Palestinians, allies reopen Gaza war crimes debate
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13-Oct-2009 (one comment)

GENEVA – The U.N. Human Rights Council will reopen the debate about alleged war crimes in Gaza later this week after Palestinians succeeded in gathering enough support to call a special meeting, officials said Tuesday.

The debate will start Thursday, a day after the U.N. Security Council in New York discusses the Goldstone report, which accuses Israeli forces and Palestinian militants of war crimes and possible crimes against humanity during their Dec. 27-Jan. 18 war.

Israel has rejected the report, claiming the investigators led by former South African judge Richard Goldstone were biased against the Jewish state and misled by Palestinian propaganda.

U.N. officials say 18 of the council's 47 members signed a motion calling for the debate. The backers are: Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Indonesia, Jordan, Mauritius, Nicaragua, >>>

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Bavafa

I will keep my finger

by Bavafa on Tue Oct 13, 2009 08:41 AM PDT

I will keep my finger cross and my hopes up that one day justice is served every where but specially in case of Palestinians as they have suffered enough. It is time for justice.

Mehrdad


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