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UN Human Rights Council Votes for Arms Embargo and War Crimes Suits Against Israel
(Jerusalem Post) Tovah Lazaroff - The UN Human Rights Council on Friday voted 23-9 for an arms embargo against Israel and the prosecution of Israelis for war crimes for IDF actions along the Gaza border last year. Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Fiji, Hungary, Togo and the Ukraine opposed the resolution. 14 countries abstained: Argentina, the Bahamas, Croatia, Congo, Denmark, Iceland, India, Italy, Japan, Nepal, Rwanda, Slovakia, UK, and Uruguay.