U.N. rights chief calls for Gaza war crimes probe

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"The top U.N. human rights official called on Friday for independent investigations into possible war crimes committed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip.

Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, singled out the killing of 30 Palestinian civilians in a home in central Gaza that was shelled by Israeli forces, and their alleged neglect of young, starving children whose mothers died in the attack.

"I am concerned with violations of international law. Incidents such as this must be investigated because they display elements of what could constitute war crimes," Pillay told Reuters in an interview.

A U.N. aid agency reported on Friday that the 30 Palestinians were killed this week when the Israeli army sheltered 110 civilians in a house in the Zeitoun neighbourhood in central Gaza, later hit by shells.

"It cries out for proper investigation," said Pillay, a former International Criminal Court judge from South Africa."

http://uk.reuters.com/article/UKNews1/idUKTRE50851M20090109

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. Again.... investigations. We have investigations here... and if the

person is high enough on the food chain, those investigations typically go nowhere and the hand slapping has to suffice.

It's sort of like, I don't know, if a person made the claim that the sky was blue, we would need an investigation... or if someone said, water is wet, we would need to launch an investigation... well, they have the footage, they have the interviews, they have the bodies of women and children, the destroyed U.N. buildings... and still, the opening hand is "we need to have an investigation". Bullocks. You don't need an investigation, you need a set.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

2. Just like the ones from Lebanon