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A member of a United Nations sapper unit (L) walks past a member of Hamas security forces as they work on neutralizing an unexploded ordnance remaining from Zionist offensive last year, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip March 10, 2010.
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Rights group: Ban ignored war crimes issue
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon said "No determination can be made on the implementation of the resolution by the parties concerned," during the meeting of the General Assembly on Thursday, prompting an outcry from the Palestinian Center for Human Rights.
Ban made the statement, PCHR said, "despite the fact that Resolution A/Res/61/10 explicitly called for the Secretary-General to 'report on the implementation of the present resolution'."
The organization, based in Gaza, continued, saying "As representatives of the victims of the atrocities committed during the Zionist attacks on Gaza in December 2008 and January 2009, PCHR is shocked and appalled by this lack of responsibility."
Ban's statements came after the Zionist entity and the Palestinian government handed over short reports detailing alleged progress on investigations into Justice Richard Goldstone's allegations of war crimes uncovered during his summer fact-finding mission.
The Zionist entity celebrates UN 'support'
Shortly after Ban delivered his address, Ehud Barak claimed that "Ban Ki-Moon was very impressed by the presentations given in UN by the military advocate general and even mentioned this to me personally," the Zionist daily Yediot Aharanot reported.
Meanwhile, the Zionist Foreign Ministry on Friday defended Zionist response "This document completely expresses Zionist commitment to conduct an honest internal probe according to the standards of international law," according to the Zionist daily Haaretz.
In its report released Friday afternoon, PCHR stated, however, that "investigations carried out by Zionist entity do not, in any way, fulfill the demands of customary international law, the Goldstone Report, or UN General Assembly Resolution A/Res/64/10."
The statement explained that "the Zionist system – as it relates to Palestinian victims of Zionist violations – does not meet the necessary international standards with respect to the effective administration of justice. The hierarchical nature of the military, the ineffective manner in which investigations are conducted, the lack of civilian oversight – as epitomized by the wide margin of discretion awarded by the Zionist Supreme Court – and the ineffectiveness of such oversight when it does occur, all combine to fundamentally frustrate the pursuit of justice."
Supporting their claim that military probes were "inappropriate and legally inadequate," PCHR noted that Zionist military investigations had opened so far 150 investigations of which 36 were criminal investigations. Of those, the organization said, seven were dismissed before the report was submitted to the UN for "lack of evidence."
"PCHR alone submitted 450 criminal cases," the statement reminded.
Citing their "long-standing experience as well as that of Zionist and international human rights organizations," PCHR said it was "evident that accountability cannot be pursued through the Israeli legal system."
The Zionist entity and Hamas respond
Upon revelation of allegations of war crimes in the Goldstone report, Zionist entity initially refused to undertake independent investigations into the report, which the report called for in its conclusion. Last week, Barak called the report "distorted, biased and unbalanced."
The Hamas government in Gaza also expressed reticence in conducting its own probe, stating that it had not been responsible for war crimes.
The British journalist Robert Fisk said on Tuesday in the British daily The Independent that "Zionist gravest mistake in recent years was to refuse to contribute to Goldstone's report on the 2008-09 slaughter in Gaza. A 'foolish boycott', the daily Haaretz called it. A disaster, according to Zionist liberal left."
White phosphorus
On Monday, Zionist media reported that Zionist findings compounded allegations that white phosphorus munitions were deployed toward an UNRWA compound in Gaza during last year's devastating offensive, with two senior officers being disciplined as a result of authorizing the use of white phosphorus.
However, the Zionist military quickly denied the reports that the officers in question had been summoned for disciplinary action.
Goldstone is 'traitor'
Political commentator Alan Dershowitz slammed Goldstone in an interview with the Zionist Army Radio dubbing him a traitor to the Jewish people on Sunday. "The Goldstone report is a defamation written by an evil, evil man," he said.
Delaying the vote
Despite an overall unwillingness by all concerned parties to launch independent investigations, the UN General Assembly called on the Zionist entity and the Palestinians in November, asking Ki-moon to response within three months, all sides responded.
The Palestinian Authority was widely criticized for having delayed its vote before the general assembly on the Goldstone report, despite the majority of members calling for its findings to be investigated. A Palestinian commission in January into the events that led to the delay revealed a convoluted time-line of events, with Abbas eventually claiming responsibility.
However, Zionist media reported that Zionist security officials had threatened Abbas into staying his vote or the West Bank could see military action on a similar scale to Gaza war, Haaretz reported.
Meanwhile, the Zionist entity set precedent in January when it offered approximately 10 million US dollars in compensation to the UN for damages sustained to its structures during its military offensive.

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