Tuesday, September 15, 2009

UN presses for prosecutions in damning report of Hamas and Israel conduct...

A detailed and damning UN inquiry into January's war in Gaza has found evidence that war crimes and possible crimes against humanity were committed by Israel and Hamas.

The investigation, led by the former South African judge Richard Goldstone, is the most serious international inquiry into the three-week war in which 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis died, and which triggered criticism across the world. It presses for prosecutions.

Goldstone and his three colleagues said in their 575-page report, released today , that their work was based on an "independent and impartial analysis". The findings are among the most serious ever against Israel, with its policies towards the Palestinians and its conduct of the war highlighted for extensive criticism. More...

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