Israel under fire at UN over rights record

GENEVA: Israel came under sustained criticism from its Arab neighbors over its human rights record at a UN council Thursday, with Western states also expressing concern at the treatment of Palestinians.The Jewish state was being examined by the UN Human Rights Council as part of the "Universal Periodic Review" to which every UN member state must submit.In Thursday's session, Syria's ambassador to the council referred ironically to the "oasis of democracy" he claimed was presented by Israel's...