Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Times Online - UN expert? No, a conspiracy crank

April 15, 2008
David Aaronovitch
The new adviser on human rights has compared Israel to Nazi Germany. And not only that...

I would define a moment of double respect as being when, say, the Pope addresses both Houses of Congress, or - as happened again last week - when that great institution the BBC quotes an expert from that even greater institution, the United Nations. The “official” in question was also the Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University, Richard Falk, and his chosen subject was Israel, so I bowed slightly, turned the tap off and put down my razor to hear what he had been saying. (read full article)