Head of UN probe into Gaza clashes vows to keep an ‘open mind’

The head of the UN Human Rights Council’s probe into the months-long clashes at the Gaza border vows to approach the topic fairly and without bias.

“As Chair of the Commission of Inquiry for Gaza and East Jerusalem I can assure all parties and constituents that the Commission will conduct its investigation fairly and with an open mind with no preconceived positions or perspectives,” David Crane tells Times of Israel in an email.

Currently a professor at Syracuse University College of Law, Crane was appointed last week to preside over the three-member “Commission of Inquiry on the 2018 protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.”

The other members are Sara Hossain, a Bangladeshi lawyer educated in the UK, and Kaari Betty Murungi, a lawyer and human rights activist from Kenya.

— Raphael Ahren