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2022-09-20 International-UN-NGOs
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Qatar’s UN ambassador denied human rights post after antisemitic, homophobic tweets
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When you’re too hateful for the UN... OR why Twitter is a terrible thing. [IsraelTimes] Hend al-Muftah rejected from position after slew of tweets uncovered that called Jews ’our enemies,’ blamed Israel for 9/11 attacks and labeled gays ’disgusting’
Qatar
 ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
’s Ambassador to the United Nations
...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly...
in Geneva Hend al-Muftah has lost her bid to become chair of a UN human rights
...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions...
forum, after revelations that she had previously made a series of antisemitic and homophobic comments.
Qatar had been lobbying to place al-Muftah as chair of the upcoming Forum on Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law, set to take place in November and opening the same week Qatar will controversially host the FIFA World Cup.
However,
by candlelight every wench is handsome...
the Qatari bid came unstuck, after UN Watch, an independent human rights monitoring organization based in Geneva, uncovered dozens of discriminatory and conspiratorial tweets between 2011 and 2021, including blaming Israel for 9/11, calling Jews "our enemies," and calling gays "disgusting."
In her place, Bahamas Ambassador to the UN Patricia Hermanns will chair the forum.
UN Watch’s director, Hillel Neuer, praised the decision, saying that denying the post to the "ambassador of hate" was "the right thing."
"Hend al-Muftah is a rabid antisemite who for over a decade has been tweeting vile hate against Jews and gays while spreading malign conspiracy theories about Western countries. She is the last person in the world who should head a UN forum on human rights, democracy, and the rule of law," Neuer said.
UN Watch said that Qatar had been making use of its deep pockets to win favor within the UN, including a $20 million "Hall of Qatar" located next to the Human Rights Council Chamber in Geneva.
UN Watch had previously penned an open letter to UN Human Rights Council president Federico Villegas, expressing "grave concern" over the nomination of al-Muftah.
Among a slew of antisemitic tweets in both Arabic and English, most of which are still available online, al-Muftah wrote that "the Jews" focused investments in industry and media, "and that is why they dominated, tyrannized and ruled the world."
"The American Zionist controls the US media," and "thus it is well-targeted for achieving their anti-Islam everywhere... We learned from a young age that the Jews are our enemies!" al-Muftah said.
Al-Muftah was the first woman to be appointed to Qatar’s Shura Council, designated as Qatar’s most influential social media figure in 2016, and honored by the British Council in 2019. 
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