BREAKING: Isreal Joins US, Withdraws From UN Human Rights 

BREAKING: Isreal Joins US, Withdraws From UN Human Rights 

Israel has announced its intention to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

This decision was communicated by Israel’s Foreign Minister, Gideon Sa’ar, on X, stating that the country would be following the lead of the United States in leaving 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.

This move comes in the wake of US President Donald Trump signing an executive order that signaled America’s withdrawal from the council and halted US funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which is the main organization supporting Palestinian refugees.