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On June 2, the UN Human Rights Council passed a resolution (32 - 3 with nine abstentions, including Britain, France, Japan and South Korea) calling for an independent fact-finding mission into Israel's Flotilla attack, similar to the one leading to the Goldstone Commission.
Sponsored by Arab states, it harshly condemned Israel "in the strongest terms" for violating international law at sea, also calling on Tel Aviv to lift the Gaza blockade and supply immediate humanitarian aid in the form of food, medicines, fuel, and other essentials.
Other human rights organizations voiced support:
-- Amnesty International (AI) wants "an independent inquiry into the incident;"
-- Human Rights Watch calls for "A prompt, credible, and impartial investigation....to determine whether the lethal force used by Israeli commandos was necessary to protect lives and whether it could have been avoided;" and
-- a coalition of 30 human rights organizations demands an "end to impunity....following Israel('s Flotilla) attack," saying:
"We, the undersigned organisations (sic)....are shocked by Israel's killing and injury of civilians carrying humanitarian supplies to Gaza, (and) call on the international community to immediately take all appropriate measures in response to this unacceptable violence."
"This tragedy is the result of the prolonged impunity granted to Israel by the international community, despite Israel's documented, persistent disregard for international and humanitarian law in (Occupied Palestine) and its violation of fundamental human rights, including the right to life."
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