Diplomatic offensive undermine investigation

TEL AVIV - Israel has begun an urgent diplomatic battle to the UN Commission report on the existence of war crimes in the Gaza Strip does not reach the Security Council and the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

Official Tel Aviv is afraid that the court in The Hague could indict some Israeli officials who were involved in military operation in Gaza.

The team led by the legal adviser of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs with representatives of the Ministry of Justice and the Military Prosecutor gave a preliminary analysis of Prime Minister Benjamin Nethaniah and Head of Foreign Avigdoru Liberman.

The report states that there are indications of serious violations of human rights law and that the actions of Israel and Palestine bordering on war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Killed civilians

The bloody conflict in Gaza started on 27 December 2008, a document, whose disclosure Israel wants to disable the Independent Commission drafted after extensive investigation. The team of investigators led by a South African judge, a former Hague war crimes prosecutor Richard Goldston.

The extensive writing committee accuses Israel of excessive use of force, which led to the death of many people. It is not bypassed or Palestinian side. The followers of Yasser Arafat were accused of rocket and mortar attacks on southern Israeli territory encourage offensive powerful neighbors.

The result of the war games is poražavjući. Palestinian human rights organizations announced that the offensive killed more than 1400 people, and one Israeli organizations, which also deals with human rights, said that more than half of the victims civilians.

Israeli army, however, earlier announced that it has killed 1166 Palestinians, mostly armed extremists. On the Israeli side has killed three civilians and 10 soldiers.

Unilateralism

Israel is one-sided report said. During the investigation has not cooperated with the Commission. And Hamas, which controls Gaza, has also rejected the report, because it distorts the reality of their imbalances.

However, predstvnik Hamas Ismail Radvan believes that Israeli officials be tried for war crimes. At the same time emphasized that Hamas does not accept the attempts of the Zionist entity lessening liability, as he called Israel.

- Nobody can accuse Hamas, because the organization had no intention of hurting civilians, and has the right to defend Palestinian civilians from the occupation - has Radvan.

Award for terrorists

The Commission alleges that the Israeli operations were brižljvo planned at all stages. The attack, according to her, made deliberately, to be punished, humiliated and terrorized the civilian population. Although Israel has emphasized that the attack targets Hamas, the report states that the military operation was aimed at the people of Gaza as a whole.

Meeting of the Council for Human Rights, which set Goldstone has been scheduled in Geneva, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jeruslimu expect Arab countries to prepare a draft resolution to be a report due in the Security Council, and the International Criminal Court.

It is expected that Israeli leaders warn other public officials to report rewards terrorism and the precedent that every country make it difficult for the fight against terror.