Min vän Per Ahlmark (1939-2018), medgrundare av UN Watch, var en framstående svensk statsman, författare och poet. Han ägnade sitt liv åt att bekämpa diktatur, förtryck och antisemitism. Genom att hedra modiga individer som förkroppsligar hans värderingar lever hans arv vidare.

Congratulations to French-Iranian author and journalist Abnousse Shalmani on receiving UN Watch's Per Ahlmark Award for her moral courage and uncompromising voice in confronting Islamism and the oppression of women, and defending freedom of expression, equality and human dignity.

I have always, and will continue, to stand with the Ukrainian people and unequivocally condemn Putin’s illegal and brutal invasion. I voted against the Ukraine Support Act because of its inclusion of broad economic sanctions. Time and again, sanctions like these fail to achieve their stated goals while inflicting real suffering on ordinary people. Opposing Russian aggression does not require us to support policies that punish ordinary civilians who did not ask for this war. The foreign policy establishment continues to return to the same failed playbook and expects different results. Economic sanctions fail to achieve their desired goals and in most cases are counterproductive to ending war. I remain committed to supporting diplomacy, peace, and justice for the Ukrainian people affected by this horrific conflict. But I could not in good conscience support legislation that wages economic warfare on innocent civilians.

ככה אנחנו מקבלים את תומכי הטרור Welcome to Israel 🇮🇱

I am aware of the active shooter situation at the Islamic Center of San Diego in Clairemont and am continuing to receive updates from law enforcement. Emergency personnel are on scene and actively working to protect the community and secure the area.

Israel the victim??? If narcissism were a crime, this could be added to the lot to be considered by the court.

They are not rationalizing violence against Jews because they believe Israel is doing evil; they are accusing Israel of evil in order to rationalize violence against Jews. The accusation itself becomes psychological license by which ancient resentment can masquerade as virtue.

At the request of Iran, China, and Cuba, the United Nations Human Rights Council convened an urgent debate on “the aerial attack on Shajareh Tayyebeh Girl's School in Minab, Iran, as a grave breach of international humanitarian law and international human rights.” I just took the floor: Mr. President, What happened at the Minab Girls School, located next to an IRGC military base, is a tragedy. We welcome the U.S. decision to open an investigation, by an officer independent of Centcom. Responsible democracies must hold themselves to account. But let us be clear: if anything, this incident was the exception that proves the rule. The United States has now conducted 10,000 strikes— targeting IRGC weapons and military assets. Not civilians. That’s how they destroyed vast amounts of IRGC missile, drone and naval capabilities. By contrast, from Dubai to Tel Aviv, the Islamic Republic of Iran is deliberately targeting homes, playgrounds, hospitals — not by accident, but by design. In Israel, the casualty rate from Iranian attacks is 100% civilian. Distinguished Delegates, There is a clear difference between inadvertently killing civilians during war—a tragedy that occurs in every conflict—and targeting civilians as a policy. Those who blur this moral distinction betray the very meaning of humanitarian law. Because those who target civilians have a name: terrorists. That is why the EU officially designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guards by that name: terrorists. To the IRGC, we say: You do not represent the Iranian people. No — they consider you occupiers of their country. History’s verdict is already written for those who murder thousands of their own people — and who target their hospitals and playgrounds, and call it resistance. The IRGC has chosen the path of shame. I urge the civilized world: choose the path of honor. Stand with the Iranian people — not their oppressors.