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An overwhelming majority of delegates from around the world invited to attend the US ambassador’s speech to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, turned their backs as the diplomat addressed the room in a silent protest against America’s human rights record.
At the UN Human Rights Committee, a huge number of the participants turned their backs on US Ambassador Michelle Taylor in protest against Israel’s bombing of Gaza.
The shadow of Palestine looms over them.
pic.twitter.com/HmNvti9QMr— Lowkey (@Lowkey0nline) October 18, 2023
It comes as Washington vetoed a UN resolution calling for a humanitarian pause in Israel’s violent assault on the besieged Gaza Strip.
At least 3,785 Palestinians have been killed and 12,493 wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Oct.7, the health ministry in Gaza said on Thursday.
Of the total death toll, 1,524 were children and 1,000 were women, ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qudra told a press conference.
Al-Qudra added that 44 health workers had been killed in Gaza while four hospitals were out of service and 14 basic healthcare services had stopped functioning.
