GENEVA – Officials say the U.N.'s top human rights body will hold an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in crisis-hit Gaza.
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(Photo: AP Images / Hatem Moussa)Palestinians carry some of the thrity-nine bodies of people killed near a United Nations school Tuesday, during their funeral in the Jebaliya refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009.
About two-thirds of the U.N. Human Rights Council's 47 members have requested the special Friday session.
Diplomats say the meeting will consider a resolution condemning the Israeli military offensive in Gaza in which more than 600 people have been killed.
The rights council has passed three resolutions condemning actions by the Jewish state since the body's creation in 2006. The United States has accused the Geneva-based group of bias against Israel and has scaled back participation in the council's meetings.
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I agree. Indonesia is a paradise on earth
Good. Still nice to home, though, huh.
Crowded and but security is good from the west bank Palestinian police
Really? What was that like? A bit crowded? ;-)
But there are lots of Messianic brothers from IDF and Orthodox brothers and sisters at Gaza who are caught up by this violence
We went for the Bethlehem Christmas
Oh my I thought you were there, gave my heart a start!
No, my brother
I just got back to Indonesia
Wow, arit, you're actually in Gaza?! Praying for you!
Its now Thursday at dawn 3.30am in Gaza, January 8th and the IDF got 72 hours to finish all their task before the ceasefire forecasted sets in.
They have bagged around 120 Hamas terrorist marked for interogation and have several more Hamasmen to be forcefully picked up at their homes or mosque hideaway.
And measures are already taken to destroy and mine the underground tunnel connecting Gaza's southern border at Rafah to the Egyptian Sinai dessert. Plus Israil needs to monitor the activities of the Moslem brotherhood in Cairo and Hezballah in Lebanon and Damascus
Considering that operation Cast Lead (distribute bullets) have gone for 2 weeks, its going well apart from a fatal friendly fire and the idiotic blast of the UN school for Palestinian children at Jebaliya murdering 48 childrens. This is truly a big error from IDF. Even when Hamas are hiding there and firing AKs and Metis, the paratroops just have to avoid it and not tasking their Merkava to return fire.
Hopefully the operation can be completed in the mentioned time frame as we shall enter into the ceasefire.
Hopefully there shall be no more children among the near 700 dead and 3000 injured Palestinians. And the 2500 Christians can restart their lives and business once again, after the extermination of Hamas.
Does anyone have statistics on the Christian population in Gaza ??