In a posting on Falk 's blog called " A Commentary on the Marathon Murders " , reprinted by Al-Jazeera , he wrote about the " horrific " Boston Marathon bombing in April 2013 . According to Falk , " the American global domination project is bound to generate all kinds of resistance in the post-colonial world . In some respects , the United States has been fortunate not to experience worse blowbacks " . He contrasted the critical response to the bombings from callers to a PBS program with those of US politicians and the mainstream media among whom he said self-scrutiny remained " taboo " and that American politicians did not " have the courage to connect some of these dots . " He also criticized American policy towards Iran 's nuclear program and friendship with Israel , writing more attacks are likely " if there is no disposition to rethink US relations to others in the world , starting with the Middle East . " Falk continued and mounted a critique of US foreign policy describing the Iraq War and Afghanistan War as " unlawful wars " which had " devastated two countries , seemingly beyond foreseeable recovery , while adding nothing to American security " . He said that while the failure and expense of these wars meant that this kind of intervention was no longer the centerpiece of American policy , " t he war drums are beating at this moment in relation to both North Korea and Iran , and as long as Tel Aviv has the compliant ear of the American political establishment , those who wish for peace and justice in the world should not rest easy . " Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird sharply criticized Falk , stating that , not for the first time , " spewed more mean-spirited , anti-Semitic rhetoric , this time blaming the attacks in Boston on President Obama and the State of Israel . There is a dangerous pattern to Mr. Falk 's anti-Western and anti-Semitic comments . The United Nations should be ashamed to even be associated with such an individual . " The United Kingdom , in a statement by its UN mission , said that it was " the third time we have had cause to express our concerns about Mr. Falk 's anti-Semitic remarks . It is important to the U.K. that special rapporteurs uphold the highest standards in their work and we have twice previously made clear that remarks by Mr. Falk were unacceptable . " United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon rejected Falk 's statements , saying that they undermined the credibility and work of the UN . United States Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice wrote on Twitter that she was " Outraged by Richard Falk 's highly offensive Boston comments " , that " Someone who spews such vitriol has no place at the UN " , and that it was " Past time for him to go . " Falk 's statements were also criticized by numerous publications and advocacy groups , including the '' New York Daily News '' , the '' Jewish Telegraphic Agency '' ( JTA ) , '' The Jerusalem Post '' , Sohrab Ahmari of '' The Wall Street Journal '' , UN Watch , the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee . Scott McConnell responded to the criticism in '' The American Conservative '' : " Amazing for its viciousness and rank dishonesty is the campaign waged against UN special rapporteur for human rights in occupied Palestine Richard Falk for making some pretty straightforward " blowback " points in the aftermath of the Boston terrorist attack . " He went on to describe how , in his view , " a well-funded neocon group called UN Watch and its various media allies had ginned up an intense public relations campaign , based on falsifying the meaning of his piece , using ellipses to distort its sentences , to claim that Falk had said that the Boston victims somehow deserved their fate . " West Chester University historian Lawrence Davidson argued in defence of Falk 's statement that : looked at from outside of the self-justifying perspective of the United States government , everything Richard Falk says is accurate . However , from the inside of the official government worldview , Falk is a heretic and his message dangerous verbal poison . Therefore , the reaction of those dedicated to customary policies and alliances has been shrill . On June 29 , 2011 , a blog entry by Falk concerned the International Criminal Court 's indictment of Muammar Gaddafi for crimes against humanity which included a cartoon image of a dog with a Jewish head-covering and a sweater with the letters " USA " ; it was urinating on Lady Justice while devouring bloody human bones . UN Watch , which is a Geneva-based NGO contacted UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay regarding the cartoon . Falk acknowledged on July 6 that the cartoon was antisemitic and apologized for posting it , explaining that he had thought the small markings on the dog 's head represented a military helmet , not a yarmulka . He added that " we must also make peace with nature , and treat animals with as much respect as possible . " Abraham H. Foxman of the Anti-Defamation League called on Falk to resign as U.N. Rapporteur for the Palestinian territories saying the " cartoon is blatantly anti-Semitic and conveys the message that Jews and Americans care little about what is just and moral " and that " the message of hatred in this cartoon nonetheless directly contravenes the principles of the Human Rights Council and of the United Nations itself . " United States envoy to the UN Joseph M. Torsella said the posting of the cartoon was " shameful and outrageous " and " an embarrassment to the United Nations " , and called on him to resign . US Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen , chairwoman of the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs also called on Falk to resign . British Prime Minister , David Cameron , instructed the UK 's Permanent Representative to express concerns regarding the cartoon and said that he would " continue to closely watch any further actions or comments Mr Falk may make . " United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay " acknowledged the cartoon was antisemitic and objectionable . " She did not call for Falk 's resignation because of his public apologies , his explanation that he had misinterpreted the cartoon , and the fact he had swiftly removed the image from his website
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