{"id":2023786,"date":"2023-09-06T18:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T22:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-collar-law-firms-sponsor-award-for-anti-israel-un-official\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T18:04:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T22:04:22","slug":"white-collar-law-firms-sponsor-award-for-anti-israel-un-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-collar-law-firms-sponsor-award-for-anti-israel-un-official\/","title":{"rendered":"White-collar law firms support award for UN official critical of Israel."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-collar-law-firms-sponsor-award-for-anti-israel-un-official%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2023786&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Navi Pillay, \u200dPursuing War Crimes Charges Against\u2062 Israel, to Receive Prestigious Award<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<h3>U.N. official Navi Pillay (Wikimedia Commons)<\/h3>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Exciting news! Navi Pillay, the fearless chairwoman of \u2064the U.N. \u2063body investigating alleged Israeli human rights crimes, is set to receive the highly esteemed American Branch of\u200b the International Law Association&#8217;s 2023 Outstanding Achievement Award. This prestigious \u200dhonor recognizes \u2063her relentless pursuit of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-collar-law-firms-sponsor-award-for-anti-israel-un-official\/\" title=\"White-collar law firms support award for UN official critical of Israel.\">war crimes\u200c charges<\/a> against Israel.<\/p>\n<p>But\u2063 that&#8217;s not all! Pillay will also deliver\u200b a\u200c captivating keynote address at the event. However, this remarkable celebration of Pillay&#8217;s accomplishments is not without controversy.<\/p>\n<p>Several prominent law firms, including Gibson Dunn,\u200b Debevoise &#038; Plimpton, and White &#038; Case, are proudly sponsoring the event. Their \u200cgenerous support has\u2063 already sparked pushback from pro-Israel advocates,\u200c who are urging them to withdraw their \u200cendorsements.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, a similar\u2064 controversy erupted \u2064when\u2062 White \u200c&#038; Case and other firms supported a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marc-lamont-hill-says-that-black-lives-matter-explicitly-looking-to-dismantle-israel-and-embrace-bds-movement\/\" title=\"Marc Lamont Hill Says That Black Lives Matter \u2018Explicitly\u2019 Looking To \u2018Dismantle\u2019 Israel and \u2018Embrace\u2019 BDS Movement\">panel discussion titled<\/a> &#8220;Racism and the Crime of Apartheid in\u2063 International Law.&#8221; The event featured Omar Shakir, a well-known critic of Israel, who claimed that\u2062 the country seeks to maintain dominance over Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s award for Pillay has intensified opposition from Israel&#8217;s defenders, given her \u2064efforts to undermine the legitimacy of the Jewish state\u200c through the United Nations. Robert\u2062 Garson,\u200c president of the American Association \u200bof\u2064 Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, expressed his surprise and disappointment \u200dat the involvement of major law\u200d firms\u200b in honoring Pillay, whom he described as an anti-Semite.<\/p>\n<p>White &#038; Case&#8217;s sponsorship is particularly noteworthy due to their previous involvement \u2063in defending\u200b financial giant Morningstar against\u200d accusations\u200c of \u2063enabling Israel\u200c boycotts. \u2063The firm\u200d faced criticism for sponsoring events that questioned Israel&#8217;s status as a Jewish \u2064state and labeled it\u2062 an &#8220;apartheid&#8221; nation.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these concerns, none of the law firms involved have responded to requests for comment from the Washington Free Beacon.<\/p>\n<p>Pillay&#8217;s controversial history at the United Nations includes defending a colleague who claimed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platforms<\/a> are controlled by the &#8220;Jewish lobby.&#8221; Her work\u200b on the U.N. Commission of Inquiry into Israel has also been heavily criticized for promoting\u200b anti-Israel and anti-Jewish sentiments.<\/p>\n<p>These efforts have drawn condemnation from the Biden\u2064 administration \u200cand accusations of anti-Semitism from lawmakers in Congress. Anne Bayefsky, president of \u200dHuman Rights Voices and director of \u200cthe Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust, strongly opposes the sponsorship of an award for Pillay, stating that it legitimizes her reprehensible behavior and anti-Semitic bias.<\/p>\n<p>It is crucial \u2062for lawyers to recognize their moral and legal responsibility \u2063in confronting and rejecting the abuse \u2064of law to promote hatred and discrimination, especially against the Jewish people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Navi Pillay, the U.N. official pursuing war crimes charges against Israel, will be honored with the 2023 Outstanding Achievement Award by the American Branch of the International Law Association. Sponsored by white-collar law firms, the event will take place next month. 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