US leaves UN Human Rights Council over ‘bias against Israel’

By By Yaron SteinbucH, NEW YORK POST

The US withdrew Tuesday from the UN Human Rights Council, calling it an organization “that is not worthy of its name.”

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and UN Ambassador Nikki Haley announced the move at the State Department.

“We take this step because our commitment does not allow us to remain a part of a hypocritical and self-serving organization that makes a mockery of human rights,” Haley said.

Haley said a year ago she made clear the US would stay in the council only if “essential reforms were achieved” — and that hasn’t happened.

She pointed to the membership of countries like China, Cuba and Venezuela that are themselves accused of rights violations and charged that the council has a “chronic bias against Israel.”

The withdrawal didn’t come as a surprise.

National Security Adviser John Bolton opposed the council’s creation in 2006.

In a speech to the body last year, Haley called it out for what she said was its “relentless, pathological campaign” against the Jewish state.