Israel refuses to participate in the Human Rights reunion to discuss the Gaza report

 Israel refused to participate in the reunion of the UN Human Rights Council on Monday evening, which discussed the report on the events that took place in Gaza last summer, which considers accusing Israel of war crimes. Israeli ambassador Eviatar Manor, representative of Israel in the UN, said that he refused to participate in the meeting because the council has lost its objectivity. On the other, hand Palestinian ambassador Ibrāhīm Khureisha praised the attempt of the council to investigate these issues.

(Author not mentioned, Masr al-ʿArabiyya, 29 June 2015)

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