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Goldstone crisis averted until March

Source: Jerusalem Post
Jerusalem : Israel | about 1 month ago  
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Israel's Foreign Minister Lieberman speaks to media in Jerusalem
The Palestinian Authority agreed late Thursday night to delay until March a vote set for Friday at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva that would have endorsed the Goldstone Report. Endorsement would have opened the door for the Security Council to bring Israelis before the International Criminal...
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