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Israel attacks UN “double standards”

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva says the international body is “biased” in the way it views and reports the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. Aharon Leshno-Yaar’s comments come after the UN special rapporteur for human rights in the Palestinian territories accused Israel of committing a “shocking series of atrocities” in the Gaza Strip. WRS’s Pete Forster spoke to Ambassador Leshno-Yaar.

Palestinians in al-Ram in the West Bank on the outskirts of Jerusalem walk in front of tyres set ablaze by Palestinian stone-throwers protesting Israel’s offensive in Gaza. Israel hit the Gaza Strip with more air strikes on Tuesday and said its military action could last weeks, while rockets fired by Islamist Hamas struck deep inside the Jewish state. (REUTERS/Eric Gaillard)