Israeli PM degrades UN rights’ report on Gaza

Days of Palestine, Agencies –In pre-emptive measure, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu described UN report about Israeli crimes in Gaza of “full of lies.”

During the Sunday meeting of his cabinet, Netanyahu said that the Israeli report on the 2014 Israeli offensive on Gaza is to go for pubic soon, saying that reading the UN report slated to be released later this month a “waste of time.”

“Whoever wants to continue with baseless blaming of the state of Israel, let them waste time reading the report by the UN commission,” he said. “We, for our part, will continue protecting our soldiers. They will continue protecting us.”

The UN inquiry by the UN Human Rights Council into Israeli war crimes in Gaza and possible Hamas crimes is due to publish its findings this month, having postponed the release from March to consider further evidence.

Netanyahu told his Cabinet that “whoever wants a baseless automatic accusation against Israel can waste their time reading the UN report.”

Instead, he said an Israeli report, in addition to an unofficial report compiled by a group of retired Western generals brought by Netanyahu for whitewash Israeli crimes, shows “the truth.” Both claim that the Israeli occupation did its utmost to avoid civilian casualties.

“Whoever wants to know the truth, let them read this report,” Netanyahu said. The Israeli occupation claims it did everything possible to prevent civilian casualties. Human rights monitors accuse it of using excessive force and acting with impunity

UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian territories Makarim Wibisono found on March that there is disparity in casualty figures on the two sides.

“This reflects the imbalance of power and the disproportionate cost born by Palestinian civilians, raising questions as to whether Israel adhered to the international law principles of distinction, proportionality and precautions,” Wibisono said.

To challenge the UN Human Rights Council report into the Israeli war crimes in Gaza, the Israeli occupation and the pro-Israeli lobbies, mainly in the United States, established fake unofficial bodies claiming to be adherent to human rights in order to whitewash Israeli crimes.

On Friday, the Friends of Israel Initiative, a private European advocacy group, published assessments by several retired military chiefs from various countries defending Israel’s conduct of the Gaza war.

In March, the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, another pro-Israel advocacy group based in the United States, published a similar report.

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