BRDO PRI KRANJU (AFP)---Israeli President Shimon Peres hit out at what called an "anti-Israeli" majority in the United Nations following criticism of Israel's recent raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla of activists.   

"We feel handled in a discriminated way because there were many other confrontations between terrorist organisations and democratic countries," Peres told journalists at the start of a two-day visit to Slovenia.   

Referring to the incident on May 31, Peres said Israel "wasn't the first state (to confront a terrorist organisation), but was picked out because there is an anti-Israeli majority in the United Nations."   

Israel came under pressure after the raid a Turkish ship which has worsened relations with Ankara.
   

Turkey says Israel must apologise over the raid, pay compensation for the victims and lift the blockade of Gaza before bilateral ties can be resumed.   

"I wouldn't go into a debate over the Turkish demands," Peres said.   

He pointed out that a report on the incident had shown that only "one Israeli soldier made a mistake (during the raid) and he was put to court."   

Peres's visit is aimed at strengthening bilateral ties between Israel and Slovenia and to back a project launched by Ljubljana in 2008 for the rehabilitation of wounded children from the Gaza Strip.   

After Slovenia, Peres is scheduled to visit neighbouring Croatia, which also declared independence from the former Yugoslavia in 1994.