43rd UNHRC Session: Israel Resolutions & Voting Results

Resolutions Condemning Israel at 43rd UNHRC Session, June 2020 Following are the five resolutions singling out Israel adopted by the U.N. Human Rights Council at its main annual session, which began in March but was suspended until June due to the Coronavirus. The Council adopted one resolution on Iran, one on Syria, one on North Korea, and five on Israel. No other country in the world was criticized in more than one resolution. The vast majority of the world’s worst abusers went ignored, with zero resolutions on China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, and so forth. Ensuring accountability…

Read complete article

~	TikTok fears point to larger problem: Poor media literacy in the social media age

~	Donald Trump trial: why it took so long to select a jury and how the process is different to the UK

~	Bitcoin is halving again – what does that mean for the cryptocurrency and the market?

~	Liz Truss: an economist explains what she got wrong (and what she’s actually right about)

~	Domestic politics will be a key factor in how far things escalate between Israel and Iran

~	Peter Higgs’ famous particle discovery is now at the heart of strategies to unlock the secrets of the universe

~	Why you shouldn’t be afraid to start running after middle age

~	The world’s oldest conjoined twins have died – what we know about this rare condition

~	Stonehenge may have aligned with the Moon as well as the Sun

~	Rhapsody in Blue: celebrating 100 years of Gershwin’s groundbreaking classical-jazz masterpiece