U.N. expert: Revamp ‘road map’

March 8, 2006
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Original Source: http://www.jta.org/page_view_breaking_story.asp?intid=1704&ref=daily_briefing

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The U.S.-backed “road map” peace plan is “hopelessly out of date,” a United Nations official said. 
In a 22-page report issued in the lead-up to the annual U.N. Human Rights Commission next week, John Dugard, a South African professor who is harshly critical of Israel, also claimed Jewish settlers “terrorize” Palestinians in the West Bank and that Israel still dominates life in Gaza because it continues targeted killings of Palestinian terrorists, according to media reports. 
“There is a need for a new road map which takes account of present political realities and is anchored in respect for human rights and the rule of law in the resolution of the conflict,” Dugard was reported as saying to Reuters. 
Israel in the past has rejected Dugard’s reports as one-sided, and Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Itzhak Levanon, called his latest claims “misinformed and inaccurate.” 
The report was filed before Hamas swept Palestinian Authority legislative elections in January and does not mention the group or Palestinian violence, reports say.