7 Sep, 2011
UN Panel of Inquiry shows Israel is an ‘Untouchable’ Rogue State – Media Monitors Network
After months of waiting, the UN’s panel of inquiry has come up with a report reviewing Israel’s May 31, 2010 raid on a Turkish-based flotilla that was trying to bring humanitarian aid to the Palestinians of Gaza. The report assailed Israel for the way in which the nine passengers were killed and scores of others injured. “Forensic evidence showing that most of the deceased were shot multiple times, including in the back, or at close range has not been adequately accounted for in the material presented by Israel,” it says.
And yet, the report has found that Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza is both legal and appropriate, thus contradicting the UN’s own declaration in 2008 when it called the blockade illegal. It also contradicted an earlier report, prepared in September by three human rights experts appointed by the UN’s top human rights body, on the Gaza flotilla incident which found that Israeli forces had violated international law when they raided the flotilla.
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