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WASHINGTON (AP) - The House on Tuesday condemned a U.N. report that accuses Israeli forces and Palestinian militants of war crimes in Gaza last winter as "irredeemably biased and unworthy of further consideration or legitimacy."
On a 344-36 vote, the House passed a nonbinding resolution that urges President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton "to oppose unequivocally any endorsement" of the report. Twenty-two representatives voted "present."
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said the report is "unfair, unbalanced and inaccurate" in its portrayal of Israel's response to attacks from Hamas, the Islamic militant group that rules Gaza.
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