Netanyahu: U.N. set new hypocrisy record with Israeli war crimes allegation

"The United Nations has set a new record for hypocrisy and lies with its report that accuses Israel of deliberately shooting children at the Gaza border and possible war crimes, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

'Israel rejects outright the report of the UN Human Rights Council, which sets new records of hypocrisy and lies, out of obsessive hatred of Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East' Netanyahu said...

He that the IDF was responding in self defense to Hamas 'which fires rockets at Israeli civilians, launches incendiary devices and carries out terrorist activities during its violent protests by the [border] fence... Israel will not allow Hamas to harm Israeli sovereignty and its citizens and will protect its right to self-defense,' Netanyahu said...

Minister of Public Security and Minister of Strategic Affairs Gilad Erdan said, 'The UN Human Rights Council bears no relation to the protection of human rights.

'The release of this patently false report is a sadly predictable step from a body that has long lost its legitimacy,' Erdan said.

'Israel will continue to protect its citizens from the terrorist group Hamas. It is Hamas and its leaders who must be held accountable for their actions. We will not accept the preaching of morals from a council led by authoritarian regimes that violate human rights on a daily basis,' he explained..."