TEL AVIV, February 5. /TASS/. Israel welcomes the US decision to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and also terminates its participation in the this UN body, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said.

"Israel welcomes [US President Donald] Trump’s decision not to participate in the UN Human Rights Council. Israel joins the United States and will not participate in the UNHRC," the top diplomat wrote on his X page.

According to Sa’ar, the UN Human Rights Council is "focused on attacking a democratic country (Israel - TASS) and propagating antisemitism, instead of promoting human rights." "Israel has been subjected to over 100 condemnatory resolutions, over 20% of all resolutions ever passed in the Council - more than against Iran, Cuba, North Korea and Venezuela combined," the minister said, adding that "Israel will not accept this discrimination any longer!"

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on February 4 withdrawing the US from the UN Human Rights Council and the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).