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Israel Withdraws From UN Human Rights Council, Foreign Minister Says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has informed the United Nations Human Rights Council that it will follow the United States in withdrawing its participation, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Thursday.
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Israel to stop engagement with UN human rights council, alleging bias
Israel has told the United Nations Human Rights Council that it is disengaging from the body, alleging it was biased, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Thursday. Council members have frequently raised allegations of Israeli human rights violations in the Gaza war,
UN Special Rapporteur Criticises Israel Withdrawal From UN Human Rights Council
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.
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.
Israel boycotts UN Human Rights Council, citing anti-Semitism concerns
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,
Saudi Arabia rejects Israel PM Netanyahu's remarks on displacing Palestinians
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Israel's defence minister orders army to prepare for Gaza residents' departure, after controversial Trump plan
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Israel backs Trump plan and orders military to prepare for Palestinians to leave Gaza
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Trump team plans to sell $7B in weapons to Israel — as top Dem rips administration for bypassing Congress
The Trump administration plans to sell more than $7 billion in weapons to Israel, including thousands of missiles and bombs.
Israel’s prime minister says Trump has invited him to the White House on Feb. 4
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Trump condemned for ICC sanctions over Israel, US probes
The International Criminal Court slammed sanctions Friday slapped by US President Donald Trump over its probes targeting ...
Israel considers sending Gazans to Puntland – and Somalia could be open to it
Israel is considering plans to send Gazans to Puntland, an autonomous region of Somalia, after Donald Trump’s pledge to ...
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Israeli Foreign Minister discusses Lebanon crisis with US envoy for Middle East
Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar met Morgan Ortagus, US President Trump's deputy special envoy to the Middle East, and the two held discussions on the current situation in Lebanon and other ...