The Israeli authorities accused members of the UN Committee Investigating Human Rights Violations in the Palestinian Territories of “making anti-Semitic statements or defending similar statements, calling for their dismissal and dissolution.”

“It is time for this committee to disband,” Israeli Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Merav Elon Shahar, wrote in a letter addressed to the chair of the Human Rights Council, which was effectively seen by AFP. them to “resign immediately”.

Her call came after responses prompted by statements made by committee member Melon Kotari during a recent interview with Mondoweiss, a website that covers news about the Palestinian territories, Israel, US politics, and Palestinian rights, noting: “We are very disappointed with social media that he controls are largely the Jewish lobby or some particular NGO that spends a lot of money trying to discredit us.”