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June 23, 2015

U.N. Investigators Present Report on Potential War Crimes in Gaza 
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U.N. investigators have presented a long-awaited report on last summer's
Israeli assault on Gaza. The report found both Israel and Palestinian
militant groups committed grave abuses which may amount to war crimes.
Mary Mc Gowan Davis, chair of the Commission of Inquiry, called for the
international community to change policies on the use of explosive
weapons.

Mary Mc Gowan Davis: "The most that we can hope for out of this long and
arduous process of inquiry is that we will push the ball of justice a
little further down the field, particularly by calling on governments to
stand up and join together to address the crying need for changes in
policies regarding the use of explosive weapons with wide-area effects
in densely populated urban areas like Gaza and, further, to hold
accountable those who do not pay scrupulous attention to protecting the
lives of civilians."

 

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