{"id":14585,"date":"2025-02-05T20:01:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T18:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rega.news\/?p=14585"},"modified":"2025-02-06T16:53:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T14:53:02","slug":"israeli-foreign-minister-announces-israels-withdrawal-from-un-human-rights-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/israeli-foreign-minister-announces-israels-withdrawal-from-un-human-rights-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Foreign Minister Announces Israel\u2019s Withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just a day after former U.S. President Donald Trump announced America\u2019s withdrawal from the UNHRC, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa\u2019ar has followed suit, declaring Israel\u2019s exit from the controversial body.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes amid longstanding criticism of the UNHRC\u2019s bias against Israel, with Israeli leaders arguing that the council disproportionately targets the Jewish state while ignoring severe human rights violations elsewhere.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14634\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14634\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14634\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_264769226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_264769226.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_264769226-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_264769226-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">United Nations Human Rights Council, Archive | Photo: Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sa\u2019ar\u2019s decision underscores Israel\u2019s stance that the council has failed in its mission to uphold universal human rights and has instead become a platform for anti-Israel rhetoric.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Israel welcomes President Trump\u2019s decision not to participate in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).<br \/>\nIsrael joins the United States and will not participate in the UNHRC.<\/p>\n<p>The UNHRC has traditionally protected human rights abusers by allowing them to hide from scrutiny, and\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gideon Sa&#8217;ar | \u05d2\u05d3\u05e2\u05d5\u05df \u05e1\u05e2\u05e8 (@gidonsaar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gidonsaar\/status\/1887190864218210732?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following Trump\u2019s exit, Minister Gideon Sa\u2019ar declares Israel\u2019s departure from United Nations human rights council (UNHRC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":14586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,65],"tags":[1905,1868,2833],"class_list":["post-14585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-world","tag-gidon-saar","tag-trump","tag-unhrc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - 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