You knew it was coming, but the makeup of this panel is nearly beyond belief: U.N. names panel to probe Israel abuses.

GENEVA - The U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday appointed a Brazilian diplomat, a Tanzanian judge and a Greek professor to a commission investigating whether Israel committed systematic human rights abuses in Lebanon during recent fighting with Hezbollah militants.

The commission was created last month by the council, which condemned Israel for what it called “massive bombardment of Lebanese civilian populations” and other “systematic” human rights violations.

The committee is comprised of Brazil’s Clemente Baena Soares, a former secretary general of the Organization of American States; Mohamed Chande Othman, who sits on Tanzania’s supreme court and Stelios Perrakis, a professor of international studies and a member of the Council of Europe, the continent’s human rights watchdog.