Blog by Catherine Perez-Shakdam – Executive Director We Believe In Israel Published January 4th. “The Times of Israel”
The UN Special Rapporteur’s call for a medical boycott against Israel is an attack on the essence of medicine — and it will harm Palestinians
One cannot help but marvel, albeit with mounting dismay, at the peculiar priorities of Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories. In her latest display of selective indignation, she has called for a global medical boycott against Israel – a proposition so morally absurd, so flagrantly counterproductive, that it borders on farce. Yet beneath the veneer of bureaucratic officiousness lies something far darker: a relentless campaign to weaponize her position against the world’s only Jewish state.
Ms. Albanese’s call for a boycott of Israel’s medical field – of all things – demands closer scrutiny, not least because it epitomizes her troubling track record. Far from serving as an impartial custodian of human rights, Albanese has leveraged her role to advance an ideological agenda, one that singles out Israel for disproportionate scrutiny and condemnation. It is not simply an affront to Israel; it is an affront to the principles the United Nations was founded to uphold.
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