Gaza Probe Gets No Help From Israel
Investigators with the UN Human Rights Council may be forced to enter the Palestinian territories from Egypt because Israel is likely to refuse cooperation in the U’s mission to investigate potential war crimes by the Israeli military and Hamas.
Investigators with the U.N. Human Rights Council may be forced to enter the Palestinian territories from Egypt because Israel is likely to refuse cooperation in the U.N.’s mission to investigate potential war crimes by the Israeli military and Hamas. Israel says the tribunal is biased against it — even after its proven use of white phosphorus munitions and indiscriminate bombing of civilian sites, including a U.N. school.
Rock Solid JournalismThe BBC:
A UN inquiry into possible war crimes in Gaza will go ahead even if Israel does not co-operate, says Richard Goldstone, who leads the inquiry team.
Mr Goldstone said he was “disappointed” Israel had given no positive response, and said his team would enter Gaza via Egypt if Israel refused them visas.
The UN wants to investigate whether Israel and Hamas committed war crimes during the January conflict in Gaza.
Israel accuses the UN branch carrying out the mission of bias against it.
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