Bring Israel to Court!
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Where moral condemnation falls on deaf ears, law must intercede and provide redress for Israeli war crimes, writes Ibrahim Nafie
8-14 March 2007, Issue No. 835
A documentary on Israeli television has disclosed that an Israeli commando unit killed 250 Egyptian prisoners of war (POWs) in cold blood during the 1967 War. The documentary described the war crimes in detail. Needless to say, the perpetrators of such crimes must be brought to justice.
Recently, former Yugoslav president Milosevic underwent an international trial for crimes against humanity. Milosevic had been put on that trial on the behest of the United States. Right now Sudanese officials face charges of war crimes in Darfur despite the paucity of evidence against them. There is no such paucity of evidence in the case against Israeli servicemen who killed Egyptian POWs. And there is no paucity of evidence against Israeli servicemen who still kill Palestinian civilians to this day.
A concerted effort must be taken to prepare a legal case. This should be done in coordination with regional and international organisations. Charges should then go through appropriate legal channels. This effort must stay professional, for this is not the time for sentimentality and one-upmanship.
Arabs Against Discrimination is an organisation that has compiled sufficient evidence in this regard and is willing to cooperate with any Egyptian or Arab authority to bring the case to trial.
Benjamin Ben Eliezer, who commanded the Shaked unit that committed the atrocities, claims that those killed in the 1967 war were Palestinian guerrillas rather than Egyptian soldiers. His statements seem to corroborate the story more than refute it. And this wasn't the first time that Israel killed Egyptian POWs in war. A retired Israeli general by the name of Arieh Biro admits to have perpetrated such crimes in 1956, and so do other Israeli servicemen. The history of the Arab-Israeli conflict is full of such atrocities, all the way from Deir Yassin to Jenin, Sabra and Shatila, and Qana.
We have enough evidence, much of which from Israeli sources, to build a case. We have a national duty to start legal action. We mustn't turn this into a media circus, for this would be counterproductive and morally wrong. Let's act in earnest. And let's not use this case for sensationalist purposes.
As I am certain it will.
It will be time to roll out the guns.
Which is why I believe israel and Egypt are headed inevitably towards war.
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Hebron settlers filmed throwing rocks at Palestinians
(VIDEO) Just two months after shocking footage of settler cursing Palestinian in Hebron revealed, yet another video shows settler children throwing rocks at Palestinian homes. Muhammad Abu Aisha: 'I yelled to the soldiers and policemen standing 70 feet away but they pretended they couldn't see'
03.08.07, 01:02
Ali Waked
VIDEO - "The settlers continue to curse us and throw rocks at us, including the cursing settler Ifat Elkobi. Only this time she's being smarter about it. She brings friends who live outside this area so we can't recognize them and then can't complain about them," 70-year-old Muhammad Abu-Aisha said on Wednesday night of the harassment and humiliation he suffers at the hands of his settler neighbors.
According to Abu-Aisha after the video of Elkobi was released the harassment lessened for several days, but since then it has returned to its original level.
Abu Aisha says that on Wednesday a neighbor beat his grandson: "He started hitting Muhammad, my grandson, and I stood and shouted to the soldiers and policemen, who were standing 70 feet away to intervene.
"But they pretended they couldn't see. I called the police, I told them we'd been beaten and that the incident was filmed. They said: bring in the video and come to file a complaint, but we chose to give the movie to B'Tselem."
Partial footage of settler violence in Hebron (Video: Faidaa Abu-Aisha, courtesy: B'Tselem and more)Friday, March 9, 2007
UNBELIEVABLE ZIONIST QUOTATIONS
UNBELIEVABLE ZIONIST QUOTATIONS - PDF
how about spelling them out . . . I can't download it now.
Sounds like it would make a good post.
Indeed, it sounds like something that we can build on!
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Hi qrswave. The PDF downloads quickly, but is 35 pages long.
That's why I didn't post the contents.
Friday, March 9, 2007
UNBELIEVABLE ZIONIST QUOTATIONS
UNBELIEVABLE ZIONIST QUOTATIONS - PDF