John Dugard And The UN Human Rights Council

John Dugard is an independent investigator on Israel-Palestine for the UN Human Rights Council. I believe he was appointed as such in 2001. You probably have not heard of him. He is a SOuth African national and worked as a civil rights lawyer during the period of apartheid. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/26/news/UN-GEN-UN-Israel.php UN expert calls Palestinian terrorism 'inevitable consequence' of Israeli occupation http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7044069.stm John Dugard, the UN human rights envoy for the Palestinian Territories, told the BBC the US, EU, UN and Russia were failing to protect the Palestinians. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5382976.stm Standards of human rights in the Palestinian territories have fallen to intolerable new levels, says a UN expert on the Mid-East conflict. John Dugard said Israel was largely to blame for turning Gaza into "a prison" and "throwing away the key". These articles will get you started on his opinions. I do not mean that I endorse his opinions. I do, however, realize the importance of seeing the side of the matter which does not get exposure. Personally, once I realized how much our society hides from our view, not only in this matter but in others as well, I could never trust it thereafter. My opinion has not changed, either.