Tutu: Israel actions against Gaza bears "hallmarks of war crimes"
Johannesburg - South African Nobel laureate and Anglican Archbishop Emeritus
Desmond Tutu on Sunday said Israel's air attacks on the Gaza Strip 'bears all
the hallmarks of war crimes.'
'In the context of total aerial supremacy, in which one side in the conflict
deploys lethal aircraft against opponents with no means of defending
themselves, the bombardment bears all the hallmarks of war crimes,' Tutu said
in a statement.
The attacks would not contribute to the security of Israel, said the
anti-apartheid icon who won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1984.
'It is a blight not only on the Middle East, but on the entire world - and
particularly world leaders who have consistently failed the people of Palestine
and Israel over the past 60 years,' Tutu added.
Israel launched air raids on the Strip on Saturday in response to rocket fire
from Palestinian militants in the salient.
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