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Israeli Attorney General: Stop, war crimes ahead


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No, this is not Camp Refugee.

In a cabinet meeting yesterday, israeli MK's discussed
options for stopping the Quassam attacks on israel from gaza.
The Vice PM, Haim Ramone offered his solution,
"to shell 40 artillery shells on every Quassam launching site, whether
it is populated or not" (quote, Yediot news paper).
At that point, Attorney General, Meny Mazozz, pointed out that
such attack will constitute an indiscriminate attack on civilians,
and is considered a War Crime.
Ramone retaliated and said "The world's best legalists approves this,
and only in israel we fear".
Mazozz's answer was very decisive "No legalist can turn the intl. law.
indiscriminately shooting at civilian population is a War Crime".
Then they went on to quibble at the definition of 'indiscriminately'. as we know too well, 'mistakes' happen.
clearly, they are missing a 'fine' (1.3 million civilians) point.
gaza is populated, and israel being the occupier, almost everything israel does in relations to Gaza is a War Crime.
The israelis continue to tout the 2005 withdrawal as 'the end of gaza's occupation',
while in fact, gazans are not free. just as in jails, the jail master doesnt have to sit inside the cells to prevent the prisoners freedom.
any attempt to use violence to reduce violence is doomed to fail, and it is time
for the aggressor (israel, first by the occupation followed by brutal military force) to understand that.
Mazozzs' position on the subject is the zag, as after Lebanon war II he ziged and claimed
the cluster attacks on South lebanon were legal under the intl. law, being 'a proportionate response'.
as i claimed before, Intl. law is just a cover for criminals to act under and legalists to quibble above.