U.S. casts vote against establishing war crimes inquiry in Gaza

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

http://mondoweiss.net/2014/07/against-establishing-inquiry.html

The U.S. has cast the sole vote against establishing an investigation by the United Nations into war crimes committed in Gaza.

Yesterday, the United Nations Human Rights Council voted 29-1, with 17 abstentions, to establish an inquiry. The United States was the only no vote. The European nations on the council all abstained.

In a statement, the UN Human Rights Council said it voted to “urgently dispatch an independent, international commission of inquiry to investigate all violations” of international law “in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, particularly in the occupied Gaza Strip, in the context of the military operations conducted since 13 June 2014.”

The UN’s top human rights official, Navi Pillay, said that “there seems to be a strong possibility that international law has been violated, in a manner that could amount to war crimes.”

Of course the USA would do that. Where do you think that the butchers got their military hardware from?

War crimes. Israel + the USA.

[BillZBubb]

1. The administration doesn't want to cross AIPAC.

Israel must be allowed to dictate our policy on their war crimes.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

2. AIPAC should be kicked off the planet.

But if they were then where would our electeds find their next handout?

[Maedhros]

3. If Israel has done nothing wrong, then the inquiry will exonerate them. [n/t]