Israel Returns to UN Human Rights Council, With Protest Over "Unfair" Treatment
Attending Universal Periodic Review, process involving all UN members
Israel's foreign ministry said the country will appear this week in Geneva at a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council, despite claims by the country that it has been unfairly targeted for human rights abuses.
Sunday's announcement effectively ends Israel's shunning of the international body. Last March, Israel cut working relations with the council over its intention to launch an investigation into Jewish West Bank settlements.
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This the same UN bastion of liberty that had as it's head, Muammar Khadafi? Maybe 25 years ago, when he was in his prime as a sponsor of terror. The name sounds right, high minded and hollow, somebody with a better memory, please.