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UN: Israel, Palestinians guilty of Gaza war crimes
HaAretz ^ | 9/15/09 | Shlomo Shamir and Barak Ravid,

Posted on 09/15/2009 9:07:11 AM PDT by Nachum

United Nations investigator Judge Richard Goldstone said on Tuesday that his commission had found that both Israel and the Palestinians committed war crimes during the offensive on the Gaza Strip earlier this year.

Goldstone concluded that Israel committed actions amounting to war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity, during its December 27-January 18 military operations in the Hamas-ruled territory.

A summary of his nearly 600-page report on the fact-finding mission's conclusions also said the firing of rockets into Israel by Palestinian militants where there were no military targets would constitute war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity, as well.

(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: goldstone; guilty; israel; palestinians; un

1 posted on 09/15/2009 9:07:12 AM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Crimes against sub-humanity more like.


2 posted on 09/15/2009 9:39:29 AM PDT by Catholic Canadian ( I love Stephen Harper!)
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3 posted on 09/15/2009 9:51:25 AM PDT by SJackson (In wine there is wisdom, In beer there is freedom, In water there is bacteria.)
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To: Nachum

Geeze. How even-handed and “fair”. Did he write the report before or after his “investigation”?


4 posted on 09/15/2009 10:17:54 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (www.publishedauthors.net/benmaxwell/index.html, http://sites.google.com/site/thevuzvuz/)
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To: Nachum

Yes, folks if you are Arab, Muslim and Jew-hating and firing rockets/mortars indiscriminately from your civilian areas into their civilian areas, there is a moral equivalence when said Jews accidentally kill your civilians whom you are hiding amongst.

Fantastic!


5 posted on 09/15/2009 10:58:50 AM PDT by walford (http://the-big-pic.org)
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To: Nachum
Israel, Palestinians guilty of Gaza war crimes

Offsetting penalties. Play ball!

6 posted on 09/15/2009 1:41:11 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy (The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.)
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