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Israel refused to cooperate with the report, which was released on 15 September 2009. The report accused both the Israel Defense Forces and the Palestinian militants of war crimes and possible crimes against humanity. It recommended that the sides openly investigate their own conduct and if they failed to do so, to bring the allegations to the International Criminal Court.[3][4] The government of Israel rejected the report as prejudiced and full of errors, and also sharply rejected the charge that it had a policy of deliberately targeting civilians.[5] The militant Islamic group Hamas initially rejected some of the report's findings,[6] but then urged world powers to embrace it
The allegations of intentionality by Israel were based on the deaths of and injuries to civilians in situations where our fact-finding mission had no evidence on which to draw any other reasonable conclusion. While the investigations published by the Israeli military and recognized in the U.N. committee’s report have established the validity of some incidents that we investigated in cases involving individual soldiers, they also indicate that civilians were not intentionally targeted as a matter of policy.
As I indicated from the very beginning, I would have welcomed Israel’s cooperation. The purpose of the Goldstone Report was never to prove a foregone conclusion against Israel. I insisted on changing the original mandate adopted by the Human Rights Council, which was skewed against Israel.
The National Assembly on Tuesday passed two unanimous resolutions against the killings of innocent children and women in Israeli attack on Ghaza and demanded of the United Nations (UN) to take stern action against the Israeli barbarism.
[Outro: Morgan Freeman]
As the mask of deception falls off the face of humanity
Unveiling the grim reality of duality
In which everyone is a casualty, no one will be exempt
Truth has many shades
It's not a matter of black and white, but gray
Although many, we are one, so in the final analysis
Could it be that we are fighting a war that can't be won?
Originally posted by filosophia
Fertilizer rockets vs. 3 billion a year from the united states. Which one is worse? Why engage in collective punishment? Just arrest those firing the rockets. Children aren't terrorists.
The United States opposed the statement - which had to be approved by consensus - because it "failed to address the root cause" - missile attacks by Hamas - of the escalation in fighting between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza, said Erin Pelton, spokeswoman for the U.S. mission to the United Nations.
Originally posted by projectvxn
reply to post by Daedal
Nor should it be equal.
You fight wars to win. Fair play is for sporting events. War ain't fair.
Originally posted by filosophia
Fertilizer rockets vs. 3 billion a year from the united states. Which one is worse? Why engage in collective punishment? Just arrest those firing the rockets. Children aren't terrorists.
Originally posted by filosophia
Fertilizer rockets vs. 3 billion a year from the united states. Which one is worse? Why engage in collective punishment? Just arrest those firing the rockets. Children aren't terrorists.
Originally posted by jimmyx
what israel is saying is simple .....
Originally posted by intrepid
reply to post by jimmyx
So you have nothing to add to the topic which is basically that Israel ignores UN opinion but wants UN action in their favor? Or an I just another "Jew hater"?
Originally posted by infowarrior9970
Originally posted by jimmyx
what israel is saying is simple .....
well what God was saying is simple too.
Israel was never to become a 2 party STATE like Rome & Greece.
A right/left political system that cause STRIFE amongst each other.
God wanted Israel to have LAND ...~ yes I think we can all agree on that.
But God also expressed a wish for Israel NEVER to become a political STATE.
Peace to the Jews who follow God's word & will!!
Originally posted by jimmyx
Originally posted by intrepid
reply to post by jimmyx
So you have nothing to add to the topic which is basically that Israel ignores UN opinion but wants UN action in their favor? Or an I just another "Jew hater"?
of course you're not...so what UN opinion has israel ignored, to justify a year long barrage of rocket attacks from gaza?
Originally posted by jimmyx
.so what UN opinion has israel ignored
Israeli Violations of International Law - (9) Israel has violated 28 resolutions of the United Nations Security Council (which are legally binding on member-nations), and almost 100 resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly (which are not binding, but represent the will and understanding of the international community). And Israel is now in violation of the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice of 2004, condemning the separation wall Israel is building throughout the occupied West Bank.
Originally posted by projectvxn
The hell are you doing posting facts OP?
This is Israel hate central. You will get nowhere with people who think Israelis should be pushed into the sea and that everything Israel does to defend itself from Islamist terrorism is a war crime.