"Those who are afraid of coming out against terrorism in the end will be attacked by terrorism, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday in response to the passing of an anti-Israel UN Human Rights Council resolution on the Gaza war last summer.
'The UN Human Rights Council is not interested in the facts and is not really interested in human rights,' Netanyahu said. 'On the day on which Israel was fired at from Sinai, and at a time when ISIS [Islamic State] is committing vicious terrorist attacks in Egypt, as [Syrian President Bashar] Assad slaughters his people in Syria and as the number of arbitrary executions per annum climbs in Iran – the UN Human Rights Council decides to condemn the State of Israel, for no fault of its own, for acting to defend itself from a murderous terrorist organization.'
Israel's hands will not be tied and it will 'continue to defend its citizens against those who call for its destruction and take daily action to achieve this goal,' Netanyahu said.
The United States was the only country to support Israel and oppose a resolution that ostensibly holds Israel and Palestinian terrorist organizations accountable for human rights violations during Operation Protective Edge but was largely understood to be speaking about holding Israel accountable for possible war crimes.
The resolution passed by a vote of 41 in favor, one against and five abstentions; the US cast the only 'no' vote..."