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Following US, Israel exits UN Human Rights Council, accuses the body of 'anti-semitism'
Israel on Thursday said that it was not planning to withdraw from other United Nations bodies besides the Human Rights Council, which it accused of perceived bias and "anti-Semitism." Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Wednesday announced that his country would halt its participation in the UN's top rights body,
After US, Israel announces departure from ‘anti-semitic’ UN Human Rights Council
The UNHRC has traditionally protected human rights abusers by allowing them to hide from scrutiny, and instead obsessively demonizes the one democracy in the Middle East – Israel,” he wrote in the post on X.
Israel shuns UN human rights council, accusing it of 'antisemitism'
Israel has for decades been accused of committing human rights abuses against Palestinians and faces charges of genocide at the International Court of Justice.
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.
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,
After US, Israel halts participation in ‘Antisemitic’ UN Human Rights Council
Israel has alleged that UNRWA has links to Hamas, and participated in Oct 7 attack. Israel accuses UN Council of ‘demonizing’ the only democracy in the Middle East. Jew nation alleged body propagated antisemitism,
Israel Withdraws From UN Human Rights Council, Foreign Minister Says
"The decision was reached in light of the ongoing and unrelenting institutional bias against Israel in the Human Rights Council, which has been persistent since its inception in 2
Israel announces withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council
Israel is to follow the United States' lead and leave the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar wrote on X on Wednesday. The UN Human Rights Council, an intergovernmental body responsible for the promotion of human rights,
Experts slam UN action plan for combating antisemitism: ‘phony exercise in futility’
Experts questions how the U.N.'s response to antisemitism fails to define anti-Jewish hatred or give a mechanism for ...
UN Denounces 'Rampant' Anti-Semitism, Attacks On Diversity
Anti-Semitism is "rampant" 80 years after the Holocaust, the UN's rights chief Volker Turk said Friday, also denouncing increasing attacks on diversity as US leader Donald Trump rolls back inclusion ...
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Documenta adopts antisemitism definition in new code of conduct
The Documenta supervisory board has announced a new code of conduct for the German quinquennial’s 16th edition, to be ...
Fox News ‘Antisemitism Exposed’ Newsletter: 5 universities facing federal probe over antisemitism
Fox News' "Antisemitism Exposed" newsletter brings you stories on the rising anti-Jewish prejudice across the U.S. and the ...
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Israeli President Herzog highlights antisemitism in UN speech as new report shows shocking trend
Herzog added that "antisemitism, barbarism, cruelty, and racism" thrive at the U.N. because "too many of the nations represented here – do not confront them, do not unanimously condemn them ...
Elise Stefanik, Israel, and the ‘antisemitic rot’ at the UN
Rep. Elise Stefanik accused the United Nations of fostering "antisemitic rot," setting the stage for what could be an ...
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On Capitol Hill, rally-goers agree that antisemitism is un-American. But when Israel is involved, it gets complicated.
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Several thousand people spent a sweltering afternoon in front of the U.S. Capitol at a rally on Sunday that denounced antisemitism as un-American and made the case that Jewish ...
Trump announces withdrawal from UN human rights body and halt to funding for Palestinian refugees
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the United States will withdraw from the top U.N. human ...
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Antisemitism On The Rise Among Younger Generations
The United Nations (UN) held the annual Holocaust Memorial Ceremony on January 27 with the theme “Holocaust Remembrance for ...