Israel reacted positively to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s response to a report submitted earlier this week that accounts for the IDF’s actions during last year’s Gaza War, the Jerusalem Post reports.
“Israel is satisfied that the secretary general of the United Nations accurately reflected the Israeli document submitted this week,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Friday’s reaction comes despite Ban’s conclusion that he could not ultimately determine whether Israel and the Palestinians had met U.N. demands to carry out “independent and reliable investigations.”
In a 46-page paper released last Friday, Israel defended its Cast Lead investigations into war crimes charges that were submitted to the U.N. Human Rights Commission by retired South African justice Richard Goldstone.
“This report stresses that the IDF is like no other army, both from a moral standpoint as well as from a professional standpoint,” said Defense Minister Ehud Barak.
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