled rants.

Facing mounting pressure, Mofokeng issued an apology that appeared to have been drafted by UN officials. In October, South Africa’s health regulator found her guilty of misconduct, marking a rare rebuke of a UN mandate-holder for racist abuse.

9. Outrage: Saudi Arabia Chairs UN Women’s Rights Commission, Exposed by UN Watch

UN Watch ignited a global backlash against the UN’s credibility when a viral post by Hillel Neuer exposed Saudi Arabia’s election as chair of the UN’s top women’s rights body. The moment was hailed by The Spectator as emblematic of the UN hitting rock bottom: “As the superb organisation UN Watch points out, the UN Commission on the Status of Women has never passed a single resolution regarding Saudi Arabia’s treatment of women — and now, grotesquely, has rewarded it with the chair.” Weeks later, UN Watch broke the story that Qatar, too, had been elected to the same body.

10. UN Watch Honored at Knesset, Hillel Neuer Named One of Most Influential Jewish Leaders

UN Watch was honored at Israel’s Knesset in Jerusalem as a “powerful and inspiring voice for justice” on the world stage, recognizing its “fearless and eloquent” executive director. This year, Hillel Neuer was also named among the world’s 50 most influential Jews by The Jerusalem Post, and among the top 30 Jewish leaders by Ynetnews.

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GENEVA, September 3, 2025 — United Nations Watch today announced the election of The Honourable Linda Frum, former Canadian Senator, journalist, and author, as Chair of its Governing Board.

The Honourable Linda Frum served in the Senate of Canada from 2009 to 2021, where she was recognized as a principled voice for human rights, freedom, and democracy, standing up against antisemitism and in defense of victims of dictatorial regimes from China to Cuba. A fierce advocate for human rights in Iran, she co-sponsored Iran Accountability Week on Parliament Hill, and was a leading force in the Canadian Parliament in support of Iranian human rights defenders such as Masih Alinejad. She strongly advocated to list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in its entirety as a terrorist entity, and for laws to sanction regime perpetrators sheltering in Canada.

Ms. Frum is a former contributing editor to Maclean’s magazine, and was a columnist with the National Post. She has authored two bestselling books, Linda Frum’s Guide to Canadian Universities and Barbara Frum: A Daughter’s Memoir. She is also a Gemini-Award winning documentarian.

In 2022, Ms. Frum chaired the Board of Directors of UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, one of North America’s leading Jewish community organizations. She has been a member of the UN Watch Board since 2021. She holds honorary doctorates from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Yeshiva University.

Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of UN Watch, welcomed the election:

“Linda Frum has demonstrated throughout her career an unwavering commitment to moral clarity and human rights. She brings a unique combination of public service, community leadership, and courage in confronting antisemitism and defending democratic values. Her guidance will be invaluable as UN Watch strengthens its work to hold the UN accountable and to defend the principles of human rights and democracy worldwide.”

Linda Frum said:

“It is a profound honor to be entrusted with the role of Chair at UN Watch, an organization whose voice has long stood for truth, justice, and integrity at the United Nations. Facing the perilous threats of authoritarianism and antisemitism, UN Watch plays a vital role in defending universal values and giving voice to those who are silenced. I look forward to supporting Hillel Neuer and the board in advancing this essential mission.”

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GENEVA, Sept. 1, 2025 — UN Watch is pleased to announce the appointment of Daniel Radomski as its new Chief Strategy and Diplomacy Officer, effective September 1, 2025.

Mr. Radomski brings more than two decades of international leadership experience in Jewish advocacy, diplomacy, and organizational management. Most recently, he served as Head of Strategy & Programs at the World Jewish Congress in New York, where he was also the Executive Director of the WJC Jewish Diplomatic Corps, leading a network of over 600 young professionals across 60 countries engaged in global diplomacy and advocacy for the Jewish people.

In his new role at UN Watch, Radomski will advance the organization’s strategic plan, oversee diplomatic engagement at the United Nations in Geneva, expand international partnerships, strengthen outreach to governments and parliaments, and grow the community of supporters who sustain its mission.

Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of UN Watch, welcomed the appointment: “Daniel Radomski is an accomplished leader with a proven record of building global networks and advancing advocacy at the highest levels. His vision, energy, and diplomatic experience will be a tremendous asset as UN Watch intensifies its mission of holding the UN accountable to its founding principles and defending human rights for all.”

Daniel Radomski said: “I am honored to join UN Watch at this critical moment when principled leadership and moral clarity are urgently needed for the international community. I look forward to working with Hillel and the UN Watch team to strengthen our impact, engage key stakeholders worldwide, and ensure that the values of truth, justice, and human rights remain at the center of the global agenda.”

Radomski holds a BSc in Economics and History from University College London and an MBA from Bar-Ilan University, as well as an Executive Leadership Certificate in Public Service from NYU Wagner. He has also served as Chairman of the Zionist Federation of Sweden and as a trustee and board member of leading Jewish institutions in Europe and the United States.

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UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer joined Fox Business with Cheryl Casone to discuss Israel’s looming operations in Gaza, the fate of hostages still held by Hamas, and the UN’s ongoing failures.

Cheryl Casone, Fox Business: I want to bring in UN Watch Executive Director, Hillel Neuer. Hillel, I want to get your reaction to this, because we knew this was coming. The Cabinet had already approved for the complete takeover of Gaza, Gaza City, but it looks like we may see some pretty major operations underway within the next 24 to 48 hours in Gaza.

Hillel Neuer: That’s right. Look, folks have to remember that Israel is sitting next door to a terrorist organization that is armed and financed by the Islamic regime in Iran, that is holding dozens of hostages — some living, some dead — and has sworn to repeat the assault that they perpetrated on October 7, two years ago, nearly two years ago, where they massacred more than a thousand people, families, and committed atrocities, and they threatened to do it again. They still fire rockets at Israel when they can.

So Israel has an obligation to push back. There’s a stronghold in Gaza City. Of course, there’s a dilemma in Israel, there’s a terrible dilemma: do you defeat Hamas and root them out, as you need to do, but at the same time, you have to do everything not to harm the hostages. And that’s why Israel’s Prime Minister announced that he was going to instruct his negotiators to engage fully diplomatically to seek to negotiate the release of the hostages.

Cheryl Casone: But Hamas has been completely unwilling for all these years to negotiate, and there were releases, but at this point, those last living hostages seem to be the only bargaining chip that Hamas has left. Do you think they’re even going to use that chip at all? Or do you think that it is a worst-case scenario where, unfortunately, if the IDF gets close enough to where the hostages are, that Hamas would indeed kill them?

Hillel Neuer: Well, tragically, that is what happened last year, and many people in Israel painfully remember when some of the hostages were executed, exactly as you said, as Israel got closer. So look, this is a vicious terrorist organization. They’re not new at this modus operandi. Let’s recall 25 years ago: Hamas unleashed suicide bombers, which were blowing up dozens and dozens of suicide bombs in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, in pizza shops, in discotheques and so forth, blowing up buses.

This is a nihilistic death cult. They are holding onto hostages, in part to torture them, but also to create a rift between Israelis, because a large part of Israelis say: “Do everything to release the hostages,” and others say: “Yes, but we also have to defeat Hamas.” So it’s a horrible dilemma, and one wouldn’t want to be any of Israel’s cabinet ministers having to make that decision.

Cheryl Casone: Well, Israel is accusing the United Nations of misleading the world, as aid in Gaza is being stolen and diverted from civilians. It seems that Hamas has been doing this for months. A review conducted by the Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities is claiming that UN figures have failed to account for the entry of about 6,000 additional aid trucks since May. They write: “The fact that the U.N. presents only part of the aid actually transferred misleads the international community and creates a false picture of the situation, directly influencing global media coverage and shaping the positions of international decision-makers regarding the humanitarian situation in Gaza.” Hillel, your reaction to that statement?

Hillel Neuer: Well, it’s tragic. You know, the UN is meant to be the world’s primary humanitarian organization, and yet, we’ve seen in the past two years, in this case and others, that systematically, they have mobilized to parrot the narrative that is pushed out by Hamas. Whatever is the Hamas narrative, you will see it days later, endorsed by UN agencies, and that goes into the media ecosystem, as quoted by the UN — “the UN said.”

So indeed, as you said, the UN is saying only 3,000 trucks have entered Gaza since May. The reality is it’s 9,000 trucks. They failed to count 6,000 because they weren’t brought in by the UN. Well, guess what? The U.S. and Israel have been backing the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, an alternative to the UN, which is now giving up to two million meals a day, and the UN sees that as a threat, especially their agency, UNRWA, which is complicit with Hamas. The heads of UNRWA in Gaza and Lebanon and other places are actual Hamas members. So they are mobilized in a way that is failing to uphold the UN’s humanitarian principles.

“Israel sits next door to a nihilistic death cult, armed by Iran, that still fires rockets and vows to repeat October 7. Israel must save the hostages and defeat Hamas. How to achieve both is a terrible dilemma.”

UN Watch's @HillelNeuer on @FoxBusiness today with @cherylcasone: pic.twitter.com/AA78qPNU2e

— UN Watch (@UNWatch) August 22, 2025

Cheryl Casone: What is so interesting is if you listen to the UN, they’ll say: “Well, we’re the ones that should be handling the aid. We’re the experts. We’re the people that know how to do this.” That’s their pushback. Does that ring hollow to you?

Hillel Neuer: Well, it does, because, you know, with UNRWA, that’s the primary agency in Gaza, it’s meant to be the UN agency for Palestinians. They employ 13,000 staff. The UN will say: “Only UNRWA can distribute food.” Well, why is that? You know, Israel says, and there’s strong evidence, that there are thousands of members of UN staff who belong to Hamas. When Hamas took over Gaza, they infiltrated the entire UNRWA. We have a report, UN Watch, next month, showing that teachers, school principals, heads of the unions overseeing thousands of UNRWA staff are leading Hamas terror chiefs. And the UN says: “Only we can give out aid.” So what you have is, actually, they are disguising a pathological agenda, because UNRWA tells Palestinians that their mission is to dismantle Israel, and they wrap that as a humanitarian agency. When any other group, like the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, is giving out two million meals, they see that as an existential threat.

Cheryl Casone: Before you go, I want to ask you about the story. This senior World Bank Group economist is lobbing accusations at political leaders for their stance on Israel, yesterday. During an Italian Parliament forum, the economist publicly accused Italy of supporting genocide against Palestinians. UN Watch is now calling on the World Bank Group to fire him because of these antisemitic statements. I know you’ve been following that story. What can you tell us?

Hillel Neuer: Look, yesterday, our organization, UN Watch, sent a letter to the president of the World Bank demanding that they terminate a senior economist of theirs named Massimiliano Cali. He happens to be the husband of Francesca Albanese, who is a known pro-Hamas, UN figure who was sanctioned last month by the United States, and she’s barred entry into the U.S. And he, in his own part, has been working for over a decade for the World Bank. At the same time, on his Facebook page, he calls for the indictment of Netanyahu, accuses him of massacres. He endorses a pro-Hamas initiative. He compares Israelis to Nazis.

And as you said, he recently stood up in the Italian Parliament while his wife was accusing Israel of genocide. He parroted her remarks. He called on the EU to break their trade pact with Israel. All of this is in gross violation of the World Bank’s basic rules. We wrote to Secretary Rubio yesterday and said: “America is a top donor to the World Bank. If you have their officials embracing a Hamas narrative, acting in a way that is completely contrary to how an international civil servant is supposed to behave, that person should be fired.”

Cheryl Casone: Hillel, thank you so much for the perspective. We’re obviously going to be following any breaking news developments out of Israel and Gaza over the next couple of days, as that thing seems to be really moving now. Thank you, sir, for being here.

Hillel Neuer: Thank you.

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Francesca Albanese has revealed that UN Secretary-General António Guterres has not spoken to her since the U.S. announced its unprecedented decision to sanction the so-called UN human rights expert.

Asked in an interview with the pro-Hamas Middle East Eye if Guterres had reached out to her, a visibly upset Albanese responded: “Never! Never heard from him. No — Not now, not before. And I don’t think after.”

The admission exposes the icy relations between Guterres and Albanese that were first brought to light by former U.S. Special Envoy on Antisemitism, Deborah Lipstadt, who said that the Secretary-General privately called Francesca Albanese a “horrible person.”

Guterres Failed to Denounce Her

Yet despite this private disdain, Guterres has failed to act on repeated calls by the United States government, and by UN Watch, to remove Albanese from her post following condemnations for antisemitism by the U.S., France, Germany, and Canada, nor has the UN chief been willing to even make a statement denouncing her violations of the UN code of conduct.

“The United States strongly opposed the renewal of Ms. Albanese’s appointment earlier this year, warning the Secretary-General that it would demonstrate a disregard for the code of conduct for Special Rapporteurs and bring further disgrace to the United Nations,” said the U.S. Mission to the UN in a statement.

“Ms. Albanese’s malignant antisemitism and support for terrorism is conduct which renders her unfit to serve as Special Rapporteur… The United States reiterates our request that the Secretary-General directly condemn Ms. Albanese’s activities and call for her removal as Special Rapporteur. The lack of such action to date has enabled Ms. Albanese to pursue her campaign of economic warfare targeting entities across the world.”

By enabling Albanese’s reappointment in April 2025 and refusing to take action against Albanese’s hate, terrorism support, and financial misconduct, Guterres has allowed the world body to reach a new level of shame.

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During a rare review of Egypt’s human rights record, Hillel Neuer took the floor in the United Nations debate to call out Cairo’s hypocrisy on Gaza, and its awful practices on political prisoners. Where others were silent, UN Watch told the truth. 

United Nations Human Rights Council, July 2, 2025:

Egyptian Ambassador Alaa Hegazy:  “The Egyptian Constitution enshrines human rights, principles, and fundamental freedoms as the foundation of the political system…”

Hillel Neuer: “Mr. Chair,  Egypt claimed that it respects the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. If so, why is it holding 60,000 political prisoners?  

Why did it create the Supreme State Security Prosecution, ostensibly to punish terrorism, but which has been mostly used to target human rights activists, to crush free speech? 

The latest victim is activist Dalia Ziada. The Public Prosecutor accuses her of high treason. Her crime? She publicly condemned the Hamas massacre of October 7th.  We ask Egypt: Is this respect for civil and political rights? 

In today’s report, Egypt speaks about its commitment to refugees. Last week, Egypt told this Council that Gaza is suffering one of the greatest humanitarian crises in modern history. So Egypt claims to care about the people of Gaza. But is this true?

Let us consider.

When Hamas launched the invasion, they subjected two million people in Gaza to war and suffering.

Egypt, you used to occupy Gaza for 19 years until 1967, which is just next door. You have massive empty land in the Sinai.

When appeals were made for you to temporarily grant asylum to the innocent civilians of Gaza, why did you say no? 

If weeks after Russia’s invasion, Poland welcomed 1.3 million Ukrainians; if in the last two years, 3 million Sudanese were taken in by their neighbors; Turkey took in 3.7 million Syrians; then we ask you:  Egypt, why haven’t you shown the same basic humanity for your neighbors, for your own Arab and Muslim brothers? 

If you care for the people of Gaza, why won’t you offer them temporary asylum, as so many other nations in this room have done for their neighbors facing a humanitarian emergency? 

Now, the masses were abandoned. But you did allow some to cross your sealed border. But why did you force these refugees to pay thousands of dollars—and why to a company linked to Egyptian state security and your president, al-Sisi—profiting over $100 million off their desperation? 

Do you really care for the people of Gaza?”

I took the floor at the United Nations during a rare review of Egypt’s human rights record: Why is Egypt holding 60,000 political prisoners? Why are they prosecuting activist @DaliaZiada for the crime of condemning Hamas? Why are they abandoning and oppressing Gazans? pic.twitter.com/BLrnq4jaxs

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 3, 2025

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