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UNHRC will meet on Goldstone this week
From Reuters:The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold an extraordinary meeting this week on the occupied Palestinian territories, providing another chance for Israel's critics to discuss a Gaza war crimes report."The holding of the special session is at the request of Palestine," the United Nations said in a statement circulated on Tuesday in Geneva, where the 47-member body is based.AP helpfully adds:It will be the sixth time that Israel has been the subject of a special session by the Geneva-based
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