UN demands Israel compensation for strikes in Gaza

AP via SFGate ^ | 5/5/9 | JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press Writer

[SmithL]

UNITED NATIONS, (AP) --

The U.N. chief on Tuesday accused Israel of lying about attacks on United Nations schools and other facilities during the Gaza military campaign — including one reported to have killed more than 40 people — and formally demanded compensation.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said a U.N. investigation found conclusively that Israeli weaponry — some containing white phosphorus — was "the indisputed cause" of attacks on several schools, a health clinic and the world body's Gaza headquarters.

Israel denies that it intentionally struck the compounds, and says it was forced to act against militants using the buildings and other civilian areas for cover. Israel said the material its government presented to the U.N. was largely ignored in the final report, which it called "biased."

[Trueblackman]

I think Israel is more creditable, than the U.N.

[TPOOH]

Hey UN.......you there.....

[Slings and Arrows]

Allow me to translate Israel's response to the UN:

[mapmaker77]

The UN has been shown to be about as objective as the American news media. It is beyond me how either is ever listened to.

[kromike]

My computer is literally smoking from the stress of downloading all the documented cases of the U.N. demanding the Muzzies compensate Israel for all those unprovoked rocket & terrorist attacks over the last 50 years.

Not...

[lilylangtree]

Exactly what I was thinking Israel should do. Thanks for posting pic.

[Levante]

I sincerely hope that Isreal tells the UN to go eff itself.

[Cincinna]

Was this what MOBama heard today when she visited the UN? How will her anti-Semite of a husband have the US Ambassasor to the UN vote on this?

Now that it is known Obama bombed civilians in Iraq by mistake... OoOps! Obama doesn’t have the high moral ground to condemn Israel, which is fighting for its life against people who want to destroy it.

From the NYTimes Wednesday:

“United Nations Rebukes Israel for Gaza Attacks

A United Nations report released Tuesday condemned Israel for attacking United Nations schools and other facilities during its military campaign in Gaza in January. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, left, said a United Nations investigation found conclusively that Israeli weaponry, some containing white phosphorus, was “the undisputed cause” of attacks on several schools, a health clinic and the organization’s Gaza headquarters. He demanded that Israel compensate the United Nations for its losses.

Israel denied that it had intentionally struck the compounds, saying that it was forced to act against militants using the buildings and other civilian areas for cover. In his presentation on Tuesday, Mr. Ban took pains to point out that Israeli citizens in southern Israel “faced and continue to face indiscriminate rocket attacks by Hamas and other militant groups.” Israel’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations, Daniel Carmon, called the report “biased.””