Posts Tagged ‘gaza’

Bob Maistros

In the wake of the controversy raised by the so-called Goldstone Report by the United Nations Human Rights Council – which accused Israel of a range of violations of international law resulting from its assault on Gaza from December 2008 to January of this year – a new round of charges has been forwarded by the investigating panel.

An addendum to the report alleges that the Israelis engaged in systematic destruction of Palestinian property, defacing of and damage to its territory and areas and other violations of the human rights of the people of Gaza.

Dude, where's my minutes?

The specific charges against Israel in the new section of the report include the following:

• Israeli homes, schools, synagogues and other structures interrupted the trajectory of some 12,000 Palestinian missiles over the last eight years.  The resulting impact caused damage to, and in most cases, the complete destruction of this property with no compensation to its Gaza-based owners.

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