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UN picks South African Jew to head Gaza war crimes inquiry
By Reuters
Tags: Israel News, Gaza, War Crimes 

Richard Goldstone, a South African Jewish judge, will head an international fact-finding mission into allegations of war crimes by Israeli soldiers and Palestinian militants in Gaza, the United Nations said on Friday.

The former war crimes prosecutor will head a four-member team whose mandate stems from a resolution adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council at a special session on January 12.

"It is in the interest of all Palestinians and Israelis that the allegations of war crimes and serious human rights violations related to the recent conflict on all sides be investigated," Goldstone said in a statement.
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Goldstone served as chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.

Goldstone will investigate conduct by both sides in Israel's 22-day offensive in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. According to a Palestinian rights group, 1,417 people including 926 civilians were killed in the fighting.

Israel has disputed Palestinian claims that most of the people killed in the recent offensive in Gaza were civilians, stating that the vast majority of the dead were in fact Hamas militants. Thirteen Israelis were also killed in the hostilities.

"I am confident that the mission will be in a position to assess in an independent and impartial manner all human rights and humanitarian law violations committed in the context of the [Gaza] conflict," the president of the Human Rights Council, Nigerian ambassador Martin Uhomoibhi, said in a statement.


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      1.   self-hating jew or zionist lackey? 14:40  |  Saenger 03/04/09
      2.   And his next assignment will be tha Sudan`s Bashir case. 15:21  |  Hastaroth 03/04/09
      3.   And will the UN investigate 15:25  |  Lisa 03/04/09
      4.   president of the Human Rights Council Martin shows his bias 15:40  |  Noah 03/04/09
      5.   Is this the same South Africa? 16:04  |  Christopher 03/04/09
      6.   Judge R. Goldstone. 17:01  |  Stephen. 03/04/09
      7.   Stephen # 6 Goldstone Can Expect, But He Cannot Demand 17:53  |  Jeff Northridge 03/04/09
      8.   The UN is getting smarter, they have learned that 19:02  |  Freethinker 03/04/09
      9.   #4 - Noah 19:07  |  MichaelF 03/04/09
      10.   Christopher #5 19:15  |  Joe 03/04/09
      11.   UN Guidelines 19:16  |  Missed The Point 03/04/09
      12.   As opposed to? 19:39  |  jj 03/04/09
      13.   Saenger .. and maybe he will be neither .. 19:43  |  SA 03/04/09
      14.   the UN loves fireworks 19:55  |  Ben 03/04/09
      15.   UNHRC: antisemitic racist organization not to 20:01  |  17 03/04/09
      16.   Bring It On!!! 20:07  |  Robert 03/04/09
      17.   CAT ASKED TO GUARD MILK ?????????? 20:11  |  JACKAL 03/04/09
      18.   Credibility 20:16  |  BazMann 03/04/09
      19.   #.7 Jeff Northridge. 20:28  |  Stephen. 03/04/09
      20.   No cooperation? As usual 20:35  |  David 03/04/09
      21.   UN court 20:51  |  Anwar Sadat 03/04/09
      22.   WHO WATCHS THE WATCHMEN? 21:11  |  GUY 03/04/09
      23.   South African Jews are very fair well behaved people 21:15  |  SA Jew 03/04/09
      24.   South african jew 21:42  |  Michael 03/04/09
      25.   #5 Christopher....Goldstone Integrity 21:51  |  Lawyer II 03/04/09
      26.   David 22:12  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 03/04/09
      27.   To Noah 22:22  |  Arturo 03/04/09
      28.   With this mandate Israel must so no 22:29  |  Gee 03/04/09
      29.   UN Crap 22:46  |  Brod 03/04/09
      30.   David 22:57  |  E 03/04/09
      31.   UN = Joke 23:25  |  Eric 03/04/09
      32.   The Judge 23:25  |  WHG 03/04/09
      33.   Lawyer II: The perhaps explain why 23:42  |  Christopher 03/04/09
      34.   Joe USA:I prefer riding at a gallop thank you 23:45  |  Christopher 03/04/09
      35.   UN has acted, at last, instead of merely talking 23:57  |  Yesh Prabhu 03/04/09
      36.   This is Baloney 00:05  |  Gershon 04/04/09
      37.   to David 00:11  |  judith 04/04/09
      38.   UN investigation 00:23  |  Gabriel 04/04/09
      39.   a un lacky. not worth anything. he just cheapened all war trial 01:03  |  ralph 04/04/09
      40.   sudan prsident just won. he`s right. corrupt tribunal worthless 01:04  |  ralph 04/04/09
      41.   If no crime, than nothing to fear, 01:10  |  BM 04/04/09
      42.   Stephen in Geneve 01:11  |  rich 04/04/09
      43.   Mandate 01:45  |  David 04/04/09
      44.   maybe this way he won`t be called ... 01:48  |  sama 04/04/09
      45.   Will Richard Goldstone be neutral enough for the job? 01:55  |  Maureen Ann 04/04/09
      46.   My Personal Story About South African Jews 02:02  |  Persian Kitty 04/04/09
      47.   Israel won`t let them in 02:14  |  Johnboy 04/04/09
      48.   #23. rich 02:42  |  Stephen. 04/04/09
      49.   So, Israel can relax.... 03:07  |  Anon 04/04/09
      50.   Investigation perspective. 03:39  |  Iain 04/04/09
      51.   War Crimes and moral leaders 03:47  |  Anonymous 04/04/09
      52.   Human Shields. 03:49  |  Iain 04/04/09
      53.   Christopher 17..Goldstone`s Integrity 04:15  |  Lawyer II 04/04/09
      54.   #39 Persian Kitty. Loved your post. 05:05  |  Maureen Ann 04/04/09
      55.   South African Jew? 05:20  |  Scott G 04/04/09
      56.   Hastaroth #2 05:24  |  Scott G 04/04/09
      57.   #3 Lisa 05:27  |  Scott G 04/04/09
      58.   If he is Unbiased he should result in Israel`s Favor 05:32  |  UsedToPostHere 04/04/09
      59.   Comical pre-denials 06:10  |  David 04/04/09
      60.   i don`t care about his faith, as long as he does his job well 06:22  |  bashar 04/04/09
      61.   The Point is to Discredit and Delegetimise IDF investigations 07:31  |  Joseph.E 04/04/09
      62.   scot G 08:22  |  zoe 04/04/09
      63.   #3 Lisa - Yes he will! Plus... 09:33  |  PADDY 04/04/09
      64.   Going back to first grade(6,1,3 and others) 10:19  |  Zwygart 04/04/09
      65.   No 61. The point is to have an alternative investigation 10:33  |  Palestinian Brit 04/04/09
      66.   Interesting 11:13  |  Liat 04/04/09
      67.   a "second rate" debating society 11:38  |  a wandering Jew 04/04/09
      68.   Why jackal Because he`s a JEW???? 12:00  |  Joe F.Moer 04/04/09
      69.   Hasbara Margie #26 12:05  |  Guido 04/04/09
      70.   South African lawyer 14:16  |  Michael D. 04/04/09
      71.   The UN is a political organization 14:42  |  a wandering Jew 04/04/09
      72.   THAT the UN did not need to "investigate" the 10000+ missiles 15:03  |  PETER SM 04/04/09
      73.   a political organization--2nd try 15:19  |  a wandering Jew 04/04/09
      74.   WHYmandate,the investigation should focus on Palestinian victims 15:20  |  PETER SM 04/04/09
      75.   PALBRIT whats the point of an investigation with a mandate limit 15:37  |  PETER SM 04/04/09
      76.   a bad choice 16:54  |  Kazim 04/04/09
      77.   psm you still have not answered the question 17:00  |  Labhras 04/04/09
      78.   UN and war crime 21:07  |  clodb168 04/04/09
      79.   #69, Kazim, I agree 21:29  |  Bruce 04/04/09
      80.   THIS Enquiry by limiting its terms of reference is a fraud 23:39  |  PETER SM 04/04/09
      81.   re: Kazim 03:10  |  UsedToPostHere 05/04/09
      82.   #71, Bruce, I agree too... 07:27  |  Silvienne 05/04/09
      83.   #73, Hey, usedtoposthere... 07:29  |  Silvienne 05/04/09
      84.   #46, Persian Kitty... 07:30  |  Silvienne 05/04/09
      85.   re: Silvienne 14:44  |  UsedToPostHere 06/04/09
      86.   Solution is to SHUN this man and the UN 18:19  |  sabra 06/04/09
      87.   Lisa - nothing to investigate re rockets; indefensible 20:47  |  Don 09/04/09
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