A UN Human Rights Council Fact Finding Mission on Israel’s actions on the Gaza war has been in tough territory since it’s inception. Though the mission has been contested from the onset, and Israel refused to cooperate, the report is remarkably coherent in it’s conclusions that both the Israel Defence Force (IDF) and Palestinian armed forces committed war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity.

Since publication, it has been denounced by Binyamin Netanyahu, and criticized by Hamas. Likewise, divisions have emerged between Hamas and Fata about how and when to get the report to the security council.


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Skye Christensen is an International Election Specialist and Political Scientist. His work offers him the opportunity to travel widely in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia. Skye is currently pursuing a masters at Uppsala University in Sweden.

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