India, Aug. 8 -- The UN's top human rights official has insisted that the Israeli Government must not pursue a complete takeover of the Gaza Strip.
"A complete military takeover of the occupied Gaza Strip must be immediately halted," insisted Volker Turk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, after the Israeli security cabinet approved a plan for a full-scale Israeli military takeover in the battered enclave.
Turk pointed out that the development runs contrary to international law, referring to a ruling of the International Court of Justice that Israel must end its occupation and achieve a two-State solution giving Palestinians the right to self-determination. Any further escalation of the conflict between Hamas and Israel that has devas...