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UN judge pick for Gaza shocks, awes
Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:02:09 GMT
Following global concern about Israel's conduct in Gaza, the UN decision to appoint a Jewish judge to head the war crimes probe raises eyebrows.
Richard Goldstone, a South African Jewish judge, was appointed by President of the UN Human Rights Council Martin Uhomoibhi on Friday to play the leading role in an internationally-urged probe into Israeli war crimes during the three-week offensive in the Gaza Strip.
Following the appointment, Goldstone said he was 'shocked, as a Jew' to be invited to head the mission.
The fact-finding mission is set to start an inquiry as Israel has previously snubbed human rights investigations, arguing that the Human Rights Council is biased.
The appointment is believed to be an attempt to appease Israeli opposition to the investigation. The decision has also raised fears of Palestinian refusal to cooperate on the issue.
Reacting to the UN decision, Hamas spokesman Ayman Taha protested at the move on Saturday and expressed concern about the impartiality of a mission led by a Jewish judge.
"As the head of the investigation committee is a Jew, it is clear that he will not support the Palestinian nation and its cause. He will undoubtedly work in the interest of the Zionist enemy," Taha told an Arabic news channel.
"We believe that forming the committee was a positive move that is being pushed towards producing evil results. It will not only turn its back on the Palestinian nation, but may even... try to excuse the Zionist enemy's crimes and aggression," he added.
The UN move also comes amid reports revealing that the international body's Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon may decline to release the findings of a probe he ordered into the Israeli war on Gaza.
In an interview with Press TV on Thursday, a spokesperson for Ban cast doubt on whether a probe ordered into the three-week Israeli military operation in Gaza was meant for public use.
"No. As I said, (the secretary general) is going to first examine the report and decide what to do about it then. This is a report directed to him," said spokeswoman Michele Montas.
She also denied knowledge of whether the secretary-general had committed himself to publicizing an executive summary of the report. "I do not know at this point. I cannot answer that question. As I said, I will be able to answer it once he has read it. "
The reported "change of heart" comes while earlier after the United Nations Works and Relief Agency (UNRWA) compound became the target of GPS-guided Israeli mortars on January 15, the UN secretary-general condemned "in the strongest terms this outrageous attack."
"I strongly demand a thorough investigation and punishment for those responsible," Ban told reporters in Beirut after the attack.
Calls for an inquiry into Israeli war crimes come at a time when a Palestinian human rights group has placed the number of Palestinian casualties of the recent war on Gaza at 1,417 - 926 of whom were civilians.
Thirteen Israelis were also killed in the Operation Cast Lead in the coastal strip among which 3 were civilians.
Goldstone, the former UN chief prosecutor for war crimes in Yugoslavia and Rwanda, said his team would investigate "all violations of international humanitarian law" before, during and after the conflict.
"It is in the interest of all Palestinians and Israelis that the allegations of war crimes and serious human rights violations related to the recent conflict on all sides be investigated," Goldstone said in a statement.
"I am confident that the mission will be in a position to assess in an independent and impartial manner all human rights and humanitarian law violations committed in the context of the (Gaza) conflict," Uhomoibhi, the council's president who appointed Goldstone, said in a statement.
The Jewish judge will be accompanied by British human rights professor Christine Chinkin, Pakistani lawyer Hina Jilani and retired Irish Army colonel Desmond Travers.
The mission's mandate has been based on a resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council during a special January 12 session.
The 47 member-state forum condemned Israel for 'grave violations' of human rights during its assault on Gaza and called for an international probe.
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