JERUSALEM : Israel dismissed on Thursday a UN decision to set up a probe of the deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla, saying the Human Rights Council that adopted the resolution had no moral authority whatsoever.
"The authority of this council, which once again is working stubbornly against Israel, has reached rock bottom," said foreign ministry spokesman Ygal Palmor.
He pointed out that some of the resolution's signatories, like "Djibouti, Pakistan, Cuba or Saudi Arabia, are in a bad position to present themselves as defenders of human rights which they violate massively," he told AFP.
On Wednesday, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution setting up an independent international probe into Israel's interception in international waters of the six ships laden with aid and activists seeking to break the Gaza blockade.
The resolution condemned the "outrageous attack." The Geneva-based council is the same that had set up an independent probe, led by South African judge Richard Goldstone, into the devastating Gaza offensive Israel launched on December 27, 2008.
Israel refused to cooperate with the Goldstone investigation, which concluded that both Israel and Palestinian militants committed war crimes during the 22-day conflict.