VIDEO: Israel and Syria: The UN and the Distortion of International Law | Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

Israeli settlements are back in the news, not because of something going on here in the Middle East, but rather because of decisions – distorted decisions – that are being taken in Geneva at the UN headquarters. This month, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, Prince Zeid, came out and described Israeli settlements as a grave breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention. He therefore set the stage for resolutions that were shortly thereafter adopted by the UN Human Rights Council, which, like all the resolutions of the Human Rights Council, were completely prejudicial against the State of Israel….