Israel tells UN it is 'unlikely to cooperate' with 'war crimes' investigation
On Tuesday, I wrote about why Israel should not cooperate with the 'war crimes' investigation being headed up by South African law professor Richard Goldstone (pictured). Tonight, Israel has told the UN that it is unlikely to cooperate with that investigation. An unnamed Israeli government official told Reuters that Israel has sent a letter to the agency through the Israeli embassy in Geneva, informing it that Israel believed it was "impossible to cooperate with the committee" in its inquiry.It's nice having a government led by the Right in power.
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) appointed former UN war crimes prosecutor Richard Goldstone to head the investigation into alleged of human rights violations by both sides during Operation 'Cast Lead'. Goldstone, too, received the letter, the Israeli official said.
The Israeli official said that most democratic countries did not support the resolution adopted by the UNHRC on January 12, which condemned Israel's military operation and called to halt it.
Hamas has yet to say whether it will cooperate with the investigation. Goldstone is expected to travel to the region a few weeks from now and will issue a report to the UNHRC in July.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:53 PM
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Carl, after today, I'm quite pleased with the way things are shaping up. On both the UN front and the so-called peace process front, Israel has managed to ratchet down expectations. A government of the Right in power won't get everything right but its definitely to be preferred to a government of the Left in power. If the West thought the new government would continue the Olmert-Livni approach, that assumption has now been dispelled!
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