U.N. panel defies Israel, backs war-crimes report
U.S. votes against resolution on Gaza
Posted: October 17, 2009 at 5:52 a.m.
A Palestinian man salvages building material Friday from a house destroyed in Israel’s December-January offensive in Jebaliya in northern Gaza.
The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday endorsed a report on purported Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip, advancing a process that has roiled Palestinian politics and that Israeli leaders have warned could derail the U.S.-sponsored peace process.
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