Earlier this week, the United States announced that it would withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council and continue to freeze funding from UNRWA.
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On Thursday, Israel announced that it would follow the US example and retreat from the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has published a letter submitted to the Council on Social Media Service X.
– The decision was decided by the institutional biography of Israel, which is constantly present in the Human Rights Council and uninterrupted against Israel, which has occurred since the Council established in 2006, the letter states.
Also US President Donald Trump Earlier this week, he announced that his country would withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council, as well as continuing to freeze funding from UNRWA, the UN Palestinian refugee relief organization.
Trump also made similar actions during his first presidential term.
Special reporter of the UN occupied Palestinian region Francesca albanese On Thursday, the Israeli withdrawal from the Human Rights Council was “extremely serious”.
“It shows arrogance and inability to understand what they have done,” Albanese comments.
Source: Reuters