The United Nations General Assembly voted on Thursday to adopt the findings of the Goldstone report on Israel's counter-terror Operation Cast Lead and send it to the Security Council for debate. The report recommends that Israel - and to a lesser extent Hamas - be tried for war crimes in connection with the campaign. The resolution called on both sides to carry out investigations of abuses.
The majority bloc of Arab and Non-Aligned Movement countries in the 192-nation assembly provided the 114-18 votes with 44 countries - mostly from Europe - abstaining.