UN Human Rights Chief: Gaza is a 'Toxic Slum'

The United Nations human rights chief has slammed Israel for the systemic deprivation of Palestinian human rights.  Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein said Friday at a special session of the U.N. Human Rights Council to discuss "the deteriorating situation in the occupied Palestinian territories" that 1.9 million people in Gaza are "caged in a toxic slum from birth to death."  The special session could establish a commission of inquiry into the violence along the...

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