UNHRC cuts off UN Watch for quoting antisemitic posts by UNRWA teachers

• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Published date: 03 October 2021
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

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"I have noticed that in the course of this video, derogatory, insulting and inflammatory remarks have been made which in particular refer directly to specific individuals. This amounts to personal attacks against those individuals and it is not acceptable in this forum," said Khan, saying the video was "out of order."

The video in question showed Hillel Neuer, director of UN Watch, referencing a report published in August by UN Watch calling out over 100 teachers and staff at UNRWA schools for posting antisemitic content on social media.

The content included videos of Adolf Hitler, antisemitic conspiracy theories about Jews controlling the world and content inciting and glorifying terrorism.

The UNHRC president proceeded to give the floor to the Palestinian Return Centre (PRC), an organization which has been linked to the Hamas terrorist movement. An intelligence report by the German Interior Ministry in 2012 stated that Hamas does not appear openly in Europe and instead uses platforms such as the PRC.

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