Iran Press/ Europe: Using the "anti-Semitism" card, the Israeli ambassador to the UN, Meirav Eilon Shahr on Friday demanded that the members resign and the commission be disbanded, knowing that the commission is set to look into the Israeli regime's war crimes against the innocent Palestinians.
A few hours earlier, a Palestinian teenager was shot dead on Friday by Israeli occupation forces with live bullets in the village of Al-Mughayer, close to Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
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Israeli ambassador to the UN wrote in a letter, "It is time to disband this commission," arguing there is "no possible way" for the 3 members of the commission to "carry out their roles in an effective manner."
"As such, (I) call on all three of them to resign immediately," she said.
Miloon Kothari, one of the commissioners, had alluded to a "Jewish lobby" questioning whether "Israel" even deserves a UN membership, reigniting claims that the council is biased against "Israel".
"We are very disheartened by the social media that is controlled largely by, whether it is the Jewish lobby or it is specific NGOs, a lot of money is being thrown into trying to discredit us," Kothari said.
Ambassadors from Britain and the United States also tweeted their outrage at Kothari's remarks.
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