Israel Made a Mistake by Not Cooperating With the Probe
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Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt spoke to Swedish Radio on Thursday Oct. 8 2009; He said that he supports a UN report on war crimes were committed by both sides during the Israel-Hamas Gaza conflict.
Carl Bildt said that Israel committed “a mistake” by not cooperating with the probe, which he called an “independent” and “serious” report which demands serious treatment.
He added that the report of South African jurist Richard Goldstone alleged that both Israel and Hamas had committed war crimes during Israel’s offensive against the Gaza Strip last winter. He also added that the South African jurist Richard Goldstone is a person with “high credibility” and “high integrity” and that his report carries weight.
EU Backs UN Gaza Report, Disappointing Israel
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The European Union backed on Thursday a contentious UN report blasting Israel’s military offensive in Gaza, praising its chief author and saying the document is “worthy of consideration.”
Israel immediately expressed disappointment at the support from Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt — whose country holds the EU presidency — and said it showed that Bildt had either not read the report or misunderstood it.
“It is worthy of consideration needless to say, I think Mr Goldstone is a person of high credibility and high integrity and accordingly his report carries weight,” Bildt told reporters in Stockholm.
The report by a fact-finding mission led by former international war crimes prosecutor Richard Goldstone accused both Israel and Palestinian armed groups of committing war crimes in the three-week Gaza war that erupted on 27 December, 2008.
“It is now in the Human Rights Council (based in Geneva) and that’s where we think it should be deliberated, it is an independent report,” Bildt added.
In Israel, foreign ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said: “Anyone who had bothered reading the report and not just the headlines in the press would realise this is not an independent or professional investigation but a collection of claims brought forward by Hamas to the members of the panel.
“The Swedish foreign minister’s words are very disappointing because they show that either he did not read the text or that he really did not understand what was written in it,” he told AFP.
More than 1,300 Palestinians were killed in Israel’s land, sea and air assault, Operation Cast Lead, launched in the impoverished coastal strip to stop Hamas militants firing rockets at Israeli civilians.
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