UNHRC Endorses Goldstone

Not the least bit surprisingly, the UNHRC endorsed the Goldstone report. With all the wars, massacres and other human rights atrocities going on in the world, it is solely Israel which is subjected to international legal proceedings regarding military operations. I have said before that Israel should have ruthlessly fought hamas, including shooting and bombing its way through their human shields. If Israel is going to be persecuted anyway, falsely accused of henious atrocities even as it has, more than any other country, bent over backwards to avoid killing the enemy population which supports the terrorists, then Israel might as well be as ruthless as she is accused of anyway. That way at least hamas and hezbollah would no longer exist to terrorize it.

Israel had to vie for the support of western countries.The west should naturally be on the side of Israel without any prodding, yet they completely lack any courage or moral clarity. The west needs to stop groveling to the arab and islamic block of nations and the UN should be shut-down for the pathetic farce it is.

UNHRC endorses Goldstone’s Gaza report by large majority


JPost.com Staff , THE JERUSALEM POST

Despite Israeli lobbying efforts against the Goldstone Report, the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva endorsed the document on Friday, a move that will send it on to more powerful UN bodies in New York for action.

The resolution passed 25-6, with mostly developing countries in favor and the United States and five European countries opposing. Eleven mostly European and African countries abstained, while Britain, France and three other members of the 47-nation body declined to vote.

The Palestinians, through Egypt, Nigeria, Pakistan and Tunisia, had submitted the resolution to the council, which called for an endorsement of the Goldstone Report that accuses Israel of committing war crimes and possible crimes against humanity during Operation Cast Lead.

The resolution also condemned Israeli human rights violations in east Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza.

Although the Goldstone report also accuses Hamas of war crimes, the five-page resolution explicitly mentions only Israeli violations of international law.

Based on the recommendations in the report, the document will now move on to the UN General Assembly and the Security Council. The report asks that the Security Council forward it to the International Criminal Court, so that it could be used as a basis to prosecute Israelis for war crimes.

US diplomat Douglas M. Griffiths told the council Washington was disappointed with the outcome of the vote. The United States had wanted the report to stay in Geneva, and is likely to veto any action in the 15-member Security Council.

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