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| Gaza acts amounted to war crimes, U.N. report says |
| 2009-09-16 |
| A United Nations report issued Tuesday says both Israel and the Palestinians committed actions amounting to war crimes during Israel's military incursion into Gaza from December 27 to January 18. Hey, gotta protect your phoney baloney jobs, right? Although the U.N. investigation found that Palestinian militants also committed war crimes, the overwhelming majority of the criticism in a summary of the 574-page report targets Israel. Could I get some bleeding heart over there to send me a copy? I'd love to see what evidence was gathered and how well it was vetted. Also, I've torn most of the pages out of my Holy Crayon and I need something else for toilet paper. Israel "committed actions amounting to war crimes, possibly crimes against humanity," the report says. Yawn. The findings were revealed by the head of the U.N. Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, headed by Richard Goldstone, a South African judge. Israel did not cooperate in the investigation. The Israeli Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying Israel "did not feel able to cooperate with the Fact Finding Mission because its mandate was clearly one-sided and ignored the thousands of Hamas missile attacks on civilians in southern Israel that made the Gaza Operation necessary." Sami Abu Zuhri, a spokesman for Hamas, which controls Gaza, told CNN: "This report is evidence of the crimes committed by the occupation forces against Palestinian citizens." Any comments regarding the thousands of Kassam missiles fired at random by "Palestinians" into populated civilian areas in Israel? He rebutted claims in the report that Hamas militants also committed war crimes by saying that "the Palestinian factions were defending themselves, which international law allows them to do." From behind "civilians"? Without wearing a uniform? Intentionally aimed at civilian populations? Using resources better given to your "suffering masses"? The report claims that the Israel Defense Forces "failed to take feasible precautions required by international law to avoid or minimize loss of civilian life, injury to civilians and damage to civilian objects." Bull. Hard to do when "civilians" are running around during firefights doing God knows what. And who cares about civilian "objects" anyway? The U.N. findings also conclude that Israel fired the chemical agent white phosphorous in civilian areas, intentionally fired high-explosive artillery shells upon hospitals, and failed to provide effective warnings to civilians or U.N. workers before attacks. It also claims that Israel used Palestinian civilians as human shields and deliberately attacked Palestinian food supplies in Gaza. Hey, Hamas uses them with their permission, so why not Israel? The report recommends that the U.N. Security Council require the government of Israel to launch appropriate independent investigations into the findings of the report within three months. The findings also recommend that the alleged Israeli war crimes be explored by the International Criminal Court's prosecutor. Israel finished their investigations long ago. Didn't find much wrong. I trust them more than I trust a bunch of one-sided idiots from the UN. In any case, show me the video. Surely some of those civilians has something on video we can review. The findings also call on Palestinian leadership to investigate alleged war crimes, for militants to respect humanitarian law, and for the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit on humanitarian grounds. Oh, I get it! April Fools must fall on September 15th over there. Good one! Had me going for a while. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #7 War crimes, shmor crimes. In the future, everyone will commit war crimes for fifteen minutes. I can hardly wait my turn! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-09-16 19:53 |
| #6 Eric Holder would've given them a pass anyway. /yeah, I know |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-09-16 18:57 |
| #5 This is perhaps the 20th or 30th such UN report This is perhaps the first time there is a Hamas affiliated POTUS. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-09-16 12:22 |
| #4 Somebody call the cops! |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-09-16 11:58 |
| #3 The UN investigation methodology consists substantially of interviewing Gazans and taking their testimony at face value (ignoring that the testimony may be made up, coached, etc.). This is perhaps the 20th or 30th such UN report. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2009-09-16 09:41 |
| #2 crimes against humanity By just existing. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-09-16 05:09 |
| #1 Whoops, last line should have been highlighted, not italicized. |
| Posted by: gorb 2009-09-16 03:50 |