Should Israel be charged with War Crimes?

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This video was posted by a YouTube friend of mine, OldGrayWolf.

When you watch this, decide for yourself if the Israeli soldiers violated the Geneva Convention.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjzY3J22iL0

Heartbreaking

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Who has the authority

or the high moral ground to charge "Israel" with war crimes?

Well...

Such matters are for the disciplinary courts and military tribunals of Israel through their Ministry of Defense.

The problem is who is going

The problem is who is going to hold them accountable, The United Nations? Wouldn't that require giving authority to the United Nations backed by the United States and other member countries, and if it does recieve authority won't that mean a One World government and New World Order?
I say we should let God handle his children and we get on with living. Too much time and energy is spent on these kind of issues and personally eventhough I care dearly for these people, I prefer to go out and farm.
grant

When you say: "The problem

When you say: "The problem is who is going to hold them accountable"...

Who do you mean by "them"? The Israeli politicians, the Israeli soldiers?

Even I'm not naive.

The Israeli Defense Contractors who run Israel, including the racist movement of Kahane although that is quite a large movement.

Oh no, they'll be held accountable......

Not by a Zionist system of law, by a naturalized one.... ******

Who exactly is "Israel"?

Who exactly is "Israel"?

ie. If you said America should be charged w/ war crimes, who is "America"?

All Zio-Nazis should be held accountable just as our

Neocons and NeoLibs... Take them down one by one!

"All great truths begin as blasphemies."

"Human beings with love and compassion are some of the most beautiful creatures in the universe... Those without are a plague on us all."

You are right,. They should be...

held accountable but, it doesn't seem likely as OUR? government is full of zionist now.

Israel themselves? No.

The entire Avigdor Lieberman Israel Lobby is who should be charged with crimes, replaced with a new Israel Lobby so that fascist far right government does not return as far as I'm concerned.

The whole revolving door Lockheed Martin/Avigdor Lieberman lobby is a disgrace to just basic human rights.

Liebermans Lobby!!

Amen!

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"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd

Israel Deploys Lawyers to Head Off War-Crimes Charges

Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) -- The Israeli army deployed more than military force in its Gaza Strip campaign: Along with tanks and soldiers, it used lawyers and leaflets in what it says was an effort to save civilian lives and bolster its case against accusations of war crimes.

Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and B’tselem, the Israeli Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, say Israeli actions in Gaza, where a 22-day war killed more than 1,300 Palestinians, should be investigated for possible war crimes.

While the organizations also say Hamas militants in Gaza violated international law by indiscriminately firing rockets at Israeli civilians, the war-crimes accusation is especially stinging in Israel, whose population is made up in part of survivors of the Nazi Holocaust or their descendants.

Such allegations aren’t new for Israel’s military. At least three top army officers have faced war-crimes charges in the past, in countries where such suits are allowed. This time, Israel involved attorneys at the outset of the campaign, as well as dropping 250,000 leaflets to warn civilians to flee areas it was attacking.

“These are some of the actions that Israel took to avoid civilian casualties, and that it can point to should war-crimes suits be filed,” said Major Avital Leibovitz, an army spokeswoman.

‘Intimately Involved’

The Gaza “campaign was a long time in the works, and we were intimately involved in the planning,” said Lieutenant Colonel David Benjamin of the Military Advocate Corps, which acts as the army’s legal adviser. “Approval of targets which can be attacked, methods of warfare -- it all has gone through us.”

Lawyers were deployed within divisional commands to advise officers on the front lines which targets could be attacked under international law. Israeli officials say military necessity and objectives were weighed against the possibility of civilians getting hurt when targets were designated.

Aircraft dropped leaflets on dozens of occasions to warn civilians of bombing runs, and soldiers made 3,000 phone calls to urge civilians to leave areas facing attacks.

The army also used text messages to warn civilians their homes might be bombed, and the military has posted videos on YouTube showing warplanes diverting missiles fired at vehicles into open fields after civilians appeared in the target area.

Work to Do

Still, Israeli officials are preparing for a wave of international litigation. “I assume that following the Gaza events, we will have more intensive and focused work to do on these matters,” Attorney General Menachem Mazuz said Jan. 11.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aMvUB8w9...

"All great truths begin as blasphemies."

"Human beings with love and compassion are some of the most beautiful creatures in the universe... Those without are a plague on us all."

Hamas was a creation of Israel to overthrow the PLO

Israel is playing both sides here people in order to exterminate the Palestinians. PLAIN AND SIMPLE!

"All great truths begin as blasphemies."

"Human beings with love and compassion are some of the most beautiful creatures in the universe... Those without are a plague on us all."

Yes, this is well known

Pay special attention to the 2nd paragraph below

The asymmetry of conquest and terror is clear. Plan D is now “Operation Cast Lead”, which is the unfinished “Operation Justified Vengeance”. The latter was launched by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in 2001 when, with Bush’s approval, he used F-16s against Palestinian towns and villages for the first time. In the same year, the authoritative Jane’s Foreign Report disclosed that the Blair government had given Israel the “green light” to attack the West Bank after it was shown Israel’s secret designs for a bloodbath. It was typical of New Labour Party’s enduring, cringing complicity in Palestine’s agony.

However, the 2001 Israeli plan, reported Jane’s, needed the “trigger” of a suicide bombing which would cause “numerous deaths and injuries [because] the ‘revenge’ factor is crucial”. This would “motivate Israeli soldiers to demolish the Palestinians”. What alarmed Sharon and the author of the plan, General Shaul Mofaz, the Israeli Chief of Staff, was a secret agreement between Yasser Arafat and Hamas to ban suicide attacks. On 23 November, 2001, Israeli agents assassinated the Hamas leader, Mahmud Abu Hunud, and got their “trigger”; the suicide attacks resumed in response to his killing.

full article
http://www.johnpilger.com/page.asp?partid=519

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"I truly wish that real life would no longer surpass the worst excesses of my nightmarish imaginings... Arthur Silber **

"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd

It goes both ways...

Hamas slammed for 'monstrous' use of civilians
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=8...

“The law cannot make a wicked person virtuous…God’s grace alone can accomplish such a thing.” Ron Paul - The Revolution

i cried

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=hjzY3J22iL0

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IDF Captain Speaks Out

BBC interviews Israeli IDF Captain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfnPjzOGB5s

Wall Street Journal_Israel Committing War Crimes
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123154826952369919.html

Amnesty International-Israel used white phosphorus
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/israeli-army...
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"I truly wish that real life would no longer surpass the worst excesses of my nightmarish imaginings... Arthur Silber **

"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd

Only persons can be charged with a crime. Not a collective..

Proof I'm a Neo Con Narc CIA / IDF Agent is Here.

I'm finally comming Clean .
http://melkizidek.blogspot.com/

Life.. Its not the number of moments you breath but the number of moments that take your breath away...

Exactly the opposite

the Israelis are doing on a daily base: COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT.

“The IDF carries out three types of house demolitions. Most are carried out in the framework of what Israel calls ‘clearing operations,’ which are intended to meet what Israel defines as ‘military needs.’ These operations take place primarily in the Gaza Strip: along the Egyptian border, which passes through Rafah and its refugee camps; around settlements and army posts; alongside roads used by settlers and IDF forces; and in the northern part of the Gaza Strip [...]

“The second type of demolition are administrative demolitions of houses built without a permit. These demolitions take place in Area C in the West Bank, where Israel retains authority over planning and building even after the establishment of the Palestinian Authority, and in East Jerusalem. [...]

“The third kind of house demolitions are those intended to punish the relatives and neighbors of Palestinians who carried out or are suspected of involvement in attacks against Israeli civilians or soldiers. These punitive demolitions are intended for the homes in which these suspects lived. However, in many cases, adjacent homes are also destroyed.”

http://www.ifamericansknew.org/stats/homes.html

I can't figure out your views on Israel, but you seem ok to me

are you also one louv? I loved the universe video on your site.

When you say "Israel", who

When you say "Israel", who exactly do you mean by "Israel"?

The Israeli citizens? The Israeli Politicians? The Israeli Army commanders?

Who is going to charge them?

Who is going to charge them?

The UN? The world Court? They are a sovereign nation right or wrong they can do what they want as long as it doesn't harm or effect us we need to mind our own business and so do they.

We need to stop promoting collectivist world entities, this is the whole mindset of meddling in others affairs, and intervention around the world. We send weapons and money to Israel and Palestine. This is how they dupe people into believing we need a one world government to stop all this terrible blood shed and war when they are the cause.

People are so caught up in things they are chasing shadows.. This is nothing more then a business venture for the Banksters. War is big business. It's not as black and white, good guys vs bad guys as some would like to think it is

However if your so passionate about it then you are free to go over there and fight on the side of the Palestinians if you like.

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I agree!!

America as a country should have no say in the matter, because, as you pointed out, they are a sovereign nation and thus its not America's business what they do.

We sovereign citizens need to make a stand on this issue. We need to dictate that we will not approve or sit idly by while our hard earned tax dollars pour into another nation. Its painfully obvious that for America to get back to having no entangling alliances we, as a people of the sovereign states, will have to make our presence felt in Washington. This is not just for our prosperity, but for our own safety!

of COOUUUUUURRRSE!!!

(any Young Turks fans out there?)

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Of course they should

right along with every member of the Bush administration, but it will never happen because of AIPAC and the "special relationship" with Israel.

beephree

what should be the

what should be the punishment for the butchers who killed hundreds of thousands in Darfur? what about hamas for the suicide bombings? or hesbollah? if you are going to charge 1 you better charge them all..

"When governments fear the people there is liberty. When the people fear the government there is tyranny."
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They can be next in line.

If they are guilty in Darfur, they should hang too.

Simply the presence of other crimes, does not absolve the Israelis, and should be no deflection from attention being focused on their crimes.

you have what 1500

you have what 1500 "palestinians" vs 500,000 Christians in darfur?
what is happeneing in Darfur has been going on for years? dailypaul should have been all over that exactly the way they have jumped On Isreal the last few weeks! so didn't we?

"When governments fear the people there is liberty. When the people fear the government there is tyranny."
-Thomas Jefferson

I am more concerned about the return of my money than the return on my money. --Mark Twain

“A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.” (Prov. 22:3; 27:12 KJV)

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Blowback....

What an emotional clip. How can any reasonable human not feel for this guy. Hatred isn't created in a vacuum... More blowback to come for sure from this catastrophic military action Israel decided to embark on..Jon Stewart had an awesome clip on the daily show about the whole situation http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=213380...