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U.N. Official Cites ‘Strong Possibility’ of War Crimes in Gaza Conflict
New York Times ^
| JULY 23, 2014
| NICK CUMMING-BRUCE
Posted on 07/23/2014 10:58:21 AM PDT by lbryce
Geneva-The United Nations’ top human rights official, Navi Pillay, said Wednesday that there was a “strong possibility” that Israel and Hamas have committed war crimes with indiscriminate attacks on civilians during more than two weeks of fighting with militants in Gaza.
Opening a special session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Ms. Pillay called for an investigation and accountability to end the cycle of violence.
Ms. Pillay cited Israeli airstrikes on civilian homes in Gaza and the shelling of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital two days ago, which killed four people, as examples of actions that suggest “a strong possibility that international humanitarian law has been violated in a manner that could amount to war crimes.”
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gaza; hamas; warcrimes
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To: caww
There’s a very strange person. He seems quite mad.
To: Fresh Wind
Israeli hospital continues working with Red Cresent to treat Palestinian citizens in this conflict
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07/23/2014 11:43:43 AM PDT
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caww
To: lbryce
There will NEVER be any peace until Islam is wiped off the face of this earth.
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07/23/2014 11:48:47 AM PDT
by
Steelfish
(ui)
To: lbryce
By all means fire at the blue helmets. They’re islamists too.
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07/23/2014 11:50:09 AM PDT
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onedoug
To: BenLurkin
Hamas teaching their children how to treat Israeli soldiers in one of their parades
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07/23/2014 11:51:11 AM PDT
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caww
To: BenLurkin
Hamas teaching their children how to treat Israeli soldiers in one of their parades
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07/23/2014 11:51:12 AM PDT
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caww
To: BenLurkin
Hamas teaching their children how to treat Israeli soldiers in one of their parades
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07/23/2014 11:51:12 AM PDT
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caww
To: bray
Of course the UN sees nothing wrong with launching missiles into cities.
Pray America wakes up
The U.N. was storing rockets for Hamas in UN aid facilities in the Gaza strip.
War crimes are a certainty in the Gaza conflict, it's just that Hamas and the UN are the guilty parties.
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07/23/2014 11:51:17 AM PDT
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rdcbn
To: NorthMountain
Hamas entertainment at rest periods
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07/23/2014 11:58:05 AM PDT
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caww
To: caww
ROFL!!!
What's next, a "Hello Kitty" bomb vest? These people are stark raving looney.
To: caww
Israeli soldiers take cover during a Gaza rocket bombing
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07/23/2014 12:02:21 PM PDT
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caww
To: NorthMountain
They’re perverts.....probably dreaming about that cartoon kid...disgusting men in every way!
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07/23/2014 12:03:51 PM PDT
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caww
To: lbryce
The definition of irrelevancy: A U.N. official!
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07/23/2014 12:04:19 PM PDT
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golf lover
(goingf)
To: NorthMountain
HE’s just doing what their ideology tells them to do...die. for their cause...of course it’s not the leaders in the front lines...ever.
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07/23/2014 12:08:22 PM PDT
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caww
To: lbryce
I will guarantee you that Hamas will fabricate something for the Human Rights investigators to get their teeth into - Muslims do that everywhere.
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07/23/2014 12:36:29 PM PDT
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elpadre
(AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
To: lbryce
...could amount to war crimes.
I'm sure John F'in Kerry will hold hearings into that.
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07/23/2014 12:45:58 PM PDT
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RetSignman
(obama: "For the love of Alinsky, how much more do I have to do to get them to impeach me"?)
To: lbryce
Like clockwork...blame and condemn Israel.
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07/23/2014 2:08:26 PM PDT
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jughandle
(Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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I'm sure John F'in Kerry will hold hearings into that.