Gutsy Arab Yemeni Journalist Blasts UN, High Commissioner For Targeting Israel

A gutsy Yemeni Arab journalist blasted the UN and its fellow Israel haters after the U.N. High commissioner condemned Israel for its war against Hamas.

“Nothing justifies the appalling manner in which Israel has conducted its military operations in Gaza, which consistently breached fundamental principles of international humanitarian law,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk declared.

That prompted Yemeni journalist Luai Ahmed, invited to speak by UN Watch, to fire back.

“High Commissioner, my name is Luai Ahmed and I come from Yemen,” he began. “I ask the UN, the Arab League, and everyone who has been raising the Palestinian flag since October 7: Where is the flag of Yemen? In my country, half a million people have died in the last 10 years, the biggest famine and humanitarian crisis in modern history.”

“Why does no one care what half a million Yemenis die?” he asked. “What about Sudan? In less than two years, more than 150,000 people have been killed. Where is the flag of Sudan? What about Syria? Half a million Syrians have been killed? Where is the Syrian flag?”

Then Ahmed came directly to the point, snapping, “High commissioner, why is it that when Arabs kill millions of Arabs, no one bats an eye? Where is the outrage? And where are the protests?”

“Why don’t you mention the Houthis in Yemen who have spent millions of dollars firing missiles at Israel instead of feeding my starving people?” he questioned. “May I ask why your report mentions Israel 188 times yet fails to mention the Islamic regime in Iran even once? How can you speak about the conflict while ignoring the party that has armed, trained, and funded terrorist proxies like Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis who have been bombing Israel thousands of times?”

He did not forget Qatar, either: “And why is Qatar sitting here as a member of the Human Rights Council when they host the Hamas terror leaders in luxury hotels?”

“High Commissioner, my name is Luai Ahmed, and I come from Yemen.

May I ask why your report mentions Israel 188 times — yet fails to mention the Islamic Republic of Iran even once?

How can you speak about the conflict while ignoring the party that has armed, trained, and…

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) March 1, 2025