UN Security Council agrees to discuss Gaza war crimes report on Oct. 14

October 14th, 2009 Palestinians urge Israeli punishment over GazaUNITED NATIONS — The Palestinians are calling for Israel to be punished for alleged war crimes during its "savage" military attack on Gaza last winter. But Israel immediately rejected a report accusing Israeli forces and Palestinian militants of war crimes and possible crimes against humanity during their Dec.

October 13th, 2009 Palestinians, allies reopen Gaza war crimes debateGENEVA — The U.N. Human Rights Council will reopen the debate about alleged war crimes in Gaza later this week after Palestinians succeeded in gathering enough support to call a special meeting, officials said Tuesday.

October 9th, 2009 Palestinians want urgent UN rights debate on GazaGENEVA — Palestinian diplomats in Geneva said Friday they are pushing to bring forward a U.N. Human Rights Council debate on alleged war crimes committed by Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in Gaza earlier this year.

October 8th, 2009 Palestinians accuse Hamas over UN reportUNITED NATIONS — The militant Islamist group Hamas is trying to take cynical advantage of a U.N. report accusing Israel of possible war crimes in Gaza to curry favor back home, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki told reporters at U.N.

October 8th, 2009 Palestinians change course on UN reportUNITED NATIONS — The Palestinian leadership has quickly backtracked in its approach to a U.N. report accusing Israel of possible war crimes in Gaza, in what its top diplomat acknowledged Thursday is erupting into a "clear crisis" for its people.

October 7th, 2009 Palestinian official: We erred over Gaza reportRAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian leadership made a mistake by suspending action on a U.N. report on Gaza war crimes, a member of President Mahmoud Abbas' inner circle said Wednesday — the first such acknowledgment after days of protests in the West Bank and Gaza.

October 1st, 2009 Diplomats: Palestinians want Gaza resolution delayGENEVA — Diplomats in Geneva say the Palestinian Authority has withdrawn its support for a U.N. resolution endorsing a report on alleged war crimes by Israel and Palestinians in Gaza.

October 1st, 2009 Diplomats: Palestinians drop Gaza resolutionGENEVA — The Palestinian Authority, under heavy pressure from the United States, has withdrawn its support for a U.N. Human Rights Council resolution on alleged war crimes in Gaza, diplomats said Thursday.

September 30th, 2009 UN expert defends Gaza war crimes reportGENEVA — A U.N. investigator defended a report Tuesday that accuses Israel and Palestinian militants of war crimes during their conflict in Gaza, an allegation Israel condemns and claims is the result of bias against the Jewish state.

September 18th, 2009 US raps UN Gaza reportWASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday sharply criticized a U.N. report alleging Israeli war crimes in its Gaza war earlier this year, ending nearly a week of muted reaction to findings already rejected by Israel.

September 16th, 2009 JERUSALEM - The head of the UN fact-finding mission into last winter's Gaza war vehemently rejected Wednesday Israel's allegations against the report he wrote about the three weeks of fighting. Israel has reacted sharply to the critical report by South African justice Richard Goldstone, charging among others that the mission's mandate had been one-sided and its conclusions predetermined.

April 22nd, 2009 Israel military: Probe shows no violations in GazaJERUSALEM — The Israeli military says its internal investigations shows it did not violate international law during its recent war in Gaza. The military says it maintained "high professional and moral level" against an enemy that "aimed to terrorize Israeli civilians while taking cover amid uninvolved civilians in the Gaza Strip and using them as human shields." A former U.N.

February 9th, 2009 UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that the global organisation will form a panel to probe into Israel's Gaza raid. The UN chief made the announcement at a meeting of the UN Security Council Monday.

January 24th, 2009 UNITED NATIONS - Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations Mohammad Khazaei has said that those who have committed recent crimes in Gaza must be put on trial, IRNA reported Sunday. In a speech here in New York Saturday, Khazaei said the 'Zionist regime crimes against defenceless people of Gaza are war crimes'.

January 21st, 2009 UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council has welcomed the Gaza ceasefire between Islamic Hamas militants and Israel, and called for making it into a durable truce with guarantees to prevent arms smuggling and opening border crossings. 'Members of the Security Council welcome the ceasefire in Gaza and the international and regional partners, in particular the Egyptian initiative, in helping bring this about,' a security council statement said Wednesday.