{"id":5115,"date":"2008-12-25T10:19:10","date_gmt":"2008-12-25T15:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=5115"},"modified":"2008-12-25T10:19:10","modified_gmt":"2008-12-25T15:19:10","slug":"stephen-lendman-obama-v-richard-falk-on-israel-and-occupied-palestine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=5115","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Lendman: Obama v. Richard Falk on Israel and Occupied Palestine"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Stephen Lendman, Global Research, 22 December 2008<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Obama leaves no ambiguity where he stands. From public statements, campaign pledges, policy advisors, and war cabinet selections, his positions affirm:<\/p>\n

— one-sided pro-Israeli zealotry;<\/p>\n

— continued Palestinian oppression;<\/p>\n

— no end to the Iraq war and occupation;<\/p>\n

— possibly attacking Iran and\/or allying with Israel to do it;<\/p>\n

— pursuing an imperial agenda; targeting Pakistan, Russia and other countries;<\/p>\n

— expanding the size of the military; increasing expenditures for it; and<\/p>\n

— providing Israel annually with billions of dollars; the latest weapons and technology; the same zero interest rate loans Wall Street gets; liberal debt forgiveness; virtually anything Israel requests on the pretext of security, to wage aggressive war, or expand its illegal settlements; and<\/p>\n

— acquiescing and remaining silent after Israel insulted a high UN official by harassing and detaining him, then expelling him from the country.<\/p>\n

Last March, Richard Falk replaced John Dugard as the UN Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) Special Rapporteur on Occupied Palestine. UNHRC is mandated:<\/p>\n

— to promote and protect human rights globally;<\/p>\n

— detect and speak out objectively against violations and violators;<\/p>\n

— “provide a forum for identifying, highlighting and developing responses to today’s human rights challenges,<\/p>\n

— act as the principal focal point of human rights research, education, public information, and advocacy activities in the United Nations system,” and<\/p>\n

— respect the rights of everyone irrespective of nationality, ethnicity, race, gender, language, age, or religion “as stipulated in the United Nations Charter.”<\/p>\n

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