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“I deeply appreciate the valuable work performed by UN Watch. Informed and independent evaluation of the United Nations’ activities will prove a vital source as we seek to adapt the Organization to the needs of a changing world.”
— Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General

[Leslie Kajomovitz @kikas6652]

A few days ago, UN Francesca Albanese tried to redefine antisemitism. Now, Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who a few days ago tweeted "Heil Hitler," has also attempted to erase its meaning as hatred of Jews in the same way while chairing today's UN Security Council meeting.

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Shame: The French government has canceled a conference appearance by veteran journalist Jean Quatremer for sharing a mural calling out radical-left antisemitism. Rather than confronting antisemitism, France punishes those who speak out against it.

[Jean Quatremer @quatremer]

"Canceled" ou si vous préférez "effacé" par le gouvernement français en raison de mon combat contre l'antisémitisme, je ne pensais pas connaitre ça en 2026 !

Je devais faire une conférence ce matin devant une soixantaine de hauts dirigeants qui suivent le "cycle supérieur du développement durable" (CSDD) dirigé par Guillaume Leforestier qui dépend du Ministre de la transition écologique, Monique Barbut (aucun des deux n'a de compte X). Sujet: les résistances internes des institutions communautaires au détricotage du Green deal. Tout était calé depuis fin avril.

Vendredi, je reçois un appel de l'une des responsables de la session de formation de ce mardi: une sous-directrice (je ne sais pas qui en dépit de mes demandes) lui a demandé d'annuler ma conférence à cause de la polémique initiée par LFI qui n'a pas supporté que je publie sur ma page FB personnelle, le 29 mai, le mural de @PalomboArtist représentant Hitler portant un keffieh et un brassard "hate". La fonctionnaire, "très peinée" selon mon interlocutrice, craignait que ma seule présence provoque une polémique parmi les étudiants (qui payent). Alors même que ce n'était absolument pas le sujet de la conférence: on me fait payer mes engagements.

Autrement dit, le fait que je combatte l'antisémitisme devenu virulent depuis le 7/10 et que je déplaise à l'écosystème éléfiste est considéré par le gouvernement @SebLecornu comme un problème. Jusque-là la "canceled culture" touchait des évènements privés ou des universités qui expulsaient des juifs parce que juifs. Cette fois-ci, on franchit un seuil: c'est directement une formation gérée par un ministre de la République qui efface un supposé "complice des génocidaires", une expression chère à LFI. Autant pour la liberté d'expression garantie par la Constitution française.

J'ai évidemment demandé que la fonctionnaire ayant pris cette décision m'envoie un mail confirmant cette annulation. Elle l'a envoyé, mais pas à moi directement. Les responsables de la formation me l'ont communiqué sans signature (les pauvres chéris n'assument pas) : "les raisons" de l'annulation, lit-on, sont "techniques". C'est tellement le cas que le mail indique : "je vous remercie d'assurer l'information auprès de Mr Quatremer, de gérer les suites et en gérant également la confidentialité liées aux agents de l'Etat". Quelqu'un a oublié que l'on ne pouvait contraindre au silence un journaliste (surtout moi).

J'ai joint le cabinet de la ministre, Monique Barbut, et je n'ai eu aucun retour pour l'instant.

Cet enchainement de petites lâchetés, de peurs, de volonté de complaire à l'idéologie supposé dominante du moment me rappelle une période historique, mais laquelle?

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“I shouldn't say this, but I'm going to say it because I truly believe it. If somebody vetoes me because I believe in democracy, because I believe in multilateralism, because I believe in women's rights, because I believe in human rights, I will be honored.”
— Michelle Bachelet

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President Trump reposted our director Hillel Neuer's tweet questioning the virtue of the “proportional response” announced by CENTCOM in response to the latest Iranian assault on the U.S. and its allies: https://t.co/4VSL61pm47

Again in reply to CENTCOM: https://t.co/JwwwQ4VFue

[Hillel Neuer @HillelNeuer]

.@WhiteHouse “The mission is a proportional response”?

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Disgusting: On October 7th, Hamas murdered 22-year-old Carolin Bohl. Her mother recently attended an event with U.N. official Francesca Albanese, which she described as “a room where I felt so much hatred.” Albanese responds: “Change medication.”
https://t.co/0yI1Y4g0EV

[Jay Nordlinger @jaynordlinger]

An old canard — a canard so old, it can barely quack. Also, I think of Jimmy Durante: “Everyone wants to get into the act.”

[Hillel Neuer @HillelNeuer]

Today I wrote to German FM Johann Wadephul on the refusal of ZDF and ARTE to broadcast Unraveling UNRWA. German taxpayers gave hundreds of millions to UNRWA. They deserve to know why a documentary examining evidence of UNRWA's ties to terrorism was withheld from public view. 🧵

[Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch]

FFS this is so stupid.

[Aizenberg @Aizenberg55]

Actual antisemite and confirmed ignoramus @FranceskAlbs believes that antisemitism also means hate against "Semite people, including Arab people." She says it twice, so it's not a mistake. Yet many people actually take her seriously.

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“Many so-called UN ‘human rights experts’ are funded by dictatorships, defend dictatorships, and attack the democracies they were meant to protect. They legitimize the very regimes they are meant to expose.”

— UN Watch's Dina Rovner for @Jerusalem_Post
https://t.co/vp9HUVpFjt

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14. Unequal Standards for Palestinian Accountability

While the Commission treats Israel harshly, issuing a series of one-sided demands, it adopts a markedly more lenient approach toward the Palestinian Authority.

Rather than demanding an immediate end to violations and meaningful accountability, as it does with Israel, the Commission merely calls on the Palestinian Authority to investigate and prosecute crimes “to the extent possible,” to take “all possible” measures to prevent future attacks, and to ensure that the judicial system complies with international law. Notably, the Commission’s recommendations to Hamas relate only to violations against Palestinians, not Israelis.

Likewise, the Commission’s recommendations to Member States are directed primarily at Israeli settlements and settlers, calling for criminal prosecutions and sanctions against those “sustaining” the “settlement enterprise.”

Although the Commission also calls for a cessation of assistance and support to “all non-State actors,” including “settlers and Palestinian armed groups,” this framing creates a false moral equivalency between violent Palestinian armed groups and Israeli civilians living in the West Bank, while failing to distinguish between violent extremists and the overwhelming majority of settlers who are not involved in violence.

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The UN’s permanent inquiry targeting Israel just released its latest report. It equates Israeli civilians with Hamas terrorists, relies on flawed data, and applies double standards throughout.

Full legal analysis: https://t.co/fqBMdgkPPd

See below 🧵 for 14 detailed flaws.

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13. Omits Gender-Based Violence Against Palestinian Women

While the report discusses sexual and gender-based violence perpetrated by Hamas against Palestinian males, including forced stripping, sexual humiliation, and threats of castration, it entirely omits allegations of sexual violence against Palestinian women by Hamas, particularly in Gaza.

An April 2026 exposé by the Daily Mail reported disturbing accounts by Gazan women who alleged that Hamas operatives sexually assaulted and raped women in exchange for humanitarian aid.

The report’s complete omission of these allegations, despite its detailed treatment of sexual and gender-based violence against Gazan males, reflects a selective approach to documenting abuses committed by Palestinian actors.