UK Foreign Scretary Boris Johnson slams the UN Human Rights Council criticism of Israel’s bombing of Hezbollah positions in the Golan Heights as “absolutely preposterous.
Speaking to lawmakers during a session of parliamentary questions of foreign affairs, John said the condemnation was “a profound absurdity” adding that it was wrong to single out Israel “when after all in that region of Syria we have seen the most appalling barbarity by the Assad regime and that was the point the UK government was rightly making.”
The UN council adopted five resolutions critical of Israel on Friday, including one alleging human rights abuses in the Golan Heights.
The Human Rights Council during an interactive dialogue with the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip on June 29, 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland. (UN photo)
Johnson’s comments came immediately after the UK mission to the UN released a statement criticizing the UN decision.
“Israel is a population of eight million in a world of seven billion. Yet since its foundation, the human rights council has adopted 135 country-specific resolutions; 68 of which [have been] against Israel. Justice is blind and impartial. This selective focus on Israel is neither. Israel is the only country permanently on the human rights council’s agenda,” the statement read.
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