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Israel refuses to cooperate with UN Gaza inquiry

Jerusalem: Israel will not cooperate with a United Nations inquiry into its 50-day war with rocket-firing militants in Gaza this summer, a government spokesman said today."Since the Schabas commission is not an inquiry but a

PTI Updated on: November 13, 2014 10:29 IST
israel refuses to cooperate with un gaza inquiry
israel refuses to cooperate with un gaza inquiry

Jerusalem: Israel will not cooperate with a United Nations inquiry into its 50-day war with rocket-firing militants in Gaza this summer, a government spokesman said today.

"Since the Schabas commission is not an inquiry but a commission that gives its conclusions in advance, Israel will not cooperate with the UN Commission on Human Rights over the last conflict with Hamas," foreign ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon said in a statement.

In August, Canadian lawyer William Schabas was named as the head of the UN commission, angering Israel, where he is widely regarded as hostile to the Jewish state over reported calls to bring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before the International Criminal Court.

 

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