After US, Israel Halts Participation In UN Human Rights Council
Jerusalem:
A day after US President Donald Trump introduced America’s withdrawal from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Israel’s Minister of International Affairs, Gideon Sa’ar, mentioned on Wednesday that Israel would additionally be part of the US in its resolution to not take part within the UNHRC.
Sa’ar expressed Israel’s help for Trump’s resolution, calling it a step in the correct course.
In a submit on X on Wednesday, Israeli International Minister mentioned, “Israel welcomes President Trump’s resolution to not take part within the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Israel joins the US and won’t take part within the UNHRC.”
He referred to as the UNHRC to have “historically protected human rights abusers by permitting them to cover from scrutiny, and as a substitute obsessively demonizes the one democracy within the Center East – Israel. This physique has targeted on attacking a democratic nation and propagating antisemitism, as a substitute of selling human rights.”
Israel welcomes President Trump’s resolution to not take part within the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
Israel joins the US and won’t take part within the UNHRC.The UNHRC has historically protected human rights abusers by permitting them to cover from scrutiny, and…
— Gideon Sa’ar | גדעון סער (@gidonsaar) February 5, 2025
“The discrimination in opposition to us is obvious: Within the UNHRC, Israel is the one nation with an agenda merchandise devoted solely to it. Israel has been subjected to over 100 condemnatory resolutions, over 20% of all resolutions ever handed within the Council – greater than in opposition to Iran, Cuba, North Korea and Venezuela mixed. Israel is not going to settle for this discrimination any longer!” he added.
The announcement from the Israeli International Minister got here amid Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s go to to the US.
US President Trump made the announcement throughout a joint press convention with Israeli PM Netanyahu in Washington, DC on Tuesday (native time).
Trump introduced America’s departure from the “anti-semitic” UN Human Rights Council and the UN Aid and Works Company (UNRWA), which drew a whole lot of flak over the allegations of hyperlinks with Hamas.
“I am additionally happy to announce that this afternoon the US withdrew from the anti-semitic UN Human Rights Council and ended the entire help for the UN Aid and Works Company, which funnelled cash to Hamas and which was very disloyal to humanity. In the present day I additionally took motion to revive our most strain coverage on the Iranian regime. And we’ll as soon as once more implement probably the most aggressive doable sanctions, drive Iranian oil exports to zero, and diminish the regime’s capability to fund terror all through the area and the world,” the US President added.
Israeli PM Netanyahu arrived within the US on Sunday to debate the Gaza ceasefire settlement in addition to plans for the Center East with Trump, Al Jazeera reported.
The Israeli PM can be anticipated to have a gathering with the US navy leaders and members of Congress, Al Jazeera reported. These conferences will likely be held over a number of days.
In the course of the go to of the Israeli Prime Minister, Donald Trump mentioned in the course of the joint convention, “The bonds of friendship and affection between the American and Israeli folks have endured for generations, and they’re completely unbreakable.”
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