October 1, 2021 — The U.N. Human Rights Council cut off Hillel Neuer today for testifying about UNRWA teachers who glorify Hitler. UNHRC President Nazhat Khan said Neuer made “derogatory, insulting and inflammatory remarks”—by quoting their own Facebook posts.
Khan declared: “This amounts to personal attacks. This statement is out of order.”
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In the following Twitter thread, Neuer called on UNHRC President Nazhat Shameem Khan to rescind her ruling:
Dear UNHRC President @NazhatsKhan,
On Friday you cut me off while presenting a report on UNRWA teachers' systemic antisemitism. You read out a prepared statement accusing me of "inflammatory remarks" and ruled me out of order.
I urge you to apologize and rescind your ruling. https://t.co/FrtZmERw0o
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 3, 2021
Otherwise, I will be calling on U.N. Secretary-General @AntonioGuterres to publicly declare:
1. That my quoting of antisemitic posts by UN teachers can in no way be characterized as "derogatory, insulting and inflammatory remarks" nor as "personal attacks."
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 3, 2021
2. That the highest human rights body of the United Nations has just sent a dangerous message to the world when, without any basis, you summarily and arbitrarily blocked me from presenting a report about systemic antisemitism incited daily by the teachers of UNRWA, a UN agency.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 3, 2021
3. That the United Nations reaffirms its unequivocal commitment to respecting Freedom of Speech as guaranteed under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and that it will support the work of non-governmental delegates in exposing and combating Antisemitism.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 3, 2021
In conclusion, Madam President, I urge you to uphold the basic human rights and anti-racism principles upon which the United Nations and your Human Rights Council were founded.
I attach:
(a) Our report on UNRWA that you prevented me from presenting: https://t.co/MjhgpT7zFi
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 3, 2021
The incident was reported in several media outlets:
Neuer was highlighting a recent UN Watch report that “exposed more than 100 teachers, school principals and other employees that praise Hitler, propagate hatred against Jews and support terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians on social media.” https://t.co/ro4KNlHNKv
— Algemeiner (@Algemeiner) October 3, 2021
The president of the @UN Human Rights Council cut off @UNWatch during a UNHRC session after the NGO began quoting @antisemitic posts by UN Relief and Works Agency teachers.https://t.co/z3pwk0uVXa
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) October 3, 2021
De president van de Mensenrechtenraad van de Verenigde Naties (UNHRC) Nazhat Shameem Khan heeft vrijdag een videopresentatie van UN Watch onderbroken. In de presentatie werden anti-joodse berichten op social media van leraren van de UNRWA geciteerd.https://t.co/vnr6wiibJc
— JOODS.NL (@joods) October 3, 2021
