I don't think the us or Israel are part of the international court and so obliged to do nothing On Jul 25, 2014 2:30 PM, "Vivec" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > http://www.thenation.com/article/180783/five-israeli-talking-points-gaza-debunked > > The right to self defence argument doesn't hold up to scrutiny under > international law. > They never pulled out of Gaza and palestinians have never had a day of self > governance. > > The whole Hamas is endangering civilians. Here's what Israel said, and what > it has held to. Disproportionate force is intentional, not an accident or > unavoidable. > > "What happened in the Dahiya quarter of Beirut in 2006 will happen in every > village from which Israel is fired on. [â¦] We will apply disproportionate > force on it and cause great damage and destruction there. From our > standpoint, these are not civilian villages, they are military bases > < > http://www.jpost.com/Features/Front-Lines/The-Dahiya-Doctrine-Fighting-dirty-or-a-knock-out-punch > > > ." > > Interesting. The quotes seem to be correct, and there doesn't seem to be an > indication that the stance has softened since then. > > Here is what International Law requires: > > "Even assuming that Israelâs claims were plausible, humanitarian law > obligates Israel to avoid civilian casualties that âwould be excessive > < > http://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/9ac284404d38ed2bc1256311002afd89/50fb5579fb098faac12563cd0051dd7c > > > in > relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated.â A > belligerent force must verify whether civilian or civilian infrastructure > qualifies as a military objective. In the case of doubt, âwhether an object > which is normally dedicated to civilian purposes, such as a place of > worship, a house or other dwelling or a school, is being used to make an > effective contribution to military action, it shall be presumed not to be > so used > < > http://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/9ac284404d38ed2bc1256311002afd89/f08a9bc78ae360b3c12563cd0051dcd4 > > > .â > > The United States complied with this in its operations in the Middle East > in Iraq as much as possible, based on reports. That's why the civilian > deaths with drone attacks caused so much uproar. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:371871 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
