The recent actions of the U.N. concerning Israel and the Palestinians will be the topic of a House hearing to be held Thursday entitled “Israel, the Palestinians, and the United Nations: Challenges for the New Administration.” The hearing, held jointly by Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), Chairman of the House Panel on International Organizations, and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27), Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa will include testimony from experts including the Executive Director of UN Watch and the Vice President for Research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
“The UNESCO resolution last year that ignored Jewish and Christian ties to the Temple Mount, the U.N. General Assembly vote in December singling out Israeli settlements while minimizing egregious acts of terrorism and the stream of anti-Israel resolutions that regularly emanate from the so-called Human Rights Council are all evidence of a double-standard emblematic of systemic problems that must be addressed at the U.N.,” said Smith. “This hearing will examine prospects for a new accountability agenda at the U.N. and its agencies, and foster recommendations on how the United States under the Trump Administration can lead on much needed reforms.”
Who: Chairman Smith, Senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Chairman Ros-Lehtinen; the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations; the House Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa; other members of the Committee
Witness:
Panel I
· Mr. Hillel Neuer
Executive Director, UN Watch
· The Honorable Brian Hook
Founder, Latitude, LLC
· Jonathan Schanzer, Ph.D.
Vice President for Research, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
· The Honorable Robert Wexler
President, S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace
What: House hearing on the U.N., Israel and the Palestinians
When: Thursday, February 2, 2017
Where: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2172 (first floor)
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