(Ha'aretz) Shlomo Shamir - Canadian Judge Philippe Kirsch, a former president of the International Criminal Court, will head the committee investigating the Gaza flotilla incident on behalf of the UN Human Rights Council. Kirsch has been involved in international investigations of war crimes and maritime terrorism in the past. The committee will begin its work immediately. The U.S. is opposed to an international probe into the events and had welcomed an Israeli inquiry.
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