Friday, January 30, 2009

War crimes: Allegations against both Hamas and Israel should be investigated

A new game in town, at last.

Israel must investigate charges of crimes in Gaza: U.S. | Reuters.com

Ambassaor Susan Rice, US representative to the United Nations:

"Israel must investigate allegations that its army violated international law during its three-week war against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, the new U.S. envoy to the United Nations said on Thursday.

""We expect Israel will meet its international obligations to investigate and we also call upon all members of the international community to refrain from politicizing these important issues," Ambassador Susan Rice said in her debut speech before the U.N. Security Council.

"Rice said that Hamas had been guilty of violating international law "through its rocket attacks against Israeli civilians in southern Israel and the use of civilian facilities to provide protection for its terrorist attacks."

""There have also been numerous allegations made against Israel some of which are deliberately designed to inflame," she told the council during a meeting on international humanitarian law."

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