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Head of New UN Gaza Inquiry Commission Called to Try Netanyahu at International Criminal Court
(Ynet News) Yitzhak Benhorin - The UN named William Schabas to chair an international commission of inquiry into possible human rights violations and war crimes during the Gaza War. Schabas, a Canadian professor of international criminal and human rights law, has previously stated he would like to see Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "within the dock of the International Criminal Court." In 2011, Schabas co-sponsored a "Center for Human Rights and Cultural Diversity" conference in Iran, which at the time was led by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In response, Israel Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said: "The appointment of the chairman of the panel, whose anti-Israel bias and opinions are known to all, proves beyond any doubt that Israel cannot expect justice from this body, whose report has already been written."