" Israel became the first country to withhold cooperation from a United Nations
review of its human rights practices on Tuesday, shunning efforts by
the United States and others to encourage it to participate." And then notice how mild the statement is by Amnesty International: "“If the Israeli government is not careful, it will ruin an important
global human rights process for everybody,” Peter Splinter, a Geneva
representative of Amnesty International, commented in a blog post."