MK Jelin: Gaza Strip is a 'ticking time bomb'
Yesh Atid Knesset member Haim Jelin argues that following Operation Protective Edge, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should have been part of a regional diplomatic initiative fighting radical Islam.
“I looked Schabas right in the eyes throughout my entire testimony, and he kept trying to get me to look somewhere else. I felt as if he was embarrassed. At one point he looked like he was in utter shock. It was when I started to cry while talking about my wounded son and about my friends, who were killed. He didn’t ask me a single question. When I finished my testimony, he just shook my hand and said, 'Thank you.'"
In an interview with Al-Monitor just a few days before the United Nations releases its report on Operation Protective Edge, Knesset member Haim Jelin of the Yesh Atid Party re-created his testimony to the UN’s Official Committee of Investigation. Professor William Schabas headed the committee, which began its work in July 2014. Some six months later, on Feb. 3, however, Schabas was forced to resign due to claims that he had ties to the Palestinian Authority. The committee is expected to release its findings June 22. Israel is already claiming that these findings will be one-sided and that they will portray Israel Defense Forces soldiers as war criminals.
