Israel has announced its decision to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council, UNHRC.
Disclosing this via X on Wednesday, Israel’s Foreign Minister, Gideon Sa’ar, said his country would follow the United States’ lead and leave the UNHRC.
Sa’ar accused the council of providing sanctions for abusers of human rights, “allowing them to hide from scrutiny, and instead obsessively demonising the one democracy in the Middle East – Israel.”
He further accused the UNHRC of “attacking a democratic country and propagating antisemitism, instead of promoting human rights.”
“The discrimination against us is clear: In the UNHRC, Israel is the only country with an agenda item dedicated solely to it.
“Israel has been subjected to over 100 condemnatory resolutions, over 20% of all resolutions ever passed in the Council – more than against Iran, Cuba, North Korea, and Venezuela combined,” Sa’ar said.
US President Donald Trump had signed an executive order signalling America’s withdrawal from the council.
The order also stopped US funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the primary body that aids Palestinian refugees.
