Evaluation of, and submissions to The UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza war

2. Submissions by Advocate Charles Abelsohn
a) re responsibility for deaths of children in Gaza – Click here for the pdf document
b) Siege of Gaza is a myth Click here for the pdf document
c) Personal experience. Click here for the pdf file
d) Capita – That violence is not due to the “occupation;That the “security barrier” is legal; and That there is no “Apartheid” in Israel and that any “suffering” by the Palestinians is not attributable to Israel. Click here for e the pdf file
e) The term OPT is a misnomer – Click here for the pdf file
f) A follow-up open letter to the chairperson of the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict

3. NGO Monitor on the GAZA WAR SUMMER 2014 – July 30, 2014 (Updated January 30, 2015)
Highly politicized NGOs have been issuing irresponsible statements condemning Israel. They make unverifiable claims, distort international law, and fuel the flames of the delegitimization campaign against Israel. NGO Monitor, a leader in the struggle against the above misinformation, was founded in 2002 – a few months after the UN “World Conference Against Racism” in Durban. Click here for the UPDATED pdf document and here for Annex 1 “Goldstone report reconsidered”

4. Request by UN Watch for Prof. Schabas to recuse himself Click here for an advance copy – pdf document

5. Submission by Henry Shakenovsky, SC (Senior Counsel – South- Africa), formerly acting Judge of the High Court of South Africa Click here for the pdf document

6. Covering letter and submission by Professor Elihu D Richter MD MPH, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Jerusalem and a founder of the Jerusalem Center for Genocide Prevention
Click here for pdf covering letter and here for the submission on proportionality

7. a) Submission by Dr. Denis MacEoin, specialist in Islamic studies, Senior Fellow at the Gatestone Institute – “Is Israel Guilty of War Crimes?” Click here for pdf document
b) Published article by Dr Maceoin Click here http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/5158/israel-war-crimes

8. Testimony given by Dr. Eado Hecht on the tunnels in Gaza – Click here for the pdf file

9. Submission by David Goshen – Click here for the pdf file

10. Letter to Judge McGowan Davis from attorney Trevor S. Norwitz
Click here for the pdf file

11. Submission by Colonel Richard Kemp CBE

12. Submission by the international Association of Jewish lawyers and jurists (item b)

13.Testimony of a resident of Moshav Netiv Ha’asara – Living on the edge”
Click here for the pdf file

Comments

It is disturbing that the wording of the above resolution does not refer to ALLEGATIONS OR REPORTS of violations but to actual violations that the UNHRC assumes have occurred before hearing any evidence at all. While this type of pre-judgment is inconsistent with an impartial judicial body it is hoped that the members of the commission will weigh the evidence impartially and, to quote Commission Chairman, Professor Schabas, will park their preconceived opinions at the door

It is disappointing too, that the hearings are not made available by video on the internet and that the submissions from the public will not be made similarly available as was done during the Goldstone mission proceedings. After all justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done. See item 1(c) above

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Listed below are links to submissions submitted to the UN Commission

11. Submission by Colonel Richard Kemp CBE

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