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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 373

Aviva Raz Shechter

Illustrative: Israeli soldiers block the entrance to the industrial zone of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, on June 15, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90/File)
January 6, 2020, 10:34 pm
US criticizes UN panel for hearing Palestinian race case against Israel
Washington envoy expresses ‘profound disappointment’ in anti-racism committee; 5 members of 18-person forum oppose continuing with probe
By AFP and ToI Staff
An Israeli Merkava battle tank on the border with the Gaza Strip on March 15, 2019. (Jack Guez/AFP)
March 22, 2019, 8:44 pm
Human Rights Council urges bolstered UN presence in Palestinian areas
Members call to ‘deploy personnel and expertise necessary to document ongoing violations of international law,’ particularly in ‘occupied Gaza Strip’
By AP and ToI Staff
A picture taken on June 18, 2018, in Geneva, Switzerland, shows a general view during the opening of the 38th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. (AFP/Alain Grosclaude)
March 22, 2019, 12:31 pm
23 to 8, UN rights council adopts report accusing Israel of war crimes in Gaza
Foreign Ministry vows Jerusalem ‘will not cooperate with this mockery,’ says ‘moral majority’ of states did not vote in favor of measure
By ToI Staff
Israel's Ambassador to UN agencies in Geneva Aviva Raz-Schechter (Elma Okic/UN Photo)
January 22, 2019, 12:59 pm
Israel blocks Palestinian bid to get observer status at UN disarmament panel
‘In close coordination with US,’ Jerusalem thwarts Ramallah’s effort to ‘politicize professional UN forums’; Israeli diplomat elected vice-chair of UN Committee on NGOs
By Raphael Ahren
A picture taken on June 18, 2018, in Geneva, Switzerland, shows a general view during the opening of the 38th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. (AFP/Alain Grosclaude)
June 22, 2018, 5:41 pm
Following US exit, Israel ‘lowers’ its participation in UN Human Rights Council
Israeli seat empty in plenary session Friday. Diplomats in Geneva say Jerusalem has reduced its ties with the controversial rights body since US quit on Tuesday
By AP and ToI Staff
The US name sign is photographed one day after the United States announced its withdrawal at the 38th session of the UN Human Rights Council at the UN headquarters in Geneva on Wednesday. June 20, 2018. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)
June 21, 2018, 2:10 am
Israel may follow US in freezing out UN rights body, to some diplomats’ dismay
Politicians have welcomed the US decision to quit the UN Human Rights Council, but even some critics of the body argue it would have been better to stay engaged and defend Israel
By Raphael Ahren
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman in Katzrin, May 11, 2018. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)
May 19, 2018, 6:45 pm
Liberman: UN Human Rights Council has become a cheerleader for terrorists
Defense minister slams investigation ordered by UN’s top human rights body following weeks of violence along Gaza fence
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Israel's Ambassador Aviva Raz Shechter gestures during a special session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on May 18, 2018, which voted for an investigation into Gaza border violence. (AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)
May 18, 2018, 8:40 pm
Israel says it won’t cooperate with UN human rights council probe of Gaza deaths
Netanyahu denounces council as ‘a hypocritical and biased body whose purpose is to harm Israel and back terror’; Haley: ‘Another shameful day’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A television screen at the UN Human Rights Council shows how countries voted on a resolution approving an investigation into Israel's handling of deadly clashes on the Gaza border, on May 18, 2018. (Foreign Ministry)
May 18, 2018, 6:15 pm
UN Human Rights Council votes to investigate Israel for Gaza protest deaths
After 29-2 vote, with US and Australia opposed, Israel rejects council’s ‘hypocritical, absurd’ attempt to undermine right to self-defense, dismisses probe as ‘foregone conclusion’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
The World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. (CC BY-SA Thorkild Tylleskar/Wikipedia)
May 26, 2017, 11:09 pm
UN body said to bury positive report on Israel under Syrian pressure
World Health Organization passes anti-Israel resolution, ignores bombings of hospitals in Syria and Yemen
By ToI Staff
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