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UNITED NATIONS In the midst of Israels battle with militants in Gaza over the past three weeks, skirmishes opened on a second front in recent days: Its strikes on United Nations facilities and the steep civilian casualties brought a barrage of rebukes and warnings from senior United Nations officials around the world, reaching a fever pitch just before the announcement of a cease-fire late Thursday.
Behind the scenes, diplomats here were on the phone incessantly with Israelis, Palestinians and representatives of countries in the region that have influence over Israels principal nemesis, Hamas. It led to a 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire that the secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, announced late Thursday through his spokesman.
In public, the war of words intensified this week, with the United Nations blaming Israel for an attack that killed at least 19 people who were taking refuge at a United Nations school early Wednesday and Israel, in turn, accusing the world body for helping Hamas.
The United Nations has been dragged into the conflict: Eight of its staff members have been killed in the past 24 days, and more than 100 of its facilities have come under fire, including the school. United Nations officials said they had repeatedly told Israel of its exact location.
The deputy secretary general, Jan Eliasson, a former Swedish diplomat, was visibly riled on Wednesday when he publicly reminded Israel of the Geneva Conventions, which established international law governing warfare. In Geneva, the United Nations top human rights official, Navi Pillay, raised the prospect of war crimes.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/01/world/middleeast/tensions-escalate-between-israel-and-united-nations-in-gaza-strip.html
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magical thyme
(14,881 posts)threatened to drop nukes on major European cities and literally take the entire world down with you. As they apparently did to Nixon. (I read it here on DU while at work yesterday. I haven't been able to find the thread with the link today.)
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)Purveyor
(29,876 posts)they created that apartheid state, eh?
4now
(1,596 posts)and they don't care who they kill anymore.
Because they know that no American politician would dare to stand up to them.