Time and again this 'people's hero' has aggressively berated the Jewish Nation for defending herself, while all along ignoring the terrorism emanating from the arabs; which results in such mishaps as accidents caused by military actions. A classic example is accidentally hitting a residential neighborhood next to where the qassams are sent from, and yet not a word about the proximity of the launch sites! Why? What is that?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1957644.stm

The biggest fear Israel has today is that the world will be able to see the totality of the crimes that Israel has perpetrated upon the Palestinians civilians whose lands it occupies. Sure the Israelis will accept responsibility for individual crimes when they have no other recourse and cannot hide their actions, but their biggest fear is the world’s representative actually seeing the scope of Israeli crimes against humanity. Israel's occupations of the Palestinian homeland is nothing short of criminal, and must be exposed and addressed by the world community regardless of Israel's attempts to hide their actions by denying UN inspections, so I applaud Tutu for bypassing Israeli attempts to prevent his visit.

There is PLENTY work for Tutu in South Africa .

tutu ! you'd better invesigate the RACISTS crimes in your country south africa ! in 3 days some 60 mozambicans workers in cap town have been murdered in pogroms instigated by YOUR people: black south africans. this is a shame! these mozambicans are real victims! they came in south africa only to work. they didn't launch any rockets on south african people, and the mobs who killed them didn't do that by mistake: they really wanted to kill them! but you prefer "investigate" in gaza about terrorists who use civilians areas to launch rockets on israeli civilians ! loooooooolllllll !

when the Mercaz Harav Yeshiva boys were massacred in March 2008? Why didn't you investigate the death of those 8 innocent boys? You were probably too busy distributing candies.

I am sick and tired of these South African media role models. South Africa is now a mess. It is a country where refugees are lynched. They have nothing to teach anybody.

So, why bother with Rev. Tutu.He will come look around,survey,and write his report to whoever recieves it.After that, the US will intervene using its godly vito and the dust will settle down until some thing pops up again and again is what we have to wait for...

One would think now, of all times, with the xenophobic violence and disorder going on in South Africa, Tutu would feel duty-bound to stay home and sort out the mess there.

That is the only reason that the IDF doesn't want a public enquiry. Soldiers were obeying orders, the silence has been broken by a few honest IDF reservists. Israel's policy is to intimidate and frighten the Palestinians into submission. That is why Tutu is banned; to prevent the truth becoming too well known.

Sorry my mate , there is nothing for Tutu to do in South Africa. These refugees over stayed their welcome , so they need to go back to their countries. And by the way I don't know where you got the figure 100 000 from. And I wonder why the Jewish DEMOCRACY don't want to grant the visas. And by the way its only 15 000 people that needs to go back. Remember I'm in SA .

There is nothing for this UN committee to investigate. Israel accpeted responsibility for the mishap and even offered compensation to the victims. (Just as an aside this mishap would not have happened if Hamas stopped it's indicriminate shelling of Israeli civilian centres and using as it's firing bases civilian centres in Gaza) Tutu is here for one purp[ose only....to besmirch Israel. I say Israel should permanently ban this man from Israel.

Regardless,of whether you like it or not,Israel is a "sovereign" nation that has every right to refuse entry to anyone they deem as hostile, or a security threat. In the case of Mr.Tutu, Israel is certainly well within their rights as he has a well known history of incendiary rhetoric against Israel, has made scandalous antisemitic remarks, and has called for an economic boycott against Israel. Strange,how you everytime you post in here,you constantly attack Israel in the most strong,harshest of terms for alleged Israeli crimes against Palestinian civilians, yet you never seem to utter a word of complaint against Palestinians for their massive crimes against Israelis. Crimes like blowing up pizza and icecream parlors full of Jewish families,or schoolbuses full of Israeli children,or bashing in the heads of little Jewish girls on rocks until they bleed to death,crimes very simliar to the atrocities German Nazi soldiers with names probably not alot different than your's committed against Jewish babies not even a century ago.

If it is already known that the bombing was deliberate, what's the point of Tutu's investigation one and a half years later? Isn't there some other business requring his urgent and undivided attention?

This is a team of anti Semites looking to stir up anti Semitic hatred of Jews to get Jews killed. If a man comes to kill you kill him first. Israel should kill every member of this UN team.

No, we don't want their blood on our hands. But the Egyptians might. They have been known to shoot Africans trying to sneak into Israel.

This is the fundamental problem. The UN appeases more war crimes by the Arab/Islamic world and balances this with fabricating stories about Israel. They blame the victim for the crimes of the agressor. Now, Israel isnt perfect, no one is, but you have to at least hold the Arabs/Muslims to the same standards as the rest of the world and stop holding Israel to higher ones. As it is, its perfectly legal, though regretable, for civilians to due, during military operations. I like the fact that almost no news agencies covered the story about the Arab boy who was shot by other Arabs and couldnt possibly been by the IDF. The French made up the story. Its good to see at least their higher court is doing the right thing. Too bad the UN and press doesnt.

Look at the purple in Archbishop Tutu's garment. If he read his bible, he would not wear purple. The Great Harlot religion in Revelation wears red and PURPLE and she has harlot daughters (Sunday Protestant churches). A harlot in the Bible signifies false religion, but that does not stop Desmond Tutu from wearing PURPLE. The mother and daughter harlots are described as being drunk with the blood of the saints (Saturday Sabbath people). Why doesn't Desmond Tutu clean up the murders and rapes of South Africa, which under Black rule Johannesburg has become the child rape capital of he world. He attacks soldiers for doing their duty instead of murderers and rapists in his own back yard because he has so little influence in South Africa. God will judge South Africa and God will have no pity or mercy toward the tears of the murderers and rapists of Whites and Blacks and children there. God probably will have no mercy for Desmond Tutu, either, since he belongs to a harlot religion with a false sabbath. If he loved his savior, he would obey the commandments of God, not the commandments of men. "Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrine the commandments of men", Christ asked in Mark 7:7. Go home and clean up your own back yard. It is pretty filthy.

Cape Town 2006 "Tutu...emerges from his office to collect Obama wearing sweatpants, a sweater, and a jaunty black leather newsboy cap...After the two men banter about golf... [Tutu] cuts to the chase. "You're born to be a credible presidential candidate," he says, grinning."Now, don't get me into trouble," Obama replies, laying his hand companionably on the shorter, stouter man's back. "He's shy," Tutu says." http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/afiataah/CXmc

See this short video of UN Watch board member Irwin Cotler at UN Rights Council explaining why he turned down Tutu's invitation to participate in this anti-Israel fact-finding mission: http://youtube.com/watch?v=RvpJGtjtpTw Or read about it here: http://www.unwatch.org/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=bdKKISNqEmG&b=1316871&ct=3962703

also worse than that Bahaii community in Islamic Republic, Ahmadieh in Pakistan, Coptics in Egypt, Zoroasterians also in Islamic Republic, Assyrians in Iraq, Hindus in Bangeladesh, and... I know Israel is not a perfect country, but Mr. Tutu is comfortable from all over the world, including his supporters, only and only they want to take care of the only problem in this world, and fight back with "aparthide jews", and they want every body thinks they are "progressives" and not anti-semites. very tough task in the world of internet.

When it comes to the mass murders committed by his best friend and acknowledged colleague Robert Mugabe. Seems Tutu condones terrorism in all its forms, colours, and governmental involvement.

An anti-Semite who has already written his 'conclusion' before even stepping into gaza. Thanks

about racial tension in south africa, and mr tutu wants to solve the middle east problem?http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1211872829341&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull