MANILA, Philippines — Israel’s foreign ministry has summoned the Philippines’ ambassador to the Middle Eastern country over Manila’s “unacceptable” vote favoring an international probe into alleged human rights violations and abuses in Gaza.
In a statement released Sunday (May 30), the ministry said Philippine Ambassador to Israel Macairog Alberto was summoned for a “clarification discussion” regarding the country’s vote before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
The ministry’s deputy director-general for the Asia-Pacific, Gilad Cohen, according to the statement, told the ambassador that the Philippines’ vote was “unacceptable to Israel, and constitutes a reward …
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