Israel’s UN Ambassador Calls Venezuela’s Election to Human Rights Council Absurd | Algemeiner.com

Israel’s UN Ambassador Calls Venezuela’s Election to Human Rights Council Absurd | Algemeiner.com

Venezuela was re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Wednesday, a move which Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon ridiculed in a statement. “The absurdity at the UN knows no limits — Venezuela is the biggest ally of Iran and North Korea,” said Danon, who just replaced Ron Prosor this month to lead Israel’s UN mission. “When a country like Venezuela, which suppresses its own people, forbids freedom of the press and detains members of the opposition, becomes a…