William Schabas, former head of a UN commission established to investigate whether war crimes were conducted in the war between Israel and Hamas over the summer, speaks to Channel 2 about the upcoming report. Schabas was interviewed even though he stepped down as head of the commission after it was revealed that he had once worked for the PLO.
“When it suits Israel, it cooperates with the commission of inquiry, but in the case of the commission of inquiry set up by the Human Rights Council, it hasn’t cooperated and I think that’s unfortunate,” Schabas tells Channel 2.
“I think it’s not in Israel’s best interests to boycott the commission of inquiry. It’s not a question of an alternative, it should be both. It should cooperate with the international commission of inquiry and it should also conduct the investigation itself.
“It would actually be a very unusual war if only one side had committed violations of the laws of war and the other side behaved perfectly. That would be an unusual situation and an unusual conclusion,” he adds. The greater likelihood is that both sides actually violated the laws of war during the conflict, Schabas says.
— Marissa Newman
William Schabas (YouTube screenshot)
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