US Secretary of State John Kerry accused the UN Human Rights Council on Monday of focusing disproportionately on allegations of abuses by Israel.
In a speech to the Council in Geneva, Kerry spoke of its “deeply concerning record on Israel” and added: “No one in this room can deny that there is an unbalanced focus on one democratic country.”
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“It must be said that the HRC’s obsession with Israel actually risks undermining the credibility of the entire organization,” he said in a speech.
“No one should doubt for a second that the United States will measure these things, I hope, fairly and dispassionately but we will oppose any effort by any group or participant in the UN system to arbitrarily and regularly de-legitimise or isolate Israel,” he added.