The Todal
2014-07-23 15:26:07 UTC
Oh no. Say it ain't so. I guess this lady Navi Pillay must be one of
those Al Quaeda/ISIS/Boko Haram dupes, then.
Either that, or she is brave enough to say out loud what most of the
world's leaders are thinking but are afraid to say, for fear of
offending the psychopath Mr Netanyahu.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-28437626
The UN's top human rights official has condemned Israel's military
actions in the Gaza Strip, saying that war crimes may have been committed.
Navi Pillay told an emergency debate at the UN Human Rights Council in
Geneva that Israel's military offensive had not done enough to protect
civilians.
She also condemned Hamas for "indiscriminate attacks" on Israel.
Israel launched its offensive on 8 July with the declared objective of
stopping rocket fire from Gaza.
"There seems to be a strong possibility that international law has been
violated, in a manner that could amount to war crimes," Ms Pillay said.
However Israel, which claims the UN Human Rights Council is biased, is
unlikely to co-operate with any authorised UN investigation, the BBC's
Imogen Foulkes in Geneva reports.
Israel's Justice Minister Tzipi Livni described the UN Human Rights
Council as an "anti-Israel" body, Reuters news agency reported.
At least 649 Palestinians and 31 Israelis have been killed in the past
15 days of fighting, officials say.
A foreign worker in southern Israel was also killed by a rocket fired
from Gaza on Wednesday, police said.
The UN says about 74% of those killed in Gaza are civilians, with
medical clinics among the facilities hit by air strikes.
"Civilians in Gaza have no safe place to go as 44% of the land has been
declared a 'no-go zone' by the Israeli army," the assistant
secretary-general at the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs said.
those Al Quaeda/ISIS/Boko Haram dupes, then.
Either that, or she is brave enough to say out loud what most of the
world's leaders are thinking but are afraid to say, for fear of
offending the psychopath Mr Netanyahu.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-28437626
The UN's top human rights official has condemned Israel's military
actions in the Gaza Strip, saying that war crimes may have been committed.
Navi Pillay told an emergency debate at the UN Human Rights Council in
Geneva that Israel's military offensive had not done enough to protect
civilians.
She also condemned Hamas for "indiscriminate attacks" on Israel.
Israel launched its offensive on 8 July with the declared objective of
stopping rocket fire from Gaza.
"There seems to be a strong possibility that international law has been
violated, in a manner that could amount to war crimes," Ms Pillay said.
However Israel, which claims the UN Human Rights Council is biased, is
unlikely to co-operate with any authorised UN investigation, the BBC's
Imogen Foulkes in Geneva reports.
Israel's Justice Minister Tzipi Livni described the UN Human Rights
Council as an "anti-Israel" body, Reuters news agency reported.
At least 649 Palestinians and 31 Israelis have been killed in the past
15 days of fighting, officials say.
A foreign worker in southern Israel was also killed by a rocket fired
from Gaza on Wednesday, police said.
The UN says about 74% of those killed in Gaza are civilians, with
medical clinics among the facilities hit by air strikes.
"Civilians in Gaza have no safe place to go as 44% of the land has been
declared a 'no-go zone' by the Israeli army," the assistant
secretary-general at the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs said.