Israel’s boycott of UN mission
Isreal has prevented a UN team from entering Gaza to investigate alleged war crimes.
A UN team investigating possible war crimes in Gaza, led by Richard Goldstone, is in the Strip on a week-long fact finding mission.
The four-member team entered from Egypt after Israel failed to grant visas, despite repeated requests by the UN.
The UN wants to investigate whether Israel and Hamas committed war crimes during Israel’s three-week operation in Gaza in December and January.
Israel accuses the UN branch carrying out the mission of bias against it.
With Israel boycotting the commission, can the UN mission investigate alleged violations of international law, and can UN investigations in the Gaza strip lead to any prosecutions?
Our guest on this show is Richard Goldstone, head of the UN mission in Gaza.
This episode of Inside Story aired on Thursday, June 4, 2009.