September 18th, 2009 · No Comments
It’s unlikely Richard Goldstone’s report into the Gaza bombings will result in ICC prosecutions but it may mark a turning point in the conflict, writes Mustafa Qadri
This week the United Nations released an explosive report on Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip in late December last year. It finds both Israel and armed Palestinian groups guilty of war crimes and, potentially, of crimes against humanity. Over 1400 mostly civilian Palestinians (including over 300 children) and 13 Israeli (including nine soldiers) were killed during Israel’s massive invasion of the Gaza Strip, the most densely populated region on the planet.
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Tags: crimes against humanity · double standards · Gaza Strip · Goldstone Report on Gaza 2009 · Hamas · Israel · Occupation · Palestine · Richard Goldstone · terrorism · United Nations · United Nations Security Council · United States · war crimes
Reviewed by Mustafa Qadri
Sunday, 21 Jun, 2009 | 10:04 AM PST |
‘Never again’ was the world’s reaction to the horrors of Hitler’s concentration camps. Sadly, those words continue to ring hollow over six decades later. In this timely book Gareth Evans, Australia’s foreign minister in the Hawke and Keating governments, charts international attempts to put an end to mass atrocities once and for all.
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Tags: book review · colonialism · crimes against humanity · Gareth Evans · genocide · mass atrocities · responsibility to protect