The United States Should Exercise Restraint in Ferguson

We call on the United States and the Ferguson Police Department to exercise maximum restraint and avoid killing innocent civilians.

John Oliver on Ferguson: No Police Department Needs Giant Military Vehicles - The Wire:

Israel Continues Boycott of UN Human Rights Council

Recently, Israel decided to boycott the UN Human Rights Council's session that was scheduled to examine Israel's record on human rights.  Every four years, each nation is reviewed through this process. Israel's boycott has thrown the forum's leadership into a tizzy- no country has boycotted these proceedings since they began in 2007.

Below is an article from the Gatestone Institute.

Showdown between UN Human Rights Council and Israel?

by Anne Herzberg

January 18, 2013 at 4:30 am

Another major confrontation is brewing between Israel and the United Nations. On January 29, Israel is scheduled for its quadrennial Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the Human Rights Council (HRC). Following the March 2012 Council session, however, Israel's foreign minister ceased all contacts with the HRC due to its obsessive bias and double standards targeting the Jewish State. As a result, Israel will not participate in UPR.

This has UN officials very worried, and for good reason. If Israel fails to show up for UPR, this may force the HRC to end the stranglehold of abusive regimes over the institution, and implement long overdue reforms.