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March 20, 2009

UN Human Rights Investigator Accuses Israel of War Crimes
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The allegations come as a top UN human rights investigator has accused
Israel of committing war crimes during the Gaza attack. In an annual
report, Richard Falk, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in the
Palestinian territories, said Israel appeared to violate the Geneva
Conventions code requiring forces to distinguish between civilians and
armed combatants. Falk is calling on the Security Council to establish
an ad hoc criminal tribunal to investigate alleged war crimes in Gaza.



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