Israel has announced today that it does not intend to withdraw from other bodies of the United Nations, beyond the Human Rights Council (UNHRC), which is already accusing it of bias and “blatant anti -Semitism”. But according to a UNHRC spokesman, he cannot “leave” because he has an observer and not a member so far.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gidon Saar announced on Wednesday that his country would stop participating in the UN main body responsible for human rights, accusing it on the X platform of “focused on attacking a democratic country and propaganda of anti -Semitism, anti -Semitism. instead of promoting human rights. “
This decision was taken the day after the signature by Donald Trump, which provides that Washington, which was also preparing to leave the World Health Organization, will leave a number of other UN bodies, including the Human Rights Council.
Daniel Mron, Israel’s ambassador to the UN headquarters in Geneva, said the two announcements were “not coordinated” and that his country did not intend to stop participating in other UN bodies at present. “We’re just talking about the Human Rights Council,” he told reporters in Geneva. “We work with the UN where there is no bias.”
Israel and its allies have long accused this council of bias, stressing that Israel is subject to special treatment, which makes its case discussed at every regular meeting.
This country has been the subject of more resolutions than “Iran, Cuba, North Korea and Venezuela,” Saar said, citing states often accused of not respecting human rights.
Israel is already boycotting UNHRC and refuses to participate in discussions on the situation of rights in the Palestinian territories.
UNHRC spokesman, Pascal Sim, stressed that Israel, like the United States, do not currently belong to the 47 Member States of this body. States with an observer status cannot therefore “leave” officially, he argued.
Mron, for his part, said that Israel “simply will not attend meetings”.
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