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HRW Says Israel 'Failed' to Probe Gaza War Crimes

Posted by Jon King on Feb 07, 2010

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Human Rights Watch says Israel failed to comply with United Nations mandate to investigate war crimes in Gaza…

HRW Says Israel ‘Failed’ to Probe Gaza War Crimes

Common Dreams .Org

JERUSALEM – Human Rights Watch said on Sunday that Israel has failed to properly investigate alleged crimes committed during last winter’s devastating Gaza war as demanded by the United Nations.

“Israel claims it is conducting credible and impartial investigations, but it has so far failed to make that case,” said Joe Stork, HRW’s New York-based group’s deputy director for the Middle East.

“An independent investigation is crucial to understand why so many civilians died and to bring justice for the victims of unlawful attacks,” Stork said in a statement.

About 1,400 Palestinians were killed during the 22-day onslaught launched by Israel on December 27, 2008, aimed at halting rocket attacks from the Islamist Hamas-ruled enclave. Thirteen Israelis were killed in the fighting.

The UN General Assembly in November called on Israel and Palestinian armed groups to investigate alleged war crimes detailed in a UN report by the respected former international war crimes prosecutor Richard Goldstone.

But UN chief Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday that he had not yet determined whether both sides had adequately probed the accusations.

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