GENEVA : Israel’s representative was conspicuously absent from a UN Human Rights Council special session Monday on the situation in the Palestinian territories and the 2014 Gaza conflict.
Israel provided no immediate explanation for not being present at the session dedicated overwhelmingly to discussion of its policies and alleged abuses, but a source close to the council said its absence clearly amounted to a boycott.
“We won’t comment on that,” a spokeswoman with the Israeli mission in Geneva told said.
The United States was also not present, sparking speculation that its absence could be a sign of the cooling relations between the two allies since it was not there to defend Israel.
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