First on Fox – One 11 April edition NGO Action News of the UN Division for Palestinian Rights, which provides updates about civil society organizations around the world “related to the Palestine issue”, encourages readers to “take action” from the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR). Added to the list of “5 ways”. tax Day.”
The list included instructions about how protesters who “do not want (their) tax dollars to finance genocide” can “disrupt the call for a free Palestine.”
The second item on USCPR’s list was a hyperlink to protesters seeking to join a “coordinated multi-city economic blockade to liberate Palestine”, an effort organizers noted was “not affiliated with USCPR.”
In the destination page, blockade organizer A15 describes efforts to “identify and effectively blockade key chokepoints in the economy, focusing on points of production and circulation with the aim of generating the greatest economic impact.” .clogging the arteries of capitalism And the wheels of production are jamming.”
The demonstrations were largely organized by A15 Action, a newly created group that worked to “coordinate a multi-city economic blockade on April 15 in solidarity with Palestine”. (Getty Images/KTVU)
“The United Nations has been caught red-handed aiding and abetting pro-Hamas anarchists in American cities and streets,” Anne Byfsky, president of Human Rights Voice and director of Touro University’s Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust, told Fox News Digital. ” Distributing a newsletter in multiple languages and over a worldwide network, containing links to radical American and anti-Israel agitators, their agendas and plans.”
fox news digital Reported on the April 15 blockade when anti-Israel protesters stopped traffic at Washington’s Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, California’s Golden Gate Bridge and I-5 in Eugene, Ore. Meetings were also held outside New York. The Stock Exchange and City Hall of Philadelphia, the Valero headquarters in San Antonio, and in Los Angeles, Oakland, Tampa and Miami.
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CHICAGO, UNITED STATES – APRIL 15: Chicago police intervene and detain pro-Palestinian protesters during a protest against Israel’s attacks on Gaza on April 15, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. (Photo by Jacek Bozarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Police said an attempt was made to disrupt traffic in Detroit fox 2 detroit The protesting vehicles “ignored several traffic control signals”, causing “traffic disruptions” and “nearly caused accidents.”
During the day’s events, dozens of people were arrested across the country.
of the United Nations NGO Action News The site contains a disclaimer warning that third-party links “are not under the control of the United Nations and the United Nations is not responsible for the content of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site.”
Biefsky says the UN’s disclaimer is “completely bogus.” They claim that “it is UN staff who prepare summaries of activist plans,” and “any announcements or links to any third party must receive prior approval from the UN”.
Fox News Digital contacted Ambassador Cheikh Niang of Senegal, Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, for comment about whether UN staff approve items and author summaries for NGO Action News. He did not respond immediately.
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USCPR’s protest guide contains other inflammatory comments, including referring to President Biden as “Genocide Joe” and alleging that “Israel is mass murdering Palestinian families with (American) tax dollars.” To summarize USCPR’s message, the NGO Action News used more measured tones within its guide to action, stating that USCPR “calls on the public to call for Israel’s large-scale violence.” Urges pressure to end US military funding.”
“The Secretary-General does not have the legal authority to label an incident ‘genocide,'” Stephane Dujarric, a spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, told Fox News Digital. For the United Nations, this decision needs to be made by a competent court.”
United Nations and Israeli flags (Getty Images)
On January 26 this preliminary rulingThe International Court of Justice did not rule that Israel had committed genocide, but urged Israel to provide Gazans with access to humanitarian aid and make efforts to assist Palestinian civilians.
Asked whether the Secretary-General supports NGO Action News’ instructions in an official UN publication that protesters engage in civil disobedience, Dujarric said that NGO Action News is “in accordance with the mandate granted by Member States of the UN General Assembly has been compiled” and “does not fall under the authority or direction of the Secretary-General.”
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 15: Pro-Palestinian protesters near Macy’s occupy an outdoor shopping mall during the ‘Strike for Gaza’ protest calling for a permanent ceasefire in the war in Gaza on April 15, 2024 in Los Angeles Protested. , California. Pro-Palestinian protesters blocked traffic in some major US cities today on Tax Day. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
“There is all this lawlessness on the streets of America, which should be a huge wake-up call to American lawmakers and the criminal justice system because we’re talking about an operation based right in New York City,” Biefsky said. “It is also a shocking reminder of the United Nations’ history of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic bias and its vicious campaign after October 7 to deny Israel its legal right to self-defense.”
On April 16, the Anti-Defamation League released its annual Audit of anti-Semitic incidents, which found that anti-Semitic incidents increased by 140% between 2022 and 2023. This includes a 45% increase in attacks, a 69% increase in vandalism and a 184% increase in harassment. The ADL noted that after October 7 “explicitly anti-Semitic and anti-Semitic rhetoric was seen at 1,352 anti-Israel rallies across the United States”.
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When asked whether he believed that anti-Israel protests were among the reasons for the increase in anti-Semitic incidents in the United States after October 7, Dujarric said, “The Secretary-General has stated publicly and repeatedly, what he believes. Have raised voice against him.” The rise of anti-Semitism in many of our societies, whether in Europe, North America and other parts of the world.
“Furthermore, the Secretary-General has also publicly stated that those who call for the destruction of the State of Israel are a form of modern anti-Semitism.”
Israel’s foreign minister and UN ambassador have both called on Guterres to resign over his behavior towards Israel.
