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Apr 7, 2021, 9:55 PM

The UN Special Committee is not about human rights

The Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories (often referred to as “the Special Committee” or SCIIHRP) is one of the most anachronistic and absurd...

Aug 9, 2019, 3:23 AM

Argentina’s Designation of Hezbollah as a Terrorist Organization

The Argentine government recently decided to list Hezbollah as a terrorist organization and ordered the freezing of the Lebanese Islamist group’s assets in the country. This historic decision coincided with the 25th anniversary of the 1994 terrorist attack at...

May 23, 2019, 4:23 PM

Two Diplomatic Initiatives for the Venezuelan Crisis

Venezuela, once Latin America’s richest nation, is today a devastated country. Its democratic system has been destroyed as a result of years of authoritarian rule and government corruption. Political opponents are persecuted and jailed and there is no free...

Apr 4, 2019, 10:54 PM

A New Era in the Relationship Between Brazil and Israel

The recent visit of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to Israel is a very important development. For years, Brazil’s diplomacy took a rather hostile stance toward Israel. In fact, the government of Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva (2003-2011) got very close...

Dec 22, 2018, 7:05 AM

How the U.N. Keeps Treating Israel as an Illegitimate Entity

When, in December 1991, President George H. W. Bush announced the introduction of the resolution to revoke the so-called “Zionism is racism” resolution at the United Nations, he said that the resolution mocked the principles upon which the U.N. was...

Sep 12, 2018, 11:57 PM

Israel’s Nation-State Law: A Few Considerations

The law recently approved by the Israeli Knesset, reaffirming that Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people, sparked a heated controversy not only inside Israel but also throughout the world. Some of the things that have been said...

Jun 6, 2018, 11:48 PM

At long last Argentina confirms that Alberto Nisman was murdered

On Jan. 18, 2015, Alberto Nisman, the special prosecutor who had been in charge of investigating the 1994 bombing against the AMIA Jewish center for more than 10 years, was found dead – a bullet to the head –...

Apr 18, 2018, 5:15 AM

Ibrahim Yassin: another voice confirming Hezbollah’s participation in the AMIA bombing

A few weeks ago, several media outlets in Argentina reported about a recent meeting between an Argentine journalist and a man named “Ibrahim Yassin” in Israel. Yassin is well-known in Israel, but almost nobody knew about him in Argentina. Originally a Shiite...

Jul 20, 2017, 4:10 PM

CEIRPP: A Rejectionist, Hateful Body Fully Funded By The United Nations

The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) has a very attractive title, which may lead us to think of it as an entity that seeks peace and justice. However, the reality is...

Mar 26, 2017, 4:53 PM

Israel and Latin America at the UN: A Difficult Relationship

There are areas in which the United Nations has not lived up to the values enshrined in its charter. And in no area is this more visible than in the treatment that this institution gives to the State of...

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About Me

Adriana Camisar is B’nai B’rith International's Special Advisor on Latin American and U.N. Affairs. A native of Argentina, Camisar is an attorney by training and holds a Master’s degree in international affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.