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UN Human Rights Council rebukes Israel on Gaza |
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UN Human Rights Council rebukes Israel on Gaza
(VIDEO) Council adopts resolution presented by Arab, Muslim states
demanding Israel lift week-long blockade of Strip. 'Israel's siege,
raids in Gaza constitute war crimes,' PA envoy to UN in Geneva says
Reuters Published: 01.24.08, 15:39 / Israel News
GENEVA, Switzerland - (Video) The UN Human Rights Council on Thursday
demanded Israel lift its week-long blockade of Gaza, rebuking the
Jewish state for the third time for violations in the Palestinian
territories since the forum was set up in 2006.
Video courtesy of infolive.tv
The 47-member Council adopted a resolution presented by Arab and
Muslim states by a vote of 30 states in favor and one against with 15
abstentions, and one delegation absent.
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Mohammed Abu-Koash, the Palestinian ambassador to the UN in Geneva,
told the talks at a special emergency session called to address
conditions the Palestinian territories, that Israel's siege and raids
in Gaza constituted "war crimes".
"We hope the resolution will trigger international pressure and action
to lift the Israeli siege and restore supplies of food, fuel and
medicine, open border crossings and end repeated Israeli military
attacks throughout the occupied Palestinian territory," he said.
Israel, facing frequent rocket attacks from the Hamas-ruled Gaza
Strip, tightened its border closure last week. It briefly halted fuel
delivery to a Gaza power station and cut supplies to petrol stations,
and blocked food and other humanitarian aid.
'Israel turned Gaza into a huge prison'
The Israeli army estimates about 250 rockets and mortar rounds have
pounded Israel since last week. Israeli troops killed more than 30
Palestinians over the same period.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour, in a speech on
Wednesday, denounced Israel's "Disproportionate use of force and
targeted killings" As well as Palestinian militants' firing of rockets
into Israel.
Arbour, a former UN War crimes prosecutor, told the forum that
international law forbids collective punishment and said Israel should
lift all restrictions on aid intended for Gaza.
"All parties concerned should put an end to the vicious spiral of
violence before it becomes unstoppable," she warned.
Delegations from the United States and Israel, which both have
observer status at the Council, boycotted the two-day session,
diplomats said.
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Most of those abstaining from the vote were Western states, including
France, Germany and Britain. UN Security Council members China and
Russia supported the resolution, and Canada was the lone vote against
it.
Syria's ambassador Faysal Khabbaz Hamoui, speaking on behalf of Arab
states and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), accused
Israel of turning Gaza into a "huge prison".
"The real aim of Israel from these aggressions and crimes is to
deliberately abort all Arab and international efforts to invigorate
the peace process," he charged.
Egypt's envoy Sameh Shoukry, speaking for African countries, urged
Arbour's office to conduct more regular visits to the Palestinian
territories and report more extensively "On all violations emanating
from the Israeli occupation".
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