Netanyahu slams UN council behind ‘genocide’ report as ‘antisemitic, irrelevant’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls the UN Human Rights Council “an antisemitic, rotten, terrorist-supporting, and irrelevant body,” after a commission set up by the body accused Israel of carrying out “genocidal acts” against Palestinian reproductive health in Gaza.

“Instead of focusing on the crimes against humanity and war crimes committed by the Hamas terrorist organization in the worst massacre committed against the Jewish people since the Holocaust, the UN is once again choosing to attack Israel with false accusations, including unfounded accusations of sexual violence,” Netanyahu says in a statement.

In its report, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel says Israel “intentionally attacked and destroyed” Gaza’s main fertility center, and simultaneously imposed a siege and blocked aid including medication for ensuring safe pregnancies, deliveries and neonatal care. It also accuses troops of using sexual violence as part of the army’s standard operating procedure.