A deal has been made between the United Nations and Palestine which seeks to smear Israel as a criminal state, according to a new report by Anne Bayefsky at PJ Media.
“The United Nations has made a deal with the Palestinians to fund a $65 million legal pogrom directed at Israel,” she states. “The party on the Palestinian side was referred to as the ‘Government of the State of Palestine.’”
Here’s how the “United Nations System in the occupied Palestinian territory” will work: “Pay eight UN bodies $64,838,510 between the years of 2018 and 2022 to hunt down individual Israelis and to smear Israel as a criminal state.”
The Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA, UN Habitat, World Health Organization, UNESCO, and others will be on the receiving end of the funds. U.S. taxpayers will be forking over 22 percent of the costs — that’s $14 million.
Bayefsky reports:
Lawfare at the UN in Israel's case goes by the stage name of "accountability." It includes accusing Israel of war crimes, apartheid, and crimes against humanity; sending spurious cases to the International Criminal Court; engaging in boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaigns to destroy the economic well-being of Israel; and making false accusations of violations of fabricated "international law" -- in particular criminalizing Israel's right of self-defense. The goal is unambiguous: the demonization and destruction of the Jewish state.
Lawfare is the converse of a negotiated, peaceful resolution of Israeli-Palestinian disputes, as required by existing agreements between the parties.
According to the report that details the deal, the outcome was a product of consultations that involved non-governmental organizations (NGOs) well-known for their extremist ideologies, including the promotion of terrorism and overt anti-Semitism.
The deal states its “Strategic Priority 1: Supporting Palestine's path to Independence” and will start with “increasing knowledge of rights and mechanisms, strengthening capacities to document violations and their impact and on sharpening the ability to advocate effectively for rights to be respected.”
The expected “outcome” is as follows:
Human rights mechanisms are increasingly engaged to hold Israel accountable for its obligations under international law. The UN will increase its support for Palestinian institutions (state and non-government) and Palestinian victims of violations to effectively monitor, advocate and seek legal recourse for violations by the occupying power.
It will also “ensure that Palestinian victims and institutions are equipped with the knowledge and tools… to hold Israel accountable for its violations under international law.”