The Washington Free Beacon: Cruz Shames U.N. Over Anti-Israel Bias
Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) has written to the secretary-general of the United Nations to express his “outrage” over recent moves to add Israel to a so-called “List of Shame” for child human rights violators that also includes terror groups such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State.
Cruz’s letter comes on the heels of reports that Human Rights Watch (HRW) is petitioning Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to include Israel on an annual list of human rights violators that have targeted children.
HRW argues that Israel should be added to the list due to the deaths of some 500 children during last summer’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Hamas has been singled out following the war for using human shields, including children, and positioning their military outposts near schools and other civilian outposts.
Cruz appealed directly to Ban, urging him to avoid shaming the U.N. with further accusations of anti-Israel bias. The lawmaker also warns that if the U.N. decides to include Israel on the shame list, Congress will be forced to “reassess the United States’ relationship with the United Nations and consider serious consequences.”
Such a “designation would falsely and shamefully equate Israel with some of the most barbaric terrorist organizations around the world,” Cruz wrote, according to a copy of the letter. “The decision to add Israel is solely your decision to make and, therefore, is entirely in your power to prevent from taking place.”
