Israel blocks visit of UN human rights envoy
UNHRC rapporteur Wibisono denied entry into country ahead of forthcoming report on war in Gaza last summer
View ArticleLapid condemns forthcoming UN report as ‘born in sin’
Yesh Atid leader says conclusions will be further evidence UN has ‘lost its mind'; Bennett: UN investigators ‘blinded by anti-Semitism’
View ArticleLawmaker says UN panel showed ‘ignorance’ of Gaza conflict
Former head of regional council near Gaza who testified before committee describes ‘enormous gap’ between ‘what they know and the truth’
View ArticleIsraeli clip mocks reporters in Gaza
Foreign Press Association blasts ‘inappropriate’ cartoon that takes aim at journalists covering the conflict
View ArticleUN Gaza report: Israel, Hamas may be guilty of war crimes
Human Rights Council faults IDF for treating residential buildings as ‘legitimate military objectives,’ says possible evidence of ‘willful’ killings of civilians; Foreign Ministry blasts ‘biased’...
View ArticleIsrael slams ‘politically motivated and morally flawed’ UN Gaza report
Foreign Ministry says investigators ‘lacked much of the relevant information'; Netanyahu concludes ‘report is biased’
View ArticleHamas raps UN report criticism, but praises condemnation of Israel
Gaza groups, which fired 4,500 projectiles indiscriminately into Israel, claim rocket attacks were aimed at military installations and therefore legitimate
View ArticleGaza report reveals nothing but UN’s cluelessness
Humdrum investigation yields no new information and prompts pointless hysteria by MKs, with the next round of fighting around the corner
View ArticleNext time, ask a general
The UN’s Gaza report is written from the narrow perspective of a civilian interpretation of the laws of armed conflict; a combat officer might have shown the panel how those laws are tested by modern...
View ArticleUN report: Tunnels into Israel legitimately targeted IDF
Gaza probe says it can’t conclude goal of underground infrastructure; credits Hamas rocket threats as warnings to Israeli civilians
View ArticleUN’s softer Gaza accusations may end up more damaging for Israel
Report lacks the unfiltered biases of the Goldstone report from the 2008-2009 war, and thus will be harder to criticize. Jerusalem should have seen it coming
View ArticleHead of UN Gaza commission rejects claims of bias
Mary McGowan Davis says Netanyahu ‘wrong’ in assuming report not even-handed, says he likely didn’t read the whole thing
View ArticleUS Jewish organizations deride UN report on Gaza war
Groups dismiss Human Rights Council review as ‘immoral,’ reject ‘moral symmetry’ between Israel, terrorist Hamas
View ArticleUS backs Israeli self-defense, but worried by Gaza civilians deaths
White House still studying report, awaiting outcome of ongoing Israeli probes; State doesn’t ‘foresee US role’ if review goes to ICC
View ArticleJewish Home revives bill limiting foreign funds for left-wing groups
Legislator says law meant to ‘maintain Israel’s identity as a sovereign state’ and prevent bowing to international pressure
View ArticleReport, repine, repeat
Some papers are brimming with rage over the UN’s look at possible war crimes, while one daily says quit grousing and start probing or risk a trip to The Hague
View ArticleWashington calls on UN to ignore ‘biased’ Gaza war report
State Department says there is no need for Security Council to debate UNHRC panel’s conclusions
View ArticleIsrael said to consider cutting ties to UN Human Rights Council
Gaza report presented in Geneva as pro-Israel activists rally outside; Liberman slams Netanyahu for resuming cooperation in 2013
View ArticleSkipping session on Gaza, Israel’s envoy slams UNHRC
Eviatar Manor says international group is ‘the Palestinian Human Rights Council’ and ‘morally flawed’
View ArticleAs UN vents on Gaza, Jews and Christians festively argue Israel’s case
Outside UN Human Rights Council debate in Geneva, demonstrators from across Europe commiserate about an irreparably biased organization
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