Israel decided to leave the UN Human Rights Council, citing “discrimination” by the organization. About this stated Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar.
“Israel welcomes President Trump’s decision not to participate in the UN Human Rights Council. Israel joins the United States in not participating in the UN Human Rights Council,” – the statement says.
He emphasized that the UN commission systematically covers human rights violators, giving them the opportunity to avoid scrutiny, while unjustifiably vilifying the only democracy in the Middle East, Israel.
“This body has focused on attacks on a democratic country and the spread of anti-Semitism, instead of promoting the protection of human rights,” the Israeli minister emphasized.
According to him, Israel’s discrimination is obvious:
“In the UN Human Rights Council, Israel is the only country with an agenda item dedicated exclusively to it. Israel has been subject to more than 100 damning resolutions, more than 20% of all resolutions ever passed by the Council – more than against Iran, Cuba, North Korea and Venezuela combined. Israel will no longer tolerate such discrimination!”.
