Government fact finding mission shows 846 killed in Egypt uprising - HA' Ha'aretz

At least 846 Egyptian revolution the nearly three week long died, the President Hosni Mubarak's decade-long regime overthrown and much regional turmoil inspired, a fact-finding mission announced government Tuesday.

Described in its report the jury Police demonstrators in the head and chest shoot with live ammunition and presents a death toll more than twice that of the previous official estimates.

Demonstrators in Tahrir square in Cairo. A formative moment in the history of Egypt and the entire region.

The fatal shots were due to fire bullets to the head and chest, to read the report, adding that a large number of eye injuries hospitals, filled with hundreds their eyes to lose.

The mission was confirmed, conclusions that policemen a U.S. Embassy commandeered a vehicle and used it, to demonstrators on 2 February, the same day horses and camels charged demonstrators in Tahrir square, the epicenter of the Egyptian protests running.

In a prison, Wadi el-Natroun, prisoners told the Commission that the prison protects cut water and electricity supplies, which suggests that the Administration that prisoners stage riots and escape forced.

Others testified that shot the guards in the air and tear gas to the prisoners to terrorise and force them to flee.

The fact finding mission comes a week after Egypt's Attorney General, a 15-day sentence for former President Hosni Mubarak announced to investigate allegations of corruption and abuse of authority.

The Egyptian President sons, Alaa and Gamal, were detained for investigation.
Mubarak, 82, was last week with heart problems as a result as investigations began his own role in corruption and repression of the protests, which eventually lead to his demise.

The former Egyptian President was deposed Feb. 11 after 18 days of the popular protests and is under house arrest since the last two months in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

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Goldstone Panel colleagues refute judge mea culpa - HA' Ha'aretz

PARIS - two weeks after Judge Richard Goldstone apparently key elements of its UN fact finding mission report on Gaza, the other three run in members of his team a statement, by him you distort facts to the doubts about the report published.

Pakistani human rights lawyer Hina Jilani, London School of economics professor Christine Chinkin, and former Irish peace-keeper Desmond Travers indicated that Goldstone's turnaround was the result of an intense political pressure. The three stressed that they remained firm behind the report war crimes accused Israel during operation cast lead.

The statement from the three was sent to the newspaper the guardian, which published on its website yesterday morning.

The Goldstone report is rejected its conclusions since the object of fierce controversy and the Israeli Government vigorously. The United States has rejected the report, calling it flawed and one-sided.

The three mentioned Goldstone not actually by name directly in their statement, but can be no doubt, their goal.

An op-ed in which on 1 April potential war crimes committed withdraw a central principle of his report to the 2008-2009 Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, Israel Washington Post by targeted civilian Palestinians in the conflict three weeks published Goldstone.

Goldstone said that evidence had since come to light due to a subsequent Israeli military studies in the conflict showed that Israel had aligned not civilians as a matter of policy.

He that he had known then, wrote, would have "the Goldstone report a different document."

In reply, that others wrote three members, that "cast aspersions cast on the results of the report... can not links are unchallenged," say some have "misinterpreted facts in an attempt, the results of military targets and cast doubt on his credibility."

Jilani confirmed to the associated press that she and her colleagues agree, could latest review with Goldstone's even in a telephone interview that they now see not all matter in the public domain, that deserves a rethink on the findings of the report.

Yigal Palmor, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, said that the Israeli position on the Goldstone document remains the same.

"The whole process deep was corrupted by political bias and an extremist domination of the UN Human Rights Commission of non-democratic countries", he said, and added that the Israelis are newspaper articles in training the impact of Goldstone's.

"We are trying what steps to minimize the unjust damage caused by the original report are possible," he said.

The guardian said refutation ""calls to reconsider or even the withdrawal the report as attempts, misrepresentation of their nature and purpose, the rights of victims, Palestinians and Israelis, truth and justice ignore.

The statement addressed also "personal attacks and the exceptional pressure on members of the fact-finding mission, placed" a seemingly thinly veiled reference to pressure and criticism from many in Israel and the Jewish world of Goldstone, South African Jew and that self-described Zionist.

"We pressure from any quarter yielded had to disinfect our conclusions, we would do a grave injustice, the hundreds of innocent civilians killed during the Gaza conflict, injured thousands and the hundreds of thousands whose lives continue to deeply by the conflict and the blockade be affected" the three wrote.

A central part of Goldstone's op-ed was a final report by American judge Mary McGowen Davis, noting that Israel measures taken had to investigate allegations of misconduct during Hamas not had.

The other three members of the Panel wrote that 400 investigations, submitted only three for law enforcement and led only two low penalties.

"The mechanisms used by the Israeli authorities, to investigate the events are not sufficient for the facts and legal responsibility really determine subsequent prove," she wrote.

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Palestinians say 19 weekend the IDF strikes on Gaza - HA' Ha'aretz killed

Palestinian militants fired about 120 rockets and mortars at Israeli communities in the vicinity of the Gaza Strip over the weekend, with tens of thousands of people spend the last couple of nights in the reinforced rooms.

The Israel Air Force iron dome system successfully a total of eight missiles at Ashkelon and Beersheba intercepted since Thursday.

An iron dome missile outside Ashkelon respond to a rocket launch in the Gaza Strip yesterday. The new system made eight successful interceptions over the weekend.

There were no injuries in the Palestinian rocket barrage, but damage to houses and poultry is in the region of Eshkol was extensive. A Petting Zoo in the greater Hof Ashkelon was hit, and agricultural areas in the region of Sha'ar Hanegev were also damaged.

A total of 38 rockets were fired at Israel yesterday, 23, of the Negev communities and 15 villages in the region connection were sought. Most fell in open areas.

GOC southern command Friday met Valley Russo with the heads of the local authorities in the vicinity of Gaza and said on Thursday that critically injured rocket attack on a school bus, 16-year-old Daniel Viflic, "Crossed red lines." Russo also said: "we are in the midst of the action, and we will weigh all options of the answer."

The Palestinians reported the Israeli action in the Gaza Strip injured yesterday 19 dead and more than 60 since Thursday night.

According to the head of the emergency medical services in Gaza, Adham Abu-Salmiya which most this hit were civilians, and among the dead were several women and children.

On Thursday, five Palestinians were killed and 10 on Friday, including a 45-year-old woman, Najah Kadih, and her 25-year-old daughter, Nadal Kadih, Chan Yunis, Palestinian reports according to.

The Israeli army said it regretted the death of civilians but accused Hamas concentrations remain within civilian population from running.

Two this Friday killed according to these groups as members identified the military wing of Islamic Jihad and Hamas, Balal al Ariary and Riyad Shehada,.

Among the dead was also a 10-year old young, wail al-Jaro.

According to Hamas two senior militant Hamas military wing were killed yesterday morning, and one was critically injured when the vehicle in which they were riding on thrown from the air west of Rafah was. The two men killed Abu Sanima and Mohammad al-UJA were identified by Palestinian sources as Taysir. Abu Sanima involvement in the abduction of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit is suspected and is also believed to behind the firing of Katyusha rockets a few months ago of the Sinai, Eilat, have been.

Reports from the Gaza Strip said that the Israeli army heavy artillery from tanks and guns, as well as from the air, including fired from F 16s.

A 30-year-old militant of the military wing of the popular resistance committees, Zoheir Albar, died of an artillery strike on the Zeitun neighborhood of Gaza City. Three more militants were injured same incident, two of them in the.

Yesterday, Palestinian sources reported that a civilian was killed in his 50's, Ahmed Azeituna, from an artillery shell in Jabalya, North of Gaza City.

Hamas condemned it so-called international silent in the face of Israeli aggression, in particular by the European Union, considering that Hamas had announced a ceasefire, after it fired on the school bus Thursday.

The Arab League is, an urgent meeting today in call to the demand of Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmud Abbas. Abbas calls for the Arab League and the European Union to pressure Israel to stop the fighting.

Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said yesterday that Israel wanted to be pulled artillery and aerial fire on civilian concentrations and during Hamas not in conflict with Israel, it could not ignore, what he said of the Israeli aggression was. The military wing, the Hamas said it would reply to Israeli aggression and military wing of Abu Obeida spokesman of Hamas said: "Palestinian blood is not for Forfaiting."

Security sources yesterday said that as long as still there would continue extensive air strikes rocket attacks from Gaza, Israel.

Security sources while also wants the Hamas Government in the Strip to the situation to calm down means, continue to the military wing rocket attacks from their own people and other groups to enable.

Egyptian of senior officials met over the weekend with senior Israeli and Hamas figures to try to prevent further escalation in the Gaza Strip.

Sources in the Office of the Prime Minister, said that Israel wanted to not escalation, however, that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after his return to Israel Friday from Berlin and the Czech Republic had decided to decided to respond to fire from the Gaza Strip create deterrence.

Netanyahu met over the weekend with Defense Minister Ehud Barak and said defence over the phone with other officials.

Minister of public security Yitzhak Aharonovitch yesterday toured southern communities and has been informed by senior police officers on preparedness in the region. Aharonovitch also visited the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, and told the family of critically injured Daniel Viflic, that he was hoping and praying for his recovery.

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Minister ya'alon: Israel expected UN fully withdraw Goldstone report - HA' Ha'aretz

Israel expected the United Nations to withdraw of a damning report of his behaviour during the Gaza war 2008 and early 2009, Minister of Strategic Affairs Moshe in end Ya'alon said on Sunday.

Yaalon's comments came as Israel's Government has been said, a diplomatic and public relations campaign in the next few days, benefit in their favor, start in the article published by Judge Richard Goldstone in the Washington Post on 1 April of the UN investigation, which he in operation cast lead led.

The possibilities when heard in Jerusalem to try and convince Goldstone of United Nations request, that his article has become an official UN document. In the article, Goldstone said that subsequent investigations of Israel more than 400 cases in which soldiers had suspected deliberately targeting Palestinian civilians led him to the conclusion that there no such deliberate attacks on civilians. "If I had then known what I know now," the South African lawyer wrote "The Goldstone report would have been a different document.",

During a briefing said for foreign journalists ya'alon Sunday that Israel are expected that the United Nations to fully withdraw its report on alleged atrocities committed by the Israeli army during the Gaza.

"We hope that Goldstone you will send a letter to the UN Secretary General and the accusations deletes leveled against Israel in his distorted report" Ya'alon said.

For his part, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said yesterday, that "Israel force Goldstone before international forums, in particular with the United Nations must appear."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was even more ambitious in demand that the entire report annulled that something, which is very unlikely. Netanyahu assigned to national security adviser Yaakov Amidror, a joint team of employees of the justice, foreign policy and defence ministries with the formulation of political and legal recommendations according to Goldstone's article set up.

While Netanyahu, said the yesterday's Cabinet meeting that "We will try, some of the damage to undo" and it was his goal "cancelled the report see."

But sources said the Foreign Ministry, in the best circumstances, possible for the UN General Assembly to conclude it could be, that a previous resolution passed a year ago, which fully accepted the Goldstone report adopt a new resolution, is no longer valid.

"In the current international realities, in the light of Israel's standing and the deadlock in the peace process, it is difficult to imagine that such a scenario repeating," a source in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, commenting on the previous instance in a UN resolution income - 1991, with the withdrawal of the infamous 1975 General Assembly resolution 3379, which equated Zionism with racism.

In the meantime, Goldstone's was criticized article in the Washington Post of the Palestinian Authority and Hamas.

Nabil Abu Rudeina, spokesman for Palestinian Authority of President Mahmoud Abbas, declaration one that the change in the attitude does not change the fact that Israel massacred civilians in the Gaza Strip the Goldstone and some 1500 Palestinians killed. And in an interview with the Palestinian daily Al-Ayam said Fatah figure Nabil Sha Shaath, Goldstone probably pressure in writing his play was had. Members of the Hamas leadership made similar remarks.

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