>> well, first of all, navi pillay doesn't say that. she says she's concerned that that may be the case. secondly, again, i think navi pillay is well advised to be careful with what she says, she ris ris risks embarrassing herself more than last time. experience shows us that as time goes by we discover more and mover the numbers are such that armed terrorists from hamas and the islamic jihad or those killed. let's not pretend that civilians are not being killed. there are civilians who are being killed, and that's the tragedy of what is going on. that's the great horror of what hamas has brought down on both sides of the conflingt, that is -- conflict. that's why we didn't want to be in the conflict in the first place. >> john kerry says progress is being made. what is your assessment as to how far away we are from that? >> i think the ball lies in hamas's court. we have accepted three ceasefires and implemented them all. this is what it's about. the conversation is about how do we find a formula that guarantees israel that our civilia

high commissioner for human rights, navi pillay. a demonstration in support of gaza has been taking place in paris this evening. the authorities authorized this demonstration after banning others, one of which went ahead anyway and descended into violence. a number of jewish-owned businesses were attacked and a number of people were arrested. in the heart of paris, joining us now, tell us where you are. what's the latest around you right now? here in the square just by the french parliament. barricaded.ve been buoyant.has been very not upbeat but positive, saying we must free palestine. slogans have included stop israel, stop the blockade, let's do everything we can to stop the aggression we are seeing in the gaza strip and israel. france'se slogans is -- added to those slogans is france is complicit, hollande has blood on his hands. that is something the prime minister has rejected. he has said france is the first country to say there must be a cease-fire now, palestine must be a free and viable state. is inmosphere here dramatic c

human rights commissioner navi pillay said israel's action in gaza could amount to war crimes. she said the disregard for the right to life is shockingly evident and the apparent targeting of children playing on a gaza beach. >> of 147 children have been killed in gaza over the past 16 days, they had a right to life just like children in any other country. these killings raise concerns about the specter of the principles of distinction, proportionality and precautions in attack. israeli children and their parents and other civilians also have a right to live without the constant fear that a rocket fired from gaza may land on their homes or their schools, killing or injuring them. >> well, the head of the united nations children's organization unicef in gaza has told the bbc that the children in the territory are being killed at a rate of more than one an hour. since sunday, 69 children have now been killed. well, the unicef special representative for palestine is june kanugi and joins us now via skype from jerusalem. thanks very much indeed for joining us. what numbers do you h

navi pillay condemned rocket attacks by hamas. >>> and we look at what is happening in business. and, marion, another food scare in china. >> fast food chains are on every high street and wall, but how fresh is the food we're eating. a new scandal in china over a firm accused of selling expired meat to some of the world's biggest brands like mcdonald's and kfc. we'll take a closer look later in the program. >>> it is midday here in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington, and 1:00 p.m. in the dutch city of eindhoven. that's where the planes carrying the bodies from the malaysia airlines disaster are expected to arrive. we think in the next few hours or so. a moment of silence was observed at kharkiv airport in eastern ukraine before the coffins were loaded on board. the investigation into who shot down flight mh-17 killing all 298 people on board is continuing at the crash site. u.s. intelligence officials say the airline wear was probably targeted by mistake by separati separatists. back in the nernllatherlands, a national day of mourning is being held. now we go to anita mcveigh. anita

the united nations high commissioner for human rights navi pillay said israel may have committed war crimes in its attacks on civilians in gaza. she also renewed calls for israel to lift the gaza blockade after secretary of state john kerry left israel wednesday after holding talks on a cease-fire. for more, we go to gaza, where we are joined by sharif abdel kouddous. can you tell us the latest? i am just coming from the south of gaza from khan younis where people are talking of a brutal assault on the southeastern part of khan younis. they say it was worse than the attack on sunday, the bloodiest day of the conflict. they say the attacks began tuesday night, the israeli with heavyving in, s, and drone16' attacks. i spoke to some people who tried to leave yesterday morning and they found israeli tanks blocking the streets. one group said that they started firing on them. they had to leave back to their homes. they spent a harrowing 24 hours going from house to house. they said each home they went to was shelled. they finally ended up walking out with white flags and hands above their

human rights chief, now the play -- chief, navi pillay, says israel may be committing war crimes in gaza. let's take a listen to what she had to say. on 21st of days ago july, shells hit this hospital, reportedly killing at least three people and wounding dozens .f others, including doctors these are just a few instances where there seems to be a strong possibility that international humanitarian law has been violated in a manner that could amount to war crimes. these incidents must be properly and independently investigated. >> those comments were made at an emergency debate at the u.n. human rights council in geneva. let's cross to our correspondent. tell us a little bit about the revolution that is being voted on. has the vote been carried out? >> no. they are continuing to speak on the topic. more than 30 countries have spoken. the draft resolution sponsored by the arab group and the organization of islamic states in an unaligned movement is condemning israeli actions in the gaza strip and the rest of the occupied territories. the israeli desert -- delegation said it is a one-sided r

talking about human rights, navi pillay said what israel is doing may amount to war crimes, now the human rights watch is organising a commission of inquiry. to your mind, what kind of thing should they look at. >> what they should look at is whether there is compliance with international laws. that's international law and international humanitarian law. what that means is where there is is conflict, both sides have to make a distinction between combat and noncombatants, and what they have to do is protect the civilian population. that would apply to israel. israel would be under a duty to protect the civilian population not only of israel, but also the population within the territory. >> if the prosecution finds war crimes have been committed. where can it go. surely not to the international criminal court, because the u.s. would never sanction charges against israel. >> yes, it's obviously an interesting question as to what teeth does the human rites council have. there was a report in 2009 by judge goldstone, unfortunately that report and conflict was shelved. although the recommendati

number of civilian deaths in gaza and questioning the legality of israel's actions high commissioner navi pillay said that the country could be violating international law as it pushes on with its military operation people across the globe are also voicing their outrage over the strikes. this is washington where a crowd converged on the israeli embassy calling for an end to the assault and it labeling israeli leaders terrorists thousands of protesters took to the streets in central berlin on saturday to demand an end to the attacks on gaza in cairo police used tear gas to disperse a gaza solidarity protest on friday while around one hundred demonstrators gathered in paris singing at the answer and demanding an end to what they described as a massacre. came. from gaza university believes israel is capable of hitting militant targets without putting civilians under threat because it is a very small territory and it is very much packed with one point eight million palestinians but even in spite of that if these rain is wanted to hit and minutes of those who are responsible for the launching of rock

deeply worried over the rives of civilian casualties in gaza especially children high commissioner navi pillay is calling for an investigation into the airstrikes adding that the attacks could violate international law bill van as well from the human rights watch thinks the attacks could amount to war crimes. the civilian suffering is not getting enough attention it's not getting enough attention from the israeli forces who are conducting those air strikes naval strikes tank shelling and other forms of attack under the laws of war which bind israel as they bind any military force you cannot shoot first and ask questions later you have got to make sure that what you're shooting at is a legitimate target and if there's any doubt in your mind whether it might be civilian you have to hold fire and i'm very concerned that we are not seeing that we may be seeing the opposite we've seen virtually no accountability for the very well documented past cases of abuse of violations and even war crimes and without accountability and with impunity then abuses will obviously continue you leaking your enemy by

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galaxy here as high commissioner navy pillay statement noting civilian casualties among the palestinians enter concerns about whether israel is violating international law the gaza offensive has triggered public outrage around the world this is washington where a crowd converged on the israeli embassy referring to the assault and calling israeli leader of terrorist in cairo police used tear gas to disperse in gaza solidarity protest on friday egypt's foreign ministry condemning the israeli air strikes but many egyptians don't think the statement goes far enough about one hundred demonstrators also gathered in paris announcing the gaza offensive and demanding an end to what they describe as a massacre palestinian researcher bill van asphalt for human rights watch and israel could be violating the laws of. the civilian suffering is not getting enough attention it's not getting enough attention from the israeli forces who are conducting those airstrikes naval strikes tank shelling and other forms of attack under the laws of war which bind israel as they bind any military force you cannot sh

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worried apparently by israel's attacks on gaza is raising the question of illegality i commissioner navi pillay said civilian casualties are raising big concerns over israel violating international law she went on to say the goals are offensive has triggered public outrage as well around the world let's get some of those comments this is what's happening in washington's what's been happening to demonstrators angry about it crowd converging on the israeli embassy there for an end to the assault and calling israeli leaders terrorists picture in cairo now police used tear gas there to disperse a gaza solidarity protest on friday egypt's foreign ministry condemned the israeli air strikes but many egyptians didn't think that statement went far enough around one hundred demonstrators in paris denouncing the carson offensive to mark the end to what they describe the massacre. of bush. from garza's university believes israel is capable of hitting militant targets without putting civilians under threat. is a very small territory and it is very much packed with one point eight million palestinians but ev

she strongly condemns israel's continuous power bar bent of palestinian territories the same time navi pillay also criticized hamas for indiscriminate firing at israel the statement came as she opened an emergency meeting of the human rights council in geneva on the deteriorating situation in gaza by continuing to document several other cases in which family there's intense israel destroyed with the reported loss of civilian life and limb unary indications suggest not even a single member of an armed group was this seems to be a strong possibility that international humanitarian humanitarian law has been violated in a manner that could amount to look right. well the u.n. has released a staggering report saying that over the past two days one palestinian child has been killed every hour or an all about seventy five percent of all the deaths in gaza are civilians that's according to estimates so far at least six hundred fifty palestinians have been killed and twenty nine israelis have also lost their lives. and i know. if i could talk a little. bit . i. mean while a norwegian doctor volunteerin

at the same time navi pillay also condemned hamas for indiscriminately firing at israel meantime the un's released a shocking report saying over the past two days one palestinian child has been killed each and every hour or so estimated seventy five percent of all deaths in gaza have been civilian and the death toll now stands at more than six hundred forty souls and as harry fear reports next for those trying to save lives in the war zone they're exposed to the very same dangers as the locals to. with israel's navy to the west tanks and ground troops to the north east and south and it's modern air force all the while overhead there is no shortage of extreme risks for gaza's paramedics and out of first responders the palestinian red crescent ambulances haven't reach some affected areas leaving civilians distraught but entering such areas can be deadly for paramedics ambulances have come under fire in this recent escalation one medic has already died and it's happened before a paramedic died in the two thousand and twelve war more than a dozen others died in the two thousand and eight

about israel's attacks on gaza and is raising questions of their legality here is commissioner navi pillay statement noting the civilian casualties among the palestinians that are concerns about whether israel is violating international law the gaza offensive also triggered public outrage in other places around the world this is washington where crowd converged on israel's n.b.c. for an end to the assault i'm calling israeli leaders terrorists in cairo police used tear gas to disperse a gaza solidarity protest friday and ships foreign ministry condemned the israeli air strikes but many egyptians don't think the statement goes far enough one hundred demonstrators gathered in paris as well denouncing the gaza fence have been demanding an end to what they call a massacre how senior researcher bill van as well from human rights watch thinks israel is violating the law as. the civilian suffering is not getting enough attention it's not getting enough attention from the israeli forces who are conducting those airstrikes naval strikes tank shelling and other forms of attack under the laws of war

i think that navi pillay and the human rights commission should tread carefully here they risk embarrassing themselves more than they did last time when following the goldstone report judge goldstone who headed up that investigation eventually had to apologize and. say that the entire investigation was a fast but you know it was fascinating to hear the words of the palestinian ambassador and i heard yesterday in another interview similar words coming from a member of the palestinian authority it's interesting they don't mention the word israel and they say that all timothy's should be investigated and i agree and i'll tell you what we're going to discover we're going to discover that israel has taken unprecedented steps in a very difficult circumstance to minimize and to avoid civilian casualties and we're going to discover that hamas evil machine with a killer strategy. and is perpetrating war crime of the war crime of the war crime and that's what we're going to discover you say that israel is doing all it can to minimize civilian casualties are you doing enough for boys killed on a beach

worried by israel's attacks on gaza is raising the question of the legality indeed i commissioner navi pillay said civilian casualties are raising concerns over israel violating international law the guards are offensive results are triggered outrage ship publicly around the world let's look at those some pictures see what people have been doing and how they've been damaged by this is washington for a crowd converged on the israeli embassy for an end to the assault and calling israeli leaders terrorists pictures now from cairo next their police used tear gas to disperse the garza solidarity protests friday egypt's foreign ministry condemned the israeli airstrike but many egyptians don't think that statement went far enough they say also around one hundred demonstrators gathered here in paris denouncing. the development of what they describe as a massacre. from gaza has that university believes israel is capable of hitting militant targets without putting civilians on the threat. is a very small territory and it is very much parked. with one point eight million palestinians but even in spite o

. >> and navi pillay, what do we know about this school? because the images are unbearable. the whole world has been watching images of children dying, parents losing their kids, loved ones convulsed in grief. so we're all watching the video, do we know what happened at the school that was supposed to be a shelter? do we have anymore clarity? >> they alerted israel to the effect that the displaced persons have taken shelter in the schools. when they were asked to leave their homes by israeli staff, they moved into the schools. so israel was aware of this. and so therefore, it is absolutely unacceptable that these refugee areas were fired upon deliberately. now, the death toll has gone up to 789. particularly shocking to me and it should shock the conscience of all of us is that 185 children were killed so far. this number has increased because of the school bombing, because that is where the children were. three u.n. aid workers have been killed. these are really shocking incidents. what i'm saying is that this is why its important for an independent council to establish, to

navi pillay, the u.n.igh commissioner for human rights, said snowden had exposed violations and sparked a global debate about privacy. >> those who disclose human right violations should be protected, and we need them. i see some of this here in the case of edward snowden because his revelations go to the core of what we are saying about the need for transparency, ofsultation multi-stakeholders. we do owe it to him for drawing our attention to this issue. >> pillay added that in light of snowden's disclosure of u.s. spying on the un, she can't be sure that she is not the target of surveillance. snowden recently applied to extend his one-year asylum in russia, which expires at the end of the month. on wednesday, russia said it expects to grant snowden's request within a week. click -- the top lawyer at general motors faced a grilling before a senate committee over the company's failure to address an ignition switch defect for more than a decade. the defect, which prompted the recall of millions of cars, has

earlier today, the un's top human rights official, navi pillay, said at least 1,129 people have beenled over 3,400 wounded since mid-april. over 200,000 have also been displaced. a spokesperson for pillay said the downing of malaysian airlines flight 17 may amount to a war crime, and warned of increasing abuses in rebel-held areas.play sot >> there has been a serious deterioration of the situation in areas of control by the armed groups. colluding abductions, detentions, torture, executions, used to intimidate the population. which is often trapped in this pocket of territories in the region. >> the ukrainian and u.s. government says that plane was shot down with russian missiles supplied to the rebels, a claim that the rebels have denied. the state department has released satellite imagery that they say proves russia has fired into eastern ukraine and moved heavy artillery across the border. state department spokesperson marie harf said russia is escalating military aid to the rebels. >> new evidence that they plan to deliver heavier and more powerful rocket launchers to the separat

high commissioner for human rights navi pillay held both sides responsible for the rapidly rising deathl. >> i unequivocally reiterate to all actors in this conflict that civilians must not be targeted. not abiding by these principles may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. >> ifill: israeli justice minister tzipi livni answered the allegation with two words on her facebook page, "get lost." late today, hamas leader khaled meshaal called for the world to force an end to the israeli offensive, and to the economic blockade of gaza. pernille ironside, of the u.n. children's agency unicef, has been on the ground in gaza since the conflict began. i spoke with her via skype earlier today. pernille ironside, as you travel around in gaza, tell us, what are you seeing? >> well, the conflict has been getting steadily worse by the day, and we're now into our 15th day here, and with each one the civilian casualty rate has only mounted. amongst those, children are bearing the greatest brunt of this terrible conflict at the moment. there's over 168 children who have died already and we'

human rights commissioner navi pillay accused both israel and hamas of committing war crimes, but reserved her harshest words for israel. >> the shelling of houses directly means a violation of israel's obligation to protect the right to housing, right to food, right to clean water of gazans, even as, under its obligation as an occupying force. and therefore i would say that they appear to be defying, deliberate defiance of obligations that international law imposes on israel. >> woodruff: meanwhile in washington, the white house press secretary, while defending israel, said it needs to do more to protect civilians. >> but the shelling of a u.n. facility that is housing innocent civilians who are fleeing violence is totally unacceptable. and totally indefensible. >> woodruff: but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu brushed aside such comments after a security cabinet meeting. >> ( translated ): so far we neutralized scores of terror tunnels and we are determined to complete this mission with or without a cease-fire. therefore, i won't agree to any proposal that will not enable the is

human rights chief not the delay -- the human pillay --ef navi all 298 people on board, most of them dutch, died. in the meantime, a you then -- a ukraine security spokesman says crashed due to a large explosion and loss of pressure after being punctured multiple times by shrapnel. the black boxes have been sent to experts in britain for examination. explosions close to the crash site, they have had to turn back rebels are aware there are reports that ukrainian troops are in the area speaking to seek -- seeking to you secure the site. >> a tragedy that could amount to war crimes. nations condemned the shooting down of malaysian airlines flight mh17 over eastern ukraine, which killed 490 people on board. ukraine and western governments believe moscow insurgents attacked the passenger jet using a surface-to-air missile system. on sunday, washington released satellite images claiming to show rockets and weapons fired from russia and ukraine. haves refuted by moscow called for a partial inquiry into mh17's tragic downing. >> i have already commented on the images. it took 10 days for the