{
  "id": 4633861,
  "title": "‘Where are your Jews?’: Hillel Neuer takes on the UN’s Israel double standard",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/where-are-your-jews-hillel-neuer-takes-on-the-uns-israel-double",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-30T12:00:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ynetnews Culture",
    "slug": "ynetnews-culture",
    "url": "https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/allcaps/article/hjb9ylzdmx"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "For over two decades, Hillel Neuer has made it his mission to challenge the United Nations, particularly its focus on Israel. As the executive director of UN Watch, Neuer has used his platform to highlight what he perceives as the UN's double standard when it comes to its treatment of Israel. In a recent conversation, Neuer recounted a particularly memorable moment from 2017, when he confronted Arab governments at the UN Human Rights Council with a question that would be viewed millions of times online: \"Where are your Jews?\" Neuer pointed out that while Arab states accused Israel of racism, many of these states once had substantial Jewish populations that have since vanished. He challenged the hypocrisy of accusing Israel of discrimination while ignoring the disappearance of their own Jewish communities. Neuer argued that the UN's disproportionate focus on Israel is not a new phenomenon but rather a longstanding pattern that intensified after the Six-Day War. He traced the modern roots of this bias back decades, citing the infamous 1975 General Assembly resolution declaring that \"Zionism is racism,\" which was later revoked in 1991. Neuer contends that the UN's treatment of Israel is evidence of an institution applying fundamentally different standards to the Jewish state. In addition to discussing Israel, Neuer also addressed the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and its legal battles in the United States. He argued that UNRWA, which began with a humanitarian mission, has evolved into an institution that perpetuates rather than resolves the Palestinian refugee issue. Neuer pointed to allegations of Hamas ties among UNRWA employees as evidence of a deeper institutional problem. When asked if the UN can be fixed, Neuer took a pragmatic stance, stating that the UN is not going away. However, he believes that by holding the institution accountable and challenging its practices, meaningful change may still be possible.",
  "summary": "ALL CAPS Episode 24: The UN Watch executive director joins Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Sarai Givaty and India Naftali to explain why Israel remains uniquely targeted at the United Nations, whether the institution can ever change and why October 7 shattered what little faith he had left in its leadership",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}