The chairman of a United Nations panel investigating possible war crimes in the 50-day Gaza conflict last summer resigned Monday, attributing the decision to Israeli accusations of personal bias that led to a formal inquiry over whether he should be removed.
The decision by the chairman, William Schabas, a Canadian law professor who had pledged to leave his “personal views at the door” when he undertook the Gaza inquiry last August, was conveyed to the United Nations Human Rights Council in a letter of resignation.