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WHO’s Anti-Israel Bias Raising Questions About Organization’s Direction

• Organization has history of singling out Jewish state, critics say
• The World Health Organization’s decision-making body has a history of singling out Israel for criticism, fueling concerns of bias as the United Nations organization faces criticism of its response to the coronavirus pandemic.

By: Adam Kredo, WFB, April 13, 2020:

The World Health Assembly, WHO’s policymaking body, has only one item on its agenda directed at a specific country—Israel—according to research by Human Rights Voices (HRV) and the Touro Human Rights Institute, which monitor bias at the U.N.

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Agenda items sponsored by WHO have targeted Israel for criticism since at least 2000. Of all the reports produced each year for the World Health Assembly on the health of humankind, only one report targets a specific state—again, Israel.

WHO’s focus on Israel is contributing to mounting concerns about the organization’s bias and mismanagement, particularly in light of accusations the agency helped China obfuscate the number of deaths and illnesses from coronavirus.

The Touro Institute views this as a “pattern of highly selective handling of U.N. member states, beginning with WHO’s unique singling out and condemnation of Israel.”

The Trump administration signaled on Friday it is likely to cut U.S. funding to WHO over what it says is a botched response to the coronavirus pandemic. The administration pointed to multiple statements by WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who goes by Dr. Tedros though he is not a medical doctor, praising China as the virus spread across the globe.

The organization’s bias against Israel could factor in to any decision made this week by the Trump administration, which has often criticized the U.N. and its decision-making bodies for unjust bias against the Jewish state.

For years, WHO’s World Health Assembly has had just one country-specific issue on its agenda: “Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan.” This includes the most recent agenda item, which is dated April 6 and slated for consideration at its upcoming meeting scheduled to take place from May 17 to 21.

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