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- Disgrace in The Hague
- UN must hold Obama to same standard as Israel
- U.K. labor unions back Israel boycott in wake of Gaza war
- Goldstone: Punish commanders who broke laws in Gaza
- Report: Barak says Iran is not existential threat to Israel
| Posted: 17 Sep 2009 11:55 AM PDT There's a name on every bullet, and there's someone responsible for every crime. The Teflon cloak Israel has wrapped around itself since Operation Cast Lead has been ripped off, once and for all, and now the difficult questions must be faced. It has become superfluous to ask whether war crimes were committed in Gaza, because authoritative and clear-cut answers have already been given. So the follow-up question has to be addressed: Who's to blame? If war crimes were committed in Gaza, it follows that there are war criminals at large among us. They must be held accountable and punished. This is the harsh conclusion to be drawn from the detailed United Nations report. ...
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| UN must hold Obama to same standard as Israel Posted: 17 Sep 2009 11:52 AM PDT Some two weeks ago American airplanes fired on two oil tankers in northern Afghanistan. It was a German officer who'd asked the U.S. air force to attack the tankers in the middle of the night, in a populated area. The attack was successful - the two tankers were hit, went up in flames and were destroyed. But the overwhelming American-German air attack killed some 70 people. Some of those brought to hospitals were severely injured - with mutilated faces, burned hands and charred bodies. ...
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| U.K. labor unions back Israel boycott in wake of Gaza war Posted: 17 Sep 2009 11:33 AM PDT British labor unions on Thursday agreed to support a boycott of some Israeli goods in response to the offensive in Gaza last winter. ...
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| Goldstone: Punish commanders who broke laws in Gaza Posted: 17 Sep 2009 11:01 AM PDT The head of a United Nations commission that charged Israel with committing war crimes in the Gaza Strip during its offensive there earlier last winter wrote Thursday that soldiers and commanders must be held accountable for serious violations during the fighting. ...
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| Report: Barak says Iran is not existential threat to Israel Posted: 17 Sep 2009 06:33 AM PDT Defense Minister Ehud Barak was quoted on Thursday as saying he does not view Iran as a threat to Israel's existence, a view that would seem to depart from Israeli statements of the recent past. ...
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