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EU commissioner visits Gaza, confirms Israel violated international law; calls for long-term ceasefire |
2009-01-27 |
Ma'an's version... European Union's Commissioner Louis Michel visited Gaza City on Monday, where he called for maintaining the ceasefire, opening border crossings and lifting the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip. Standing in front of the missiled UN storehouses, bombed by Israel during the three week onslaught, Michel expressed his astonishment at the damage caused by the Israeli offensive. Israel violated international and human rights, he said, and affirmed that civilians were directly targeted during the attacks. He expressed shock at the evidence that 50% of victims were civilians including women and children. "The most painful thing for me was the sizable of destruction in infra-structures, economic facilities and factories which used to provide work opportunities for the Palestinians. [The destruction of these] was an unjustifiable violation of international law," he stated. At the same time, Michel condemned all military action against civilians, including Israeli civilians, referring to the home-made projectiles the Palestinian factions launch from the Gaza Strip towards Israeli towns. He described that as "terrorism" because those attacks target guiltless people. He added, "Today I believe more than any other time in the past that military operations can never be a solution. Instead, the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip should be maintained, and crossing points should be completely open not only for passage of humanitarian aid, but also to refresh the economy in the strip." And the BBC's version... EU envoy lays Gaza blame on Hamas Hmmmmmm. Something seems lost in translation |
Posted by:Fred |
#7 but hamas has never violated any lay , right |
Posted by: rabid whitetail 2009-01-27 12:36 |
#6 Who invited this Euroweenie and who cares what he thinks? |
Posted by: Parabellum 2009-01-27 09:12 |
#5 In other words the several years long harrassing by Palestinans firing rocketys at Israel will have zero cost for them. If Palestyians had had to work hard for eraning a living and work harder for every Kassama and work still harder for paying every cent of disruption they cause in Israel (including the disruption of activity) there would be no war. Make Palestians pay And fire this bastard. |
Posted by: JFM 2009-01-27 07:02 |
#4 No, we peoples in the EUSSR are sick of politicians directed our money to Hamas. Want to make the EU more popular with the peoples of Europe? Stop spending money outside europe. |
Posted by: Bright Pebbles the flatulent 2009-01-27 05:02 |
#3 Today I believe more than any other time in the past that military operations can never be a solution. I like this man. |
Posted by: Vladimir I 2009-01-27 03:35 |
#2 Today I believe more than any other time in the past that military operations can never be a solution. I think the Jews of Europe around the early 40's probably thought so to. Some of them even lived to learn from the experience. |
Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-01-27 00:09 |
#1 "...and a pony. I want a pony." |
Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-01-27 00:05 |