© Shadi Hatem/ApaimagesIsraeli security forces arresting a Palestinian
"Putting Israel on the list of entities which violate human rights and human rights activists confirms that the Palestinian people are oppressed [under the Israeli occupation]," insisted the movement.
Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum called on the international community and institutions, including the International Criminal Court, to hold Israel to account for its violations and to implement measures to "punish" the Zionist state. He stressed the importance of supporting the efforts of the Palestinian people to obtain their freedom and regain their "stolen" rights.
The UNHRC added Israel to a human rights blacklist on Wednesday. The list includes 20 countries which "systematically take revenge measures against human rights activists who cooperate with the UN."
In March, Fox News reported that the UNHRC called Israel "the worst human rights violator in the world today."
The Open Society Initiative for Europe foundation of George Soros funded in 2014 organizations campaigning for the independence of Catalonia, revealed La Vangardia last year
According to internal documents, it paid
- $ 27,049 to the Consell de Diplomàcia Pública de Catalunya (Council of Public Diplomacy of Catalonia); a body set up by the Generalitat de Catalunya with various private partners;
- $ 24,973 to the Center for Information and Documentation in Barcelona (CIDOB - Barcelona International Information and Documentation Center), a think tank for independence.
CIDOB plays the role of pre-ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Generalitat of Catalonia. It defends in all things the same point of view as that of Hillary Clinton.