Report: Benjamin Netanyahu told ministers he urged Trump to quit UN rights body

Amid reports that the Trump administration is considering pulling the US out of the UN Human Rights Council, Army Radio on Thursday reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he had been the one to urge the US president to do so.

Upon the premier’s return this week from his recent string of high-profile diplomatic trips abroad, Netanyahu allegedly told members of his Likud party that he had recommended the US end its participation in the UN body that has been accused of holding a bias against Israel, according to the report.

 

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