Members of the UN Human Rights Council are debating whether to endorse a report into the Israeli offensive in Gaza last winter.The report by veteran South African judge Richard Goldstone accuses both Israel and Hamas of war crimes.
Israel rejects the Goldstone report as biased. Its UN envoy says endorsing it would be a setback for peace hopes.
The UN human rights chief has backed the report and called on both sides to investigate the alleged crimes.
"A culture of impunity continues to prevail in the occupied territories and in Israel," Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said at the opening of the special meeting of the UN Human Rights Council.
She called for "impartial, independent, prompt and effective investigations into reported violations of human rights and humanitarian law."
'Setback for peace'
Israel has already come under pressure from its allies - including the US, UK and France - to investigate the UN allegations.
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I think, Israel should be able to accept its blame instead of stupid allegations about the report being biased and so on. Once they committed war crimes as well as the Palestinians and their relevance was impartially investigated, so I don't see any reason for them to have any right to object against it. Lorne
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