{"id":204964,"date":"2015-02-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=204964"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:52:40","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:52:40","slug":"auto-insert-204964","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-204964\/","title":{"rendered":"US continues to oppose Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Commission of Inquiry on Gaza Conflict – USDoS press briefing\/Non-Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ document (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jen Psaki<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Spokesperson
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Washington, DC<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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February 3, 2015<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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INDEX FOR TODAY'S BRIEFING<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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MIDDLE EAST PEACE<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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TRANSCRIPT:<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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1:07 p.m. EST<\/p><\/div>\n

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QUESTION:<\/strong> Palestinian occupied territories.<\/p><\/div>\n

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MS. PSAKI:<\/strong> Sure.<\/p><\/div>\n

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QUESTION:<\/strong> The Israelis withheld again another $100 million of tax – Palestinian tax money. I wonder if you have spoken with them or have you spoken with the Palestinians on this issue on how to release the cash (inaudible)?<\/p><\/div>\n

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MS. PSAKI:<\/strong> We have an ongoing discussion with both the Israelis and the Palestinians. I don’t have any confirmation of what you just stated, but I’m happy to talk to our team about it.<\/p><\/div>\n

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QUESTION:<\/strong> Just a quick follow-up on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA situation. Now, back on October 12th, the donors agreed to give $5.4 billion on that day, including Qatar and all the donors that were there, including the United States. But Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA said thus far they have not received any of the promise or pledged money. Do you have any comment on that?<\/p><\/div>\n

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MS. PSAKI:<\/strong> Well, the United States has certainly delivered on our commitments —<\/p><\/div>\n

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QUESTION:<\/strong> Right, right. You did.<\/p><\/div>\n

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MS. PSAKI:<\/strong> — and we encouraged every country to deliver on their commitments as well.<\/p><\/div>\n

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QUESTION:<\/strong> Jen, last night the head of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ committee investigating the Gaza flotilla – or, no, sorry – is it the flotilla —<\/p><\/div>\n

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MS. PSAKI:<\/strong> No, Gaza conflict – yes.<\/p><\/div>\n

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QUESTION:<\/strong> — no, Gaza conflict – resigned and Prime Minister Netanyahu said this morning that that resignation should herald the dismantlement of this investigation. Do you agree with that?<\/p><\/div>\n

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MS. PSAKI:<\/strong> Well, we oppose the creation of the commission of inquiry in the first place. So we remain concerned. Given the one-sided nature of the resolution that created the commission of inquiry and the history of the HRC stance on Israel, we still don’t believe that such a mechanism as the commission of inquiry contributes to the shared goal and priority of reaching a sustainable and durable agreement. That has long been – has been consistently our view.<\/p><\/div>\n

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QUESTION:<\/strong> Okay. But I mean, he says that it should be dismantled and gotten rid of completely. Do you agree with that or do you just think that it’s not worthwhile pursuing?<\/p><\/div>\n

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MS. PSAKI:<\/strong> We don’t think it’s the appropriate mechanism.<\/p><\/div>\n

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QUESTION:<\/strong> All right.<\/p><\/div>\n

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MS. PSAKI:<\/strong> I haven’t talked to our team about this dismantlement, but we didn’t support its creation anyway.<\/p><\/div>\n

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QUESTION:<\/strong> Fair enough.<\/p><\/div>\n

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MS. PSAKI:<\/strong> So I think it tells you what —<\/p><\/div>\n

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QUESTION:<\/strong><\/span> But on that point, there is a pattern that the Israelis dismiss whatever investigatory effort on their – whatever war that they waged on Gaza or elsewhere. In 2009 they pressured the <\/span>Goldstone Report <\/a>and it was dismissed. In 2002, they disallowed a commission from going into Jenin, where a massacre —<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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MS. PSAKI:<\/strong> Well, I just stated, Said, what the position of the United States is. So that was the question, and that’s what I addressed.<\/p><\/div>\n

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QUESTION:<\/strong> I understand. But why would you oppose – why would the United States oppose a Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ commission that is going impartially to investigate crimes that are likely to have been committed?<\/p><\/div>\n

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MS. PSAKI:<\/strong> Because we have concerns about the anti-Israel bias, which we’ve spoken about in the past. We think there’s a range of mechanisms, and this is not the appropriate one.<\/p><\/div>\n

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QUESTION:<\/strong> But when the Israeli prime minister —<\/p><\/div>\n

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MS. PSAKI:<\/strong> I think I’ve addressed the question, Said.<\/p><\/div>\n

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