Ukraine pulls out of anti-Israeli U.N. committee on Palestinians

"Ukraine has left the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. The decision was approved by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The 25-country committee is the source of many resolutions criticizing Israel, which are often adopted by the UN General Assembly. It was established in 1975 'to enable Palestinian people to exercise their inalienable rights, including the right to self-determination... the right to national independence and sovereignty, and the right to return to their homes and property from which they have been displaced.'

The Foreign Ministry tweeted congratulations to Ukraine for quitting the 'anachronistic anti-Israeli' committee. 'We urge other committee members to follow suit. What are you still doing there???' the tweet reads.

Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Joel Lion said Israel 'constantly' asked all of the friendly countries on the committee to leave it.

'There's no need for such a committee. It's the example of singling out' Israel at the UN, he said. 'It's the committee that always makes decisions against Israel... I feel that people understand that [the committee's] time has passed.'..."