You might want to look up who is writing an article before posting it as any sort of authoritative source. He's misrepresenting things, especially about the occupation.
On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 2:29 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:371874 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
