All EU countries abstain in a UN resolution condemning Israeli "massive human rights violations"

galway | anti-war / imperialism | other press Monday January 12, 2009 17:59 by TD - Free Palestine Campaign

Canada voted against the resolution

Al Jazeera is reporting that: A resolution condemning Israel's military offensive in Gaza has been adopted by the UN Human Rights Council.
The non-binding resolution said the assault, which has now entered its third week and killed more than 900 Palestinians, had "resulted in massive violations of human rights of the Palestinian people".Fewer states than expected supported Monday's resolution, which passed by 33 votes to one, with 13 abstentions.The UN rights body, meeting in Geneva, accused Israel of systematically destroying the Palestinian infrastructure and of targeting civilians as well as medical facilities.

Al Jazeera is also reporting that true to despicable form: All European Union countries abstained and Canada voted against the resolution - this at a time, when Al-Haq, the independent Palestinian human rights group is reporting that 80 per cent of the Palestinians butchered so far are civilians.