Israel, Hamas, and relevant United Nations bodies should promptly implement the recommendations of the UN fact-finding mission led by Justice Richard Goldstone on the recent Gaza war and bring to justice those responsible for serious violations of the laws of war.
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“Closed Zone” shows the closure of the Gaza Strip and its effects on the ability of 1.5 million people living there to fulfil their daily needs, as well as their hopes, dreams and aspirations.
Yoni Goodman, one of the creators of “Waltz with Bashir”, which won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Academy Award, [...]

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Israel’s use of heavy artillery in residential areas of Gaza City violates the prohibition under the laws of war against indiscriminate attacks and should be stopped immediately.  A Human Rights Watch researcher on the Israel-Gaza border on January 15, 2009, observed Israel’s repeated use in the centre of Gaza City of 155mm artillery shells, which [...]

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Amnesty International is calling for an immediate and independent investigation into the Israeli army’s shelling this morning of a United Nations compound in Gaza City, disrupting the distribution of humanitarian aid to Gaza’s beleaguered civilians and injuring three UN workers.
The United Nations Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA) has reported that shells – apparently containing white [...]

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Gaza’s 1.5 million people are enduring a serious humanitarian crisis brought on by more than two weeks of major military operations that have magnified the impact of 19 months of a highly restrictive Israeli blockade, reinforced by Egypt.
The Israeli government has repeatedly denied that a humanitarian crisis exists. Information from international humanitarian organizations, United Nations [...]

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Israel should stop using white phosphorus in military operations in densely populated areas of Gaza. On January 9 and 10, 2009, Human Rights Watch researchers in Israel observed multiple air-bursts of artillery-fired white phosphorus over what appeared to be the Gaza City/Jabaliya area.
Israel appeared to be using white phosphorus as an “obscurant” (a chemical used [...]

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The United Nations Security Council, meeting on January 7, 2009 in a high-level emergency session, should establish a commission of inquiry to investigate alleged laws-of-war violations in Gaza. Human Rights Watch said the investigation should include Israel’s January 6 attack just outside a UN school housing displaced persons in the Jabaliya refugee camp, as well [...]

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Amnesty International said today that both Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters are endangering the lives of Palestinian civilians – including by using them as human shields.
“Our sources in Gaza report that Israeli soldiers have entered and taken up positions in a number of Palestinian homes, forcing families to stay in a ground floor room while [...]

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Little has been done by the UN and UN member states since the UNGA President release his strongly worded statement (below this) against the Israeli bombardment hitting the civilian population of Gaza.
By the time the UN applies any effective pressure on Israel to cease and desist, the civilian population of Gaza will have endured [...]

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Amnesty International today urged the UN Security Council to demand that Israel, Hamas and Palestinian armed groups observe an immediate truce in Gaza to allow desperately needed humanitarian assistance to the beleaguered civilian population, evacuation of the wounded and safe refuge for civilians wishing to flee the conflict zone.
“Civilians in Gaza are trapped in an [...]

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