Jewish groups protested the focus on the humanitarian crisis in Lebanon by a U.N. committee against racism. U.N. Watch questioned the relevance of Thursday’s special session in Geneva by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and called it biased and one-sided for ignoring the suffering inflicted on Israeli civilians by Hezbollah rockets.
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