Israel leaves ‘biased’ UN rights body, following Trump’s lead
Israel’s UN envoy has said his country will “stand with” the United States and “not participate” in the UN Human Rights Council, accusing the body of “moral failure”.
“The UN Human Rights Council is a biased body that is obsessively focused on attacking Israel,” said Danny Danon, in a post on X. “We will not support a council that has long abandoned its moral compass.”
The Geneva-based council is made up of 47 UN member states, who are elected to serve four-year terms on a rotating basis by other UN member states.
Trump signed an executive order announcing the US would leave the council on Tuesday, on the same day Netanyahu visited the White House.
Neither the US nor Israel are currently elected members of the council, although the council’s work covers all UN member states.
US President Donald Trump holds an executive order regarding withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council in the Oval Office of the White House on Tuesday
Israeli forces continue days-long siege in Far’a camp
The Israeli military has continued its days-long siege in the Far’a camp, south of Tubas in the occupied West Bank, according to Al Jazeera Arabic.
They are preventing residents in the camp from receiving food and water, while ambulance crews have also been blocked from entering the area.
Israeli forces have also stormed the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem, with an explosion reported there, local sources have told Al Jazeera Arabic.
Israeli raids have been reported in other locations across the occupied West Bank, including:
- The town of Attil, north of Tulkarem, where a Palestinian man has been arrested
- The city of Jenin, where two men have been arrested
- The town of Tammun, south of Tubas, where a man and his two sons have been arrested
- The city of Nablus
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