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atlargely.com - 1/10/2009
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More on Israel:
"Israel's current assault on the Gaza Strip cannot be justified by self-defense. Rather, it involves serious violations of international law, including war crimes. Senior Israeli political and military leaders may bear personal liability for their offenses, and they could be ...
online.wsj.com - 1/10/2009
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online.wsj.com —
GEORGE E. BISHARAT Israel's current assault on the
Gaza Strip cannot be justified by self-defense. Rather, it
involves serious violations of international law, including war crimes. Senior Israeli political and military leaders may bear personal ...
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George E. Bisharat: Israel Is Committing War Crimes
jstreet.org - 1/5/2009
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jstreet.org —
J Street reiterates its call for strong and
immediate American diplomatic leadership to bring an end to
the violence through an immediate ceasefire. J Street unequivocally condemns Hamas’ indiscriminate firing of rockets into Israel and its use of ...
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Word on the Street
guardian.co.uk - 1/11/2009
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guardian.co.uk —
It's time. Long past time. The best strategy
to end the increasingly bloody occupation is for Israel
to become the target of the kind of global movement that put an end to apartheid in South Africa. In July 2005 a huge coalition of Palestinian groups ...
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Naomi Klein: Enough. It's time for a boycott of ...
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A War Crime Doesn't Excuse A War Crime
Newshoggers.com —
... Hamas retaliated with rocket fire; Israel then killed five more Palestinians. In the following days, Hamas continued rocket fire -- yet still no Israelis died. Israel cannot claim self-defense against this escalation, because it was provoked by Israel's own violation.
An armed attack that is not justified by self-defense is a war of aggression. Under the Nuremberg Principles affirmed by U.N. Resolution 95, aggression is a crime against peace.
My good friend Larisa Alexandrovna writes:
I have said this before, but it should be ...
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