WASHINGTON - The United Nations Security Council will meet to discuss a request for an emergency session on the Goldstone Commission report.
The meeting next Wednesday comes at the request of Libya, the lone Arab member of the 15-nation council, according to reports.

The Palestinian UN mission expressed its support for Libya’s request.

Last week, the Palestinians asked to postpone a vote on a resolution to refer the report to the UN General Assembly. The move stirred protests by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah Party and Hamas.

The report, written by a council of legal experts led by South African jurist Richard Goldstone, accuses Israel and Hamas of committing war crimes during Israel’s military operation in Gaza last December and January.

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