UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, a Jordanian, has weighed in on who is responsible for the wave of terror attacks across Israel in which Jewish citizens have been stabbed and shot by Palestinians: Israel.
In a press release on October 8, 2015, Hussein said: "The escalating tensions indicate a general sense of growing frustration and despair resulting from the situation of prolonged occupation, exacerbated by recent restrictions imposed by the Israeli authorities on Palestinian worshippers wishing to access the Al-Aqsa compound, the ongoing settlement expansion and settler violence, and a general lack of accountability in cases such as the Duma arson attack."
As far as the UN's top human rights authority is concerned, Israeli civilians dying from Palestinian terror attacks are the same as Palestinian terrorists killed while carrying out those attacks. In his words: "Four Israelis and five Palestinians have already lost their lives, while hundreds of others have been injured." He failed to note that three of the five Palestinians were killed in the midst of their terror attacks by security forces.
Self-defense for Jews evidently offends the UN's "human rights" chief as illegal: "The high number of casualties, in particular those resulting from the use of live ammunition by Israeli security forces, raise concerns of excessive use of force, and violations of the right to life and security of the person."
Instead of directly condemning the rampant stone throwing attacks by Palestinians - which have caused Israeli deaths - the High Commissioner manufactured "allegations" against Jews who live on Palestinian claimed land. The press release states: "'I am also deeply concerned at the increasing number of reported attacks, including stone throwing, by both Israeli settlers and Palestinians,' Zeid said. Allegations of the use of fire arms by settlers have also been received."