An authoritative and highly critical United Nations inquiry released last week concluded that Israel "committed actions amounting to war crimes, possibly crimes against humanity" during its three-week offensive against Gaza in December last year.
The report is one of the most damning ever made of Israel’s government and armed forces. Whereas in 1982, Israel betrayed its duty to protect the Palestinian refugees in Sabra and Shatilla in Beirut and was indirectly responsible for the massacre of more than 800 people by its Phalange allies, this time Israel was the direct perpetrator of war crimes.
The inquiry recommended that the UN Security Council call on Israel to conduct its own independent investigations into the military’s conduct, and that the council refer the findings to the International Criminal Court if it fails to do so within six months. The ICC is a treaty body set up to try war crimes and is separate from the International Court of Justice, a UN body to settle disputes between countries.
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by Mola Nasredeen on Sun Sep 27, 2009 09:16 AM PDTthanks for the update Shahgholam.