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Civilian Deaths In Gaza Conflict Are Not Automatically A War Crime, Gregory L. Rose
Civilian Deaths In Gaza Conflict Are Not Automatically A War Crime, Gregory L. Rose
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Inevitably, the United Nations Human Rights Council has expressed its condemnation of Israel and launched a war crimes inquiry. The vote on July 23 followed the usual political lines that have previously resulted in the 47-member council being critiqued for bias even by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The resolution was supported by 29 council members (for example Organisation for Islamic Co-operation states, Latin American nations, China, India), opposed by the US and abstained from by 17 mostly European countries.