| | <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220726220701/https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-713126 UN official: Social media largely controlled by Jewish lobby, NGOs], ''JPost'', 26 July 2022.</ref> | | <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220726220701/https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-713126 UN official: Social media largely controlled by Jewish lobby, NGOs], ''JPost'', 26 July 2022.</ref> |
| − | Kothari has been accused by the United States, Czechia, Germany, France, Canada, the United Kingdom, Israel, Canada, Australia, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Austria, Hungry, Belgiumref name=palwatch-2aug2022/> and Italy and the president of the UNHRC of making antisemitic remarks disputing Israel's right to exist and supporting antisemitic conspiracy theories about the "Jewish Lobby" controlling social media.<ref>Tovah Lazaroff, [https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-713501 UNHRC President: Jewish Lobby remark is reasonably considered antisemitic], ''JPost'', July 30, 2022 .</ref> | + | Kothari has been accused by the United States, Czechia, Germany, France, Canada, the United Kingdom, Israel, Canada, Australia, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Austria, Hungry, Belgium<ref name=palwatch-2aug2022/> and Italy and the president of the UNHRC of making antisemitic remarks disputing Israel's right to exist and supporting antisemitic conspiracy theories about the "Jewish Lobby" controlling social media.<ref>Tovah Lazaroff, [https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-713501 UNHRC President: Jewish Lobby remark is reasonably considered antisemitic], ''JPost'', July 30, 2022 .</ref> |
| | But the [[Palestinian Authority]] supported , Kothari's hate, as a pattern, it chose to side with Antisemitism and hate. | | But the [[Palestinian Authority]] supported , Kothari's hate, as a pattern, it chose to side with Antisemitism and hate. |
| | The reason the PA was so quick to defend Kothari, is because the statements he made predominantly reflect similar statements made over the years by PA officials. | | The reason the PA was so quick to defend Kothari, is because the statements he made predominantly reflect similar statements made over the years by PA officials. |
| | As Palestinian Media Watch has repeatedly shown, the PA constantly denies Israel’s right to exist and adopts the same anti-Semitic tropes.</blockquote></ref> | | As Palestinian Media Watch has repeatedly shown, the PA constantly denies Israel’s right to exist and adopts the same anti-Semitic tropes.</blockquote></ref> |
| | The United Nations Secretary General [[Ban Ki-moon]] condemned [[Geert Wilders]]'s controversial film "[[Fitna]]", while stating "freedom of expression is not at stake here." <ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN2844232220080328?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true U.N.'s Ban condemns Dutch film as anti-Islamic], ''[[Reuters]]'', March 28, 2008.</ref> | | The United Nations Secretary General [[Ban Ki-moon]] condemned [[Geert Wilders]]'s controversial film "[[Fitna]]", while stating "freedom of expression is not at stake here." <ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN2844232220080328?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true U.N.'s Ban condemns Dutch film as anti-Islamic], ''[[Reuters]]'', March 28, 2008.</ref> |