"Western nations held a defacto boycott of the Agenda Item 7 debate against Israel at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday.
Only 22%, 43 nations out of the 193 UN countries who could have taken the floor, stood up to condemn Israel.
France, which had initially signed up to speak, changed its mind at the last moment and was not present in the room when its name was called...
All other alleged human rights abuses around the globe are dealt with under Agenda Item 4, save for Israel, which is the only country with a permanent dedicated agenda item.
This spring the US had unsuccessfully pushed for a UN General Assembly resolution to eliminate Agenda Item 7 before deciding to quit the UNHRC last month...
Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan... tweeted a comment during the debate.
'Shame on every country that takes part in this #WorldCup of hate! Every country that cares about HR [human rights] must leave the #UNHRC until #item 7 is history.'
Israel and the US were absent from the room altogether, but a number of Western countries remained in the room..."