Trending UN Watch tweets from July: Iranian plot to kidnap dissident Masih Alinejad in New York foiled by FBI; Israeli and Saudi judokas embrace after competing at Tokyo Olympics; Gazans call out Hamas for storing explosives among civilians; Cuban protesters are crushed by the regime’s plainclothes goons; and many more below.
FINALLY: “Palestinians call on Hamas to stop storing weapons in residential areas, after another explosion killed one person and injured 14 others.”
Writer Fadel Al-Manasfeh said Hamas stores ammo in markets as it knows Israel does not target such places.https://t.co/Uf7SIN70aB
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 25, 2021
Cuban Protesters Take to the Streets
Today thousands of people took to the streets across Cuba to call for the end of the dictatorship and to demand food and vaccines.
Unprecedented display of civil unrest as Cuba struggles under the worst economic crisis since the fall of the Soviet Union.https://t.co/avLMRyKMWc
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 11, 2021
🇨🇺 Cuban regime crackdown on pro-democracy protests:
47 journalists arrested
300 activists disappeared
500 arrested and detained🇺🇳 U.N. Human Rights Council reaction:
0 resolutions
0 urgent sessions
0 commissions of inquiryWhy, @mbachelet? pic.twitter.com/lC9byqqhC9
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 20, 2021
Did you happen to notice that the same people who were silent during the Iran protests are again silent during the historic freedom protests now taking place against the Cuban dictatorship, even as they fervently support all kinds of other protests in Western democracies? pic.twitter.com/T1wmzvqFSH
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 12, 2021
Cuba shock troops mobilize for crackdown on peaceful protesters calling for food, vaccines, freedom.
History will record that at the moment when the people of Cuba dared to rise up against their cruel oppressor, the United Nations chose silence. https://t.co/PP87jFPjLd
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 11, 2021
Human Rights Watch Chief Excuses Antisemitism
Ken, today is Tisha B'Av, when Jews mourn the destruction of their Temple & sovereignty in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago.
Since then, the Jews faced burnings, expulsions and the Holocaust.
Now there is Israel. We're thrilled & proud. And we'll never take lessons from an antisemite.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 18, 2021
What other forms of assault and hate would you condemn with a caveat?
”Hanging gays in wrong, but…”?
”Raping women is wrong, but…”?
”Lynching Blacks is wrong, but…”?
”Attacking Asians is wrong, but…”?
”Assaulting Muslims is wrong, but…”?https://t.co/zeHUtyugx6— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 18, 2021
Iranian Plot to Kidnap Human Rights Activist in New York Foiled
This is Masih Alinejad.
Exiled from Iran, she created a mass movement for women to defy the Ayatollahs’ misogynistic forced hijab.
Masih is one of the most courageous and compelling human rights activists I have ever met.
Iranian agents plotted to kidnap her from NY to Iran. https://t.co/hf1SRVWfPe pic.twitter.com/C1PJu279pV
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 13, 2021
This woman who loves to sing and dance created a mass movement for women in Iran to be free of subjugation and so she became Public Enemy No. 1 for the Ayatollah Khamenei regime and its Iran Lobby supporters in the US.
The frightened Mullahs plotted to kidnap her from Brooklyn. https://t.co/GhtHTpGmli
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 15, 2021
Humanity Defeats Hate at Tokyo Olympics
Humanity defeats hate.
Saeid Mollaei is the Iranian judo champion who in 2019 defied regime orders to lose intentionally so as not to compete with Israelis. He defected to Germany.
Now representing Mongolia, Mollaei just won the Olympic Silver Medal—and dedicated it to Israel. https://t.co/CdQ9p7ezbG
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 27, 2021
Saudi judoka Tahani al-Qahtani was pressured to drop out of the match against her Israeli opponent, Raz Hershko, at the Tokyo Olympics.
Muslim athletes from Algeria and Sudan boycotted their bouts with Israelis.
Al-Qahtani stayed in. After Hershko won, the two embraced. #peace pic.twitter.com/7x7DDbRytO
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 30, 2021
UN Human Rights Council Condemnations Disproportionately Target Israel
UNHRC Condemnations, 2006-21:
🇰🇵 North Korea 14
🇲🇲 Myanmar 25
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 0
🇻🇪 Venezuela 2
🇵🇰 Pakistan 0
🇧🇾 Belarus 12
🇸🇴 Somalia 0
🇪🇷 Eritrea 10
🇮🇱 Israel 95
🇹🇷 Turkey 0
🇸🇩 Sudan 0
🇸🇾 Syria 36
🇨🇳 China 0
🇸🇦 Saudi 0
🇶🇦 Qatar 0
🇨🇺 Cuba 0
🇮🇷 Iran 11Source: https://t.co/O1gUSYcHml
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 16, 2021
Palestinians Reject Israeli Vaccines
🇮🇱 Israel just sent 700,000 soon-expiring Pfizer vaccines to 🇰🇷 South Korea. Both nations refuse to allow “one drop of vaccine to go to waste.”
The Palestinians rejected these life-saving doses, once again choosing hatred of Israel over caring for their own people. https://t.co/HR0R7cOE7F
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 7, 2021
The Palestinians rejected a million COVID-19 vaccine doses from Israel, claiming they “fall short of meeting the technical criteria” as they were soon to expire.
Now 🇰🇷 South Korea will use them.
I wonder why S. Korea is so successful & the PA so not.https://t.co/BmsqeSaOSK
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 6, 2021
Reporters Without Borders Ranks Worst Enemies of Press Freedom
Worst enemies of press freedom in 2021 ranking by Reporters Without Borders include:
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇵🇰 Pakistan
🇷🇺 Russia
🇪🇷 Eritrea
🇨🇳 China
🇨🇺 CubaMembers of 2021 U.N. Human Rights Council include:
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇵🇰 Pakistan
🇷🇺 Russia
🇪🇷 Eritrea
🇨🇳 China
🇨🇺 CubaHave a nice day. https://t.co/d7v0ZveNlx
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 6, 2021
Nigeria Arrests Indigenous Leader
🇳🇬 Nigeria refuses to provide any details on their arrest of indigenous leader Nnamdi Kanu.
🇳🇬 Nigeria sits on the U.N. committee that oversees human rights NGOs.https://t.co/mFoDvXi6yM pic.twitter.com/Gce6huVVsg
— UN Watch (@UNWatch) July 4, 2021
China Sends Eid Greetings
you herded 1 million uighur muslims into camps https://t.co/3vrUYCqKMa
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 23, 2021
Liking, retweeting, following: UN Watch tweets were liked and shared by thousands around the world, including by opinion leaders and celebrities such as:
- UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion Ahmed Shaheed, former Costa Rica president Laura Chinchilla
- Iranian women’s rights activist Masih Alinejad, Cuban human rights activist Rosa María Payá, activist and Miss Iraq Sarah Idan, Saudi dissidents Raif Badawi & Ensaf Haidar, Venezuelan journalist and activist Luis Carlos Diaz, Uighur American activist Rushan Abbas, Tanzanian activist Fatma Karume
- U.S. congressman Paul Gosar
- Canadian ambassador to the UN Bob Rae, Canadian senators Leo Housakos, Linda Frum & Luc Berthold, former Canadian immigration minister Chris Alexander, Canadian MPs Marc Dalton & Kenny Chiu
- Israeli ambassador to the U.S. & UN Gilad Erdan, Israeli ambassador to Belgium Emmanuel Nahshon, Israeli ambassador to the Netherlands Naor Gilon, Israeli ambassador to Denmark Benny Dagan, Israeli ambassador to Argentina Galit Ronen, Israeli ambassador to Slovenia Eyal Sela, Israeli ambassador to Croatia Ilan Mor, Israeli ambassador to Azerbaijan George Deek
- UK MP Rebecca Harris, member of UK House of Lords Matt Ridley, Dutch politician Gert-Jan Segers, Irish MP John Paul Phelan, Swedish MEPs Charlie Weimers & David Lega
- Foundation for Defense of Democracies president Clifford May & CEO Mark Dubowitz, Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies executive director Kyle Matthews, Human Rights Foundation chief strategy officer Alex Gladstein, Lawyers Without Borders president William Goldnadel, American Enterprise Initiative resident scholar Christina Sommers, Hudson Institute South & Central Asia Director and former Pakistani ambassador to the U.S. Husain Haqqani, Religious Freedom Institute senior fellow Farahnaz Ispahani, U.S. political scientist Rachel Bitecofer, AJC Transatlantic Institute director Daniel Schwammenthal, JINSA senior policy analyst Erielle Davidson, Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-CEO Alex Ryvchin, European Jewish Congress
- U.S. actor Joshua Malina, U.S. film director James Gunn, UK television presenter & activist Rachel Riley, U.S. author and professor Eddie S. Glaude Jr, Irish actor Rory Cowan, Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero, former professional baseball player & journalist Adam Housely, former NBA basketball player Andrew Bogut, New Zealand actress Emma Lahana
Many journalists also liked or shared UN Watch’s tweets, including:
- CNN anchor Jake Tapper, Daily Wire commentator Ben Shapiro, Washington Post columnist & CNN contributor Frida Ghitis, Wall St. Journal special writer Gregory Zuckerman, New York Times Canada correspondent Dan Bilefsky, The Atlantic senior editor David Frum, CBS News correspondent Pamela Falk, Bloomberg columnist Eli Lake, journalist Katie Roof & Asia news desk editor Jihye Lee, Townhall political editor Guy Benson, The Hill journalist Joe Concha, Daily Wire reporter Ryan Saavedra, Voice of America journalist Michael Lipin
- Toronto Sun columnist Lorrie Goldstein, National Post journalist Terry Glavin, Toronto Sun columnist Brian Lilley
- Spectator columnist Stephen Daisley, Sky News political correspondent Tamara Cohen
- ARD German TV correspondent Richard C. Schneider, Welt am Sonntag editor-in-chief Johannes Boie & managing editor Antje Schippmann, former Deutsche Welle editor-in-chief Alexander Kudascheff, BILD journalist Björn Stritzel
- Sky News Australia hosts Rita Panahi & Sharri Markson
- Sky News Arabia presenter Nadim Koteich, Nigerian journalist and author Ohimai Amaize
- Jerusalem Post deputy managing editor Tovah Lazaroff & diplomatic correspondent Lahav Harkov, Times of Israel journalist Haviv Rettig Gur, Ha’aretz journalist Sam Sokol, Israeli Kann diplomatic correspondent Amichai Stein, Jewish Chronicle editor Stephen Pollard
- Music journalist Eve Barlow
- Iranian journalist Nazenin Ansari
