Israel’s diplomatic mission to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Thursday responded harshly to the publication of a new report by the council’s permanent commission of inquiry into alleged Israeli crimes.

A statement issued by the Israeli embassy read:

“Commissioners who made antisemitic comments and who proactively engaged in anti-Israel activism, both before and after their appointment, have no legitimacy nor credibility in addressing the issue at hand.”

The establishment of a special and permanent commission of inquiry into Israeli actions is unprecedented. It sends the signal, no doubt deliberately, that Israel is even worse than offenders like Iran and North Korea.

Equally outrageous is that the three-person panel was stacked against Israel from the start. Two of the commissioners, Navi Pillay and Miloon Kothari, are known Israel-haters who have made public antisemitic remarks in the past. Most recently, Kothari claimed that a sinister “Jewish lobby” exercises control over social media.

From the start, Israel and some of its allies have noted the absurdity of the commission and its make-up, and demanded that it be disbanded before it does irreparable damage to the UN’s reputation and legitimacy.

As for the commission’s new report, it’s just more of the same.

Pillay and her cronies predictably charge Israel with an “illegal” occupation of what is the Jews’ ancient and biblical heartland, and with discrimination against Arabs in general, a nod to the ridiculous “apartheid” trope. They also call on other UN member states to prosecute Israeli officials.

Similarly unsurprising is that the report fails to mention Palestinian terrorism against Israel even once.