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UN Security Council: Demand Justice for Gaza Victims

“The United Nations Security Council should demand justice for the civilian victims on both sides of the Gaza war, Human Rights Watch said today. Breaking the climate of impunity in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a precondition for stability and lasting peace. The Security Council will meet on October 14, 2009, to discuss the Middle East.”

http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/10/12/u ... za-victims

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Palestinians urge Israeli punishment over Gaza

“The Palestinians called Wednesday for global action to punish Israel for alleged war crimes during its military assault on Gaza last winter, warning that the credibility of the United Nations and international human rights law was at stake.”

http://wire.antiwar.com/2009/10/14/pale ... er-gaza-4/

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Israel urged to investigate Gaza war crimes charges

“UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Israel came under pressure from its Western allies on Wednesday to launch credible investigations into U.N. allegations of possible war crimes by its army during the war in the Gaza Strip.

The United States, Britain and France all said the Jewish state should look into findings published last month by a U.N. mission led by South African jurist Richard Goldstone.”

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091014/wl_ ... _israel_un

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UN human rights chief endorses Goldstone Gaza report

"The UN's top human rights official backed a report Thursday accusing Israeli forces and Palestinian militants of war crimes during their conflict in Gaza last winter.

Navi Pillay's endorsement of the report by an expert group led by Judge Richard Goldstone came as Israel warned the UN Human Rights Council that approving the document risked undermining Middle East peace."

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1121045.html

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UN Rights Council Endorses Gaza War Report

"The 575-page Goldstone Report, a report on war crimes by the Israeli government and Hamas during the January Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, has been formally endorsed by the UN Human Rights Council in a 25-6 vote."

http://news.antiwar.com/2009/10/16/un-r ... ar-report/

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UN: Israeli Spy Devices Responsible for Lebanon Blasts

“A string of explosions in Lebanese territory near the Israeli border this weekend have been investigated by the United Nations, and found to have been caused by the detonation of spying devices planted by the Israeli military following the 2006 war.”

http://news.antiwar.com/2009/10/18/un-i ... on-blasts/


Lebanese PM: Spying devices prove Israel violated UN resolution 1701

“According to Israel Radio, UNIFIL, the UN peace-keeping force in Lebanon, filed a complaint with the IDF over what it called "violations by the Israel Air Force in the southern Lebanese skies."

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite? ... 5694839273

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American Jews Rethink Israel

"This year has seen a dramatic shift in American Jews' attitudes toward Israel. In January many liberal Jews were shocked by the Gaza war, in which Israel used overwhelming force against a mostly defenseless civilian population unable to flee."

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20091102/horowitz_weiss

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...thanks (once again) GR.

cheers!

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A history lesson for GR
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jso ... s/mf6.html

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Village 'witches' beaten in India

Five women were paraded naked, beaten and forced to eat human excrement by villagers after being branded as witches in India's Jharkhand state.

Local police said the victims were Muslim widows who had been labelled as witches by a local cleric.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8315980.stm