{"id":11315,"date":"2019-03-01T10:33:05","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T02:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=11315"},"modified":"2019-03-01T10:33:06","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T02:33:06","slug":"israel-rejects-biased-un-probe-into-its-response-to-gaza-unrest-fm-katz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=11315","title":{"rendered":"Israel rejects \u2018biased\u2019 UN probe into its response to Gaza unrest &#8211; FM Katz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/hhh-2.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/hhh-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>JERUSALEM, March 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) \u2013 Israel rejected the findings of a UN<br>probe released Thursday into its soldiers\u2019 response to Gaza unrest that began in March last year, calling it \u201chostile, deceitful and biased.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIsrael rejects the report outright,\u201d Foreign Minister Israel Katz said in<br>a statement after the probe alleged soldiers may have committed crimes<br>against humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo institution can negate Israel\u2019s right to self-defence and its duty to<br>defend its residents and borders from violent attacks,\u201d he added, labelling<br>it \u201cthe theatre of the absurd.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Katz said that those \u201cpushing the residents of Gaza to the fences,<br>including women and children, is Hamas, an organisation whose declared goal is destroying the state of Israel, and is the one to bear the<br>responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The probe was carried out by a UN commission of inquiry set up by the world body\u2019s Human Rights Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It investigated possible violations from the start of the protests on March<br>30, 2018 through to Dec 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Commission found reasonable grounds to believe that Israeli snipers<br>shot at journalists, health workers, children and persons with disabilities,<br>knowing they were clearly recognisable as such,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Protests and clashes broke out along the Gaza border on March 30 last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Demonstrators have been calling for Palestinian refugees to be allowed to<br>return to their former homes now inside Israel, which Israeli officials say<br>is akin to calling for their country\u2019s destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They accuse Hamas of using the protests as cover for infiltrations and<br>attacks, while rights groups and Palestinians say protesters posing little<br>threat have been shot by Israeli snipers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least 251 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since March<br>2018, the majority shot during weekly border protests and others hit by tank fire or air strikes in response to violence from Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two Israeli soldiers have been killed over the same period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian movement that runs the blockaded Gaza Strip, have fought three wars since 2008. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JERUSALEM, March 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) \u2013 Israel rejected the findings of a UNprobe released Thursday into its soldiers\u2019 response to Gaza unrest that began in March last year, calling it \u201chostile, deceitful and biased.\u201d \u201cIsrael rejects the report outright,\u201d Foreign Minister Israel Katz said ina statement after the probe alleged soldiers may have committed crimesagainst humanity. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[217],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11315"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11315\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}