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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/17/AR2009091704278.html
U.S. Rejects UN Proposal to Compel War Crimes Probes of Gaza Conflict
[Washington Post] Colum Lynch - Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the UN, rejected a UN proposal to compel Israel and Hamas to conduct credible investigations into war crimes during last winter's war in Gaza or face possible prosecution by an international prosecutor. Rice said the U.S. has long had "very serious concerns" about the mandate the Human Rights Council gave to the Goldstone panel, calling it "unbalanced, one-sided and basically unacceptable." "Our view is that we need to be focused on the future," Rice said. "This is a time to work to cement progress towards the resumption of negotiations and their early and successful conclusion and our efforts, and we hope the efforts of others, will be directed to that end."