U.S. Congress rejects Israeli Crimes Report in Gaza

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The U.S. congressman in a meeting. Congress is gambling reject the Goldstone report about Israeli crimes in Gaza raid that killed thousands of people, including hundreds of civilians. Congress called the report is biased. (News CAIRO)

The U.S. congressman in a meeting. Congress is gambling reject the Goldstone report about Israeli crimes in Gaza raid that killed thousands of people, including hundreds of civilians. Congress called the report is biased. (News CAIRO)
WASHINGTON (Reuters CAIRO) - The U.S. Congress has passed a resolution that rejected the findings of a UN report that Israel committed war crimes during its military offensive into Gaza.

Congress to vote on Tuesday, with the result of 344 vs. 36, for a non-binding resolution calling on Barack Obama to defend his opposition to the report written by a panel led Richard Goldstone, a judge from South Africa.

U.S. Congressional resolution calling the report is biased and is not necessary to consider further or get legitimacy.

The report accused Israel of committing war crimes in a conflict that lasted 22 days in December through January.

The report was delivered most of his criticism of Israeli actions in the assault into the coastal region, where human rights organization said that about 1,400 Palestinians - many of whom are women and children - were killed.

Thirteen Israelis, including three civilians, were killed in the war.

The vote, Congress made the day before the UN General Assembly debate to its own resolution that supports the discovery of the Goldstone report.

"The report was not written to discuss the 12,000 rockets that Hamas deliberately launched to slaughter the people of Israel, against Israel in many ways an effort to minimize Palestinian civilian casualties. So there are many different standards being applied," he told Al Jazeera.

But when asked whether he had read the entire report Goldstone, Rothman said he had read a summary only.

"I did not read all 400 or 500 page report, but I read a summary that is designed to be read by members of congress and other world leaders. I find it very, very biased and one sided."

Last week Goldstone sent a letter to U.S. Congress, said that the draft resolution the U.S. has "factual inaccuracies and instances in which information and statements in the report is understood out of context."

He filed several objections and clarification of the ideas expressed in the resolution.

In response to criticism Goldstone, three-part resolution was amended on Tuesday to clarify that Goldstone had been trying to extend the mandate of the commission for his team to investigate claims that Hamas has also violated international law during the War of Gaza.

Goldstone report demanding an independent investigation against Israeli actions during the war.

The report called for the case transferred to the International Military Tribunal at The Hague if Israel did not investigate allegations of war crimes addressed in the Zionist state that within six months.