By Jonathan Cook, Information Clearing House, Oct 6, 2009
Israel celebrated at the weekend its success at the United Nations in forcing the Palestinians to defer demands that the International Criminal Court investigate allegations of war crimes committed by Israel during its winter assault on the Gaza Strip.
The about-turn, following vigorous lobbying from Israel and the United States, appears to have buried the damning report of Judge Richard Goldstone into the fighting, which killed some 1,400 Palestinians, most of them civilians.
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How Israel bought off UN’s war crimes probe
By Jonathan Cook, Information Clearing House, Oct 6, 2009
Israel celebrated at the weekend its success at the United Nations in forcing the Palestinians to defer demands that the International Criminal Court investigate allegations of war crimes committed by Israel during its winter assault on the Gaza Strip.
The about-turn, following vigorous lobbying from Israel and the United States, appears to have buried the damning report of Judge Richard Goldstone into the fighting, which killed some 1,400 Palestinians, most of them civilians.
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Tags: invasion of Gaza, Israel, Omar Barghouti, Palestinian Authority, Richard Goldstone report, war crimes, Wataniya
This entry was posted on October 7, 2009 at 9:21 am and is filed under Commentary, Gaza, Human rights, Uncategorized, war, war crimes, War Criminals, Zionist Israel. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.