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 U.N. Reports on Israeli War CrimesPosted on Oct 16, 2009
The U.N. Human Rights Council has finally endorsed a report accusing the Israeli army of war crimes during its siege of the Gaza Strip—an assault that left more than 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis dead. The report will now be voted on by the Security Council. While the vast majority of deaths were caused by the Israeli military, the report also accused Palestinian militants of war crimes, though it’s worth noting that including these two in the same sentence creates the misperception that both sides held equal fault in the matter. —JCL.
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By Virginia777, October 18, 2009 at 4:18 pm Link to this comment
but look, Jean Gerard, how Impossible this situation is. The U.S. can’t even endorse the United Nation’s report.
(is that crazy or what?)
Report thisBy Virginia777, October 18, 2009 at 4:17 pm Link to this comment
Whats too much, Jean Gerard? you are absolutely right!
Report thisBy amunaor, October 17, 2009 at 9:59 am Link to this comment
Whose the BIG, neurotic, bully on the block here; clutching a fist-full of nukes and screaming from the mountain top?
Why is it not so obvious?
Peace, Best Wishes and Hope
Report thisBy Jean Gerard, October 16, 2009 at 4:35 pm Link to this comment
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(TRUTHDIG, DON’T PUBLISH THIS IF YOU THINK IT’S TOO MUCH) Are there 5 people in the so-called “civilized” world who are NOT sick unto death of this endless lop-sided war and its self-destructive hatreds where all that other nations seem able to do is to sell them more weapons to kill each other, and make more or less futile “humanitarian” efforts to send in food to keep the far-more-disadvantaged side alive but do nothing more to help solve the situation amicably for both sides? The fighting is just making it worse! Why not put every possible international effort to finding out how to bring an end to the insanity? What is so impossible? These people are blood brothers—cousins at the very least! It’s not as though they don’t understand each other. Why should one side have enormous weapons and the other side be digging trenches to get food and guns through to its people? Why should one side want to completely squelch the other side before they will quit? How can one very small and limited organization be used as a reason to punish thousands of little kids? It all looks so cowardly and useless! Excuse me for speaking out, but enough is enough, already! —Grandma Moses II
Report thisBy PatrickHenry, October 16, 2009 at 2:30 pm Link to this comment
Obama hasn’t served his first year in office yet, to get into a battle with the rich American zionists would be foolhardy or take alot of balls and risk another Bernie Madoff financial suicide bomber on wall street.
Do the next best thing, abstain.
Report thisBy brewerstroupe, October 16, 2009 at 12:41 pm Link to this comment
The Israeli Government’s attack on the Goldstone Report and its longstanding claim that it was acting in self-defense against Hamas rocket fire is flatly contradicted by evidence provided by the Israeli government itself on its own web site. The web site dramatically shows that Hamas had already effectively stopped rocket fire long before Israeli forces launched their initial attack on Gaza on November 4,
2008.http://mwcnews.net/content/view/33738/26/
*Note the wonderful Rabbinical advice posted at the bottom of the page.
Report thisBy Folktruther, October 16, 2009 at 12:21 pm Link to this comment
Let me echo Ed Harges gladness, an improvement or convention Prog mainstream drivel.
It should be noted as well that Obama voted against this report on war crimes AFTER receiving the Nobel PEACE prize. Looking forward, no doubt, rather than backward.
Report thisBy chrisx, October 16, 2009 at 11:37 am Link to this comment
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The vote breakdown according to Aljazeera.net
For: Argentina, Brazil, China, Russia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Chile, Cuba, Djbouti, Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa and Zambia
Against: US, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Slovakia and Ukraine
Abstentions: Belgium, Bosnia, Burkina-Faso, Cameroon, Gabon, Japan, Mexico, Norway, South Korea, Slovenia and Uruguay
No vote: UK, France, Madagascar, Kyrgyzstan and Angola
As long as the US and Europeans are in power, Israel can sleep well.
Report thisBy Fivish, October 16, 2009 at 9:48 am Link to this comment
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Do they realy think that jihadist terrorists will stop for a moment to reconsider their actions? The very charter of Hamas is a crime against humanity! Will the UN send troups to arrest all of Hamas?
Blame the victim (Israel)is typical of the wrong thinking Loony Left and the Useful Idiots, not to mention self hating Jews (Goldstone)!
The UN and its ‘Human Rights’ council is clearly part of the problem, not the solution to world peace.
Report thisBy Ed Harges, October 16, 2009 at 9:41 am Link to this comment
Dear Truthdig:
I am very glad to see this paragraph included in your summary:
While the vast majority of deaths were caused by the Israeli military, the report
Report thisalso accused Palestinian militants of war crimes, though it’s worth noting that
including these two in the same sentence creates the misperception that both
sides held equal fault in the matter.