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UN rights boss doubts legality of Israel's Gaza offensive
2014-07-12
[Al Ahram] The United Nations
...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks...
 human rights
When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much...
 chief on Friday voiced serious doubts that Israeli's military operation against Gazoo complied with international law banning the targeting of civilians, and called on both sides to step back from the brink.

International law requires Israel to take all measures to ensure that its attacks are proportional, distinguish between military and civilian objects, and avoid civilian casualties, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said.
What does international law require terrorists to do in the launching of missiles against civilians?
"We have received deeply disturbing reports that many of the civilian casualties, including of children, occurred as a result of strikes on homes. Such reports raise serious doubt about whether the Israeli strikes have been in accordance with international humanitarian law and international human rights law," Pillay said in a statement.

Israeli air strikes on densely populated Gazoo killed four more Paleostinians before dawn on Friday, raising the corpse count from the four-day offensive to at least 85, while a Paleostinian rocket hit a fuel tanker at an Israeli petrol station causing a huge blaze.
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