The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
January 14, 2009

Israel Could Face World Court on Gaza Attack
--------------------------------------------



The United Nations is reportedly preparing to consider referring
Israel’s actions in Gaza to the World Court for possible prosecution.
The Guardian newspaper reports the UN General Assembly will consider
asking the International Court of Justice to rule on whether Israel is
violating international law. The UN’s special rapporteur to the Occupied
Territories, Richard Falk, says Israel’s attack could be in violation of
the UN Charter, the Geneva Conventions, international law and
international humanitarian law.



.