US Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Friday blasted the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights following the publication of its database listing companies operating in Judea and Samaria.
“The United Nations has descended to a new anti-Semitic low. This database of companies operating in Israeli-controlled territories is meant to facilitate boycotts of Israeli Jews. It extends a tactic for attacking the livelihood of Jews that stretches back centuries, which has included boycotts, the physical destruction or confiscation of businesses, prohibitions on land ownership, and closing off certain professions. It is straightforward, undisguised, pathological hatred,” Cruz said in a statement.
“Almost unbelievably, the database even targets American companies offering general services across Israel, simply because they refuse to deny those general services to certain Jews. Our allies and adversaries should know that the United States will be carefully watching who stands with us and our Israeli allies against these disgraceful efforts,” he added.
“The United Nations Human Rights Council and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights must immediately take down the database and halt any related investigations into businesses operating in Israeli territories.” READ MORE
