Israel withdraws from UN Human Rights Council with a letter

Switzerland: Israel withdraws from UN Human Rights Council with a letter
The Israeli government made official on Thursday, through a procedure carried out in Geneva, its withdrawal from all activities related to the United Nations Human Rights Council, a body which it accuses of acting in a biased and anti-Israel manner.
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UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese gives a press conference at the UN City in Copenhagen, Denmark February 5, 2025. Ritzau Scanpix/Ida Marie Odgaard via REUTERS/File Photo GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories said on Thursday that Israel's decision to withdraw from the U.
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Israel will not participate in the sessions of the UN Human Rights Council, accusing it of promoting anti-Semitism, reported Foreign Minister Gideon Saar. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar announced that his country would not participate in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions.
Israel quits UN Human Rights Council, citing bias and double standards
This decision was reached in light of the ongoing and unrelenting institutional bias against Israel in the Human Rights Council, which has been persistent sice its inception in 2006,” he wrote in a letter to Council President Jürg Lauber,
Israel Withdraws From UN Human Rights Council, Foreign Minister Says
"The decision was reached in light of the ongoing and unrelenting institutional bias against Israel in the Human Rights Council, which has been persistent since its inception in 2
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