Following the passage of five resolutions by the United Nations Human Rights Council condemning Israel, both the United States and United Kingdom lashed out at the council for its anti-Israel bias, The Jewish Chronicle reported Friday.

While the UK did not vote against all of the resolutions, it voted against resolutions demanding that Israel withdraw from the Golan Heights and called for an arms embargo of Israel.

The anti-Israel resolutions were introduced by the nations of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and passed by the 47-member council. The resolutions were passed as part of Agenda Item 7, which requires votes on Israel every time the council meets. Israel is the only country subject to such scrutiny by the council.

In voting against the two resolutions, the UK delegation said that “little has changed” since it criticized the council’s focus on Israel last year. The delegation charged that the effectiveness of the resolutions over Israel was “repeatedly undermined” because they were presented under Agenda Item 7 and said that this process “cannot continue”.

Noting that the five resolutions passed against Israel were more than those passed against Iran, Syria and North Korea combined, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, who has been criticizing the anti-Israel bias at the UN since she started on the job last year, said, “When the Human Rights Council treats Israel worse than North Korea, Iran, and Syria, it is the Council itself that is foolish and unworthy of its name. It is time for the countries who know better to demand changes. Many countries agree that the Council’s agenda is grossly biased against Israel, but too few are willing to fight it.”

The U.S. and Australia voted against all five resolutions.

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