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(IsraelNN.com) Israel has rejected the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution “strongly condemning” Israel’s counter-terrorist operations in Hamas-controlled Gaza. The non-binding resolution was adopted Monday by a coalition of 33 African, Asian, Arab, and South American states. Thirteen European states abstained, while Canada was the sole “no” vote. The United States and Israel are not members of the Council.
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Israel’s Foreign Ministry spokespeople roundly rejected the HRC resolution as “irrelevant and one-sided.” The HRC itself, Israel noted, is dominated by Islamic and non-aligned states, while Western democratic nations “refused to give their support to this resolution or lend it moral credence.” Japan, Korea, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ukraine and Cameroon also abstained.
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“The politically-motivated, almost exclusive focus on Israel has become a repulsive habit of the Council,” the Foreign Ministry said, adding that the Human Rights Council is once again exposing “its true face as a body exploited by states whose behavior is far from ideal, where human rights are concerned. This allows the Council’s attention to be diverted from most of the regions of the world, while the fate of their residents is left to criminal negligence or abuse by Council members or their allies.”
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Israel finally responds appropriately to the witless U.N. I imagine however that those who are Anti-Israel will very quickly quote this non-binding resolution as “further evidence” of Israel’s violation of international law, and U.N. resolutions. But then again the facts have never been their friend.
Tags: Gaza, Human Rights, Human Rights Council, Israel, Tzipi Livni, UN
