Head of U.N. Gaza probe resigns

"US academic David Crane, head of a United Nations Human Rights council commission to investigate recent violence on the Gaza Strip border, has resigned for 'personal reasons' less than a month after he was appointed, the council said on Wednesday...

He was appointed on July 25 to investigate the recent violence on the Gaza Strip border. The Human Rights Council voted to launch the commission of inquiry on May 18.

Protests and clashes began on the border on March 30 and have continued at varying levels since then...

The Human Rights Council investigation has been criticized for focusing solely on alleged war crimes committed by Israel and ignoring Hamas' war crimes.

US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said that 'At a time when Venezuela lurches toward dictatorship, Iran imprisons thousands of political opponents, and ethnic cleansing has taken place in Burma, the UN's so-called Human Rights Council has decided to launch an investigation into a democratic country's legitimate defense of its own border against terrorist attacks. It is another shameful day for human rights.'..."