After US, Israel withdraws participation from UN Human Rights Council

“The discrimination towards 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 per cent of all resolutions ever handed within the Council – greater than towards 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 overseas minister got here amid Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s go to to the US.

US President Trump introduced America’s departure from the “anti-semitic” UN Human Rights Council and the UN Reduction and Works Company (UNRWA), which drew a whole lot of flak over the allegations of hyperlinks with Hamas.

Trump made the announcement throughout a joint press convention with Israeli PM Netanyahu in Washington, DC on Tuesday (native time).

“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 Reduction 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 stress coverage on the Iranian regime. And we are going to as soon as once more implement essentially the most aggressive potential 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, media reported.

Throughout the go to of the Israeli Prime Minister, Donald Trump mentioned throughout the joint convention, “The bonds of friendship and affection between the American and Israeli folks have endured for generations, and they’re completely unbreakable.”