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28th May 2021
What happened: The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva decided yesterday to launch an inquiry into Israel’s actions during Operation Guardian of the Walls.
The investigation will focus on the Israel Defense Forces’ campaign in Gaza, as well as the clashes in Jerusalem, inside Israel and the West Bank.
For the first time the council called for the creation of a permanent “Commission of Inquiry” into Israel’s actions.
Twenty-four countries supported the resolution and nine opposed it, with fourteen abstentions. Among the supporters were Russia, China and Bahrain (who last year signed the Abraham Accords with Israel).
Israel rejected the resolution adopted by the Geneva forum and said it would not cooperate. Today s shameful decision is yet another example of the UN Human Rights Council s blatant anti-Israel obsession, Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said in a statement accusing the forum of whitewashing a genocidal terrorist organisation .
Israel s foreign ministry said its forces acted in accordance with international law, in defending our citizens from Hamas indiscriminate rocket fire .
A spokesman for Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip, called the group s actions legitimate resistance and called for immediate steps to punish Israel.
Israel s main ally, the United States, said it deeply regretted the decision in the forum, where it has observer status and no vote.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said yesterday that her organisation has not seen any evidence that the civilian buildings bombed by Israel in the besieged .
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