UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour also paid the price for speaking honestly about the cause of suffering in Palestine. On Nov. 29, 2006, she visited the Gaza Strip in the wake of Israel’s massacre of Beit Hanoun and charged Israel with committing massive human rights violations.
“The human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory is grave and worsening, within a general climate of impunity. Overall I was struck throughout my visit by the sense of vulnerability and abandonment that was expressed to me by virtually all the civilians that I met, both in Israel and in the occupied Palestinian territories,” AFP quoted her as saying.
It’s hard to argue with first-hand evidence, but that didn’t stop B’nai B’rith Canada’s Vice President Frank Dimant from shooting his mouth off, and shooting The Lobby in the foot: “(This was) yet another attempt by the UN body to delegitimize the Jewish state.”
Note the implication in this statement. Dimant has directly equated Israel’s legitimacy with the commission of atrocities!