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Israel’s bombardment of Gaza is not self-defence – it’s a war crime

Informed Comment found this 1/12/2009 on timesonline.co.uk

ISRAEL has sought to justify its military attacks on Gaza by stating that it amounts to an act of self-defence as recognised by Article 51, United Nations Charter. We categorically reject this contention. The rocket attacks on Israel by Hamas deplorable as they are, do not, in terms of scale ...