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March 21, 2017       Share:    

Source: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-boycotts-rights-council-debate-israel-palestinians-46251124

U.S. Boycotts UN Rights Council Debate Due to "Long-Standing Bias Against Israel"

(AP-ABC News) Jamey Keaten - The U.S. on Monday boycotted a Human Rights Council session focusing on Palestinian areas, saying the council's "long-standing bias against Israel" threatens the credibility of the UN body. U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley denounced how Israel was the only country that is a permanent fixture on the HRC's calendar. "It is not Syria, where the regime has systematically slaughtered and tortured its own people. It is not Iran, where public hangings are a regular occurrence. It is not North Korea, where the regime uses forced labor camps to crush its people into submission. It is Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East."

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