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South African jurist Richard Goldstone, who headed a United Nations investigation into the conduct of Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas during Israel's offensive in Gaza last winter, criticized on Friday the United Nations Human Rights Council's decision to endorse the report his commission had compiled.
The council on Friday endorsed the report, which accused both Israel and the militant group Hamas of committing war crimes during the December-January conflict in Gaza.
China, Russia, Egypt, India, Jordan, Pakistan, South Africa, Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Ghana, Indonesia, Djibouti, Liberia, Qatar, Senegal, Brazil, Mauritius, Nicaragua and Nigeria voted in favor of the report.
The person that wrote the report said the UN actions were unfair and as far as the UN goes no one takes them seriously any more there bias has shown on multiple ocasions.
"This draft resolution saddens me as it includes only allegations against Israel. There is not a single phrase condemning Hamas as we have done in the report. I hope that the council can modify the text," said Goldstone in remarks published in Swiss newspaper Le Temps ahead of the vote.
if there person that wrote the report doesnt agree with the actions taken by the UN come on.
Originally posted by prototism
Oh please. Just about every country in the world is guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the US most definitely included. Everyone picks a side, and points fingers, but few realize and accept that every country has been, is, or will be guilty of hypocrisy.
We just happen to be living in an age where Islam is vilified by the world super-power (the US). Remember, it's not so long ago that Judaism was vilified the the then world super-power of its time, Nazi Germany.
History is written by the victors, and the extension of that cliche certainly applies here. This thread's only real purpose is to get a rise out of those in the pro-Israel camp.
[edit on 10/17/2009 by prototism]
[edit on 10/17/2009 by prototism]