Sunday, August 16, 2009

Gaza Blockade Violated Rules Of War

Source: The Associated Press
Published: August 14, 2009, 13:20
Courtesy Of The Gulf News

Geneva: UN human rights chief Navi Pillay has accused Israel of violating the rules of war with its blockade stopping people and goods moving in and out of the Gaza strip.

Pillay says in a 34-page report on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that the blockade amounts to collective punishment of civilians under the Geneva Conventions.

She says Israel should ease restrictions on Gaza immediately and move toward a complete lifting of the blockade and other restrictions.

The UN high commissioner for human rights said Friday that both Palestinians and Israelis committed breaches of international humanitarian law in their war last December and January.

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