.... Mack and Auron filed their request under Israel’s freedom-of-information law after years of allegations that Israeli military equipment or assistance reached Bosnian Serb forces during the conflict, particularly given that the UN Security Council arms embargo had formally been in place since September 1991 until late 1995.
The petitioners submitted testimonies from journalists and humanitarian workers who had been in Bosnia, as well as publicly available reporting and historical material documenting Israeli assistance. Among the material cited was a 2002 Dutch government-commissioned report that referred to allegations that Israeli arms had been supplied in exchange for Bosnian Serb forces <https://www.newarab.com/news/bosnia-war-genocide-survivors-back-icj-gaza-genocide-case> allowing members of Sarajevo’s Jewish community to leave the besieged city in 1992. The same report referred to an investigation into the remains of a mortar grenade at Sarajevo airport in late 1994 that reportedly bore Hebrew letters, as well as a 1995 Israeli television report on private Israeli arms dealers supplying the Bosnian Serb Army (VRS). "Despite the atrocities, Israel still chose to send arms shipments to the Bosnian Serbian forces, which included ammunition, mortar shells, rifles and rockets," Mack said. The petition also pointed to references in Mladić’s diaries, portions of which appeared in an International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia judgment in the case of former Yugoslav army chief Momčilo Perišić. According to the material cited in that judgment, Mladić wrote of an apparent Israeli offer of cooperation against "extreme Islam", with former Bosnian Serb Defence Minister Dusan Kovacevic giving evidence that he was contacted by Israel’s intelligence agency, Mossad, around March 1995, reportedly regarding proposed training in Greece and weapons for a group of fighters. According to the judgment, Mladić wrote in his diary: "From Israel – they offer joint combat against extreme Islam – offer the training of our men in Greece at their expense. They offer us special weapons for 500 men – snipers for free – they said it came to Bihac, I don’t know whether it was given to Serbia [sic]." Mack said that the court order dismissed the evidence, arguing that it didn’t know whether the suggestion in the diary had actually been implemented. https://www.newarab.com/news/questions-remain-over-israels-role-bosnia-genocide On Wed, Sep 2, 2026 at 3:25 PM RKOB via groups.io <[email protected]> wrote: > *The “Butcher of Bosnia” has Died* > > *On the death of the Serbian chauvinist war criminal Ratko Mladić* > > *By Michael Pröbsting, **RCIT, 1 September 2026* > > A few days ago, General Ratko Mladić died in prison in The Hague at the > age of 84 years. Mladić was the most notorious war criminal of the Serbian > chauvinist forces during the Bosnian War in 1992-95. He distinguished > himself not so much by military skills but rather as an experienced > organizer of mass murder. > > Read more at > https://www.thecommunists.net/worldwide/europe/the-butcher-of-bosnia-has-died/ > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#43260): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/43260 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/121046875/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
