Abbas orders probe into Goldstone delay request
By Amira Hass
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has ordered a panel to investigate what led the PA to request the United Nations Human Right Council postpone discussion of the Goldstone report.
Palestinians are furious at the president, who is seen to have issued the instruction to the diplomatic delegation following his meeting Thursday with the United States consul-general.
Abbas - who has been abroad since Friday - his spokespeople, and his aides have cagily denied the claim.
The decision to establish a commission of inquiry was made during a telephone call between Abbas and Yasser Abed Rabbo, who serves as secretary of the Palestine Liberation Organization Executive Committee. Abbas said he also consulted on the matter with Prime Minister Salam Fayyad.
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