[A-List] Israel enjoys impunity, thanks to the U.S. and the EU, UN expert said

[james daly]

GRANMA: Israel enjoys impunity, thanks to the U.S. and EU

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GRANMA Havana, Tuesday, June 15, 2010. Year 14 / Number 167

Israel enjoys impunity, thanks to the U.S. and the EU, expert said

GENEVA, June 14 .- Israel has a "permanent impunity" in response to 
allegations against him for war crimes and other violations of international 
law through the "protection of U.S. geopolitical and, to some extent, of the 
Union (EU), "said an expert from the UN, quoted by EFE.

The United Nations Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, 
Richard Falk, asked the international community to "do something to oppose 
such impunity" during the press presentation of the findings of its latest 
report.

The expert said the Israeli case is testing the credibility of the rule of 
law, Human Rights Council (which oversees its mandate), and the UN as a 
whole, by its inability to meet its obligations to the Jewish State 
fundamental human rights and accountability.

Falk recalled that Israel spurned the outcome of the investigation by a UN 
commission headed by jurist Richard Goldstone, who found evidence that 
Israel committed war crimes during its latest military offensive on Gaza, he 
meant without major criticism internationally.

On the other hand, said that Israel is annexing de facto Palestinian 
territories of Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, occupied since 43 
years ago, so he declared his skepticism about the political process between 
Palestinians and Israelis might have a positive outcome.

Even more severe, said the peace process seems a move "diplomatic 
distraction designed to make the annexation go forward."

Google translation. Revised by Walter Lippmann.

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