From Reuters:
A U.N. inquiry accused Israel on Tuesday of gross negligence and recklessness in attacks on U.N. property in the Gaza strip during fighting between the Jewish state and Palestinian militants in January.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who appointed the four-person inquiry board in February, said he would seek compensation for damage put at more than $11 million but would not follow the panel’s call for further investigations.
From Guardian:
The summary of the UN report, commissioned by the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, censured the Israeli government for causing death, injuries and damage to UN property in seven incidents involving action by the Israeli Defence Force (IDF).
It said: “The board concluded that IDF actions involved varying degrees of negligence or recklessness with regard to United Nations premises and to the safety of United Nations staff and other civilians within those premises, with consequent deaths, injuries, and extensive physical damage and loss of property.”
From the Sunday Morning Herald:
The newspaper said the explosive report landed on the UN Secretary-General’s desk late last week, but Ban Ki-moon was reportedly set to reject it.
The move is sure to spark a wave of protests from international human rights organisations that have accused Israel of committing war crimes during the three-week offensive that ended in January.
Israel is obviously not content with this report. So was is biased? Was it unfair as Israel claims? And what’s with “no further investigation?
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