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UN building in Gaza on fire after an Israeli bombardment (Photo: Oxfam)

Despite heavy lobbying, EU parliament endorses Goldstone report

Despite an intensive lobbying effort on the part of European Jewish groups, the European Parliament has endorsed the Goldstone report, the UN's official investigation into the bombardment of the Gaza Strip in January 2009, a report that accuses Israel of war crimes and calls for the prosecution of Israeli officials in the Hague.

In a 335-to-287 vote splitting the house between left and right, MEPs backed a joint resolution from the centre left, far left, Greens and Liberals calling on t...

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UN building in Gaza on fire after an Israeli bombardment (Photo: Oxfam)

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