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Paul Rowen's question

Paul Rowen's question today about Gaza was a good question of the Prime Minister. The question was whether the UK would ask the Security Council to refer the events in Gaza to the ICC. The Prime Minister basically said no. What was surprising was that he said that the Israeli Government should do the investigation of war crimes by the Israeli Forces. That is not exactly an independent investigation.

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Unknown said…
If the government thinks the Israelis will do an decent investigation then they are mistaken - I perfer to believe that they will be happy with a whitewash.

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