Originally Posted by Evita
13. UN blacklisting IDF -- Israel is believed to be the first democratic country included in the black list
Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad were also added to the list, along with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
Again, there is no equivalence between Democratic Israel and murderous terrorists. Yet ?United? antisemitism? Nations

below article may be of interest. It was well worth the full read, for me....

FACT SHEET: the UN Secretary General's decision to "blacklist" the IDF

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel. Publish Date: 11 June 2024

Guterres' decision [to blacklist IDF] follows a worrisome trend in his handling of antisemitism as UN Secretary General.

Extracts:
Since October 7th, Hamas has not only butchered Israeli children gleefully in cold blood and held them hostage, but has also used Palestinian children as shields,
1. first by embedding its immense terror machine inside and underneath the civilian population,
2. second by preventing people from evacuating out of combat areas,
3. third by operating from homes, schools and hospitals,
4. and fourth by seizing humanitarian assistance for its fighters or to sell it to civilians at inflated prices

Nothing from that reality is factored into the statistics of the CAAC mechanism due to its decontextualized method of reporting. Consequently, the vast moral distinction between Israel and Hamas is turned on its head.

The inclusion of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the list has little impact on them due to their general disregard for humanitarian norms and international law and their reliance solely on other terrorist organizations and state-sponsors, chief among them Iran, who share that disregard.