Rhetoric about alleged anti-Israel bias at the UN, despite how unfounded the allegations are, will never cease to reverberate. The US recently reignited its disapproval of the possibility of updating the UN’s Israeli settlement business blacklist, which it said could be detrimental to businesses. That, of course, is the point, in order to discourage businesses from profiting by trading in Israel’s illegal settlements in occupied Palestine. Besides opposing the UN database, the US State Department deputy spokesman also reiterated the refusal to cooperate with the UN. “We have not provided and will not provide any information to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on this database, and our position has been repeatedly made clear in public … Continue reading The UN tramples over human rights for Israel’s benefit