War-Crime

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A disgrace: British ministers who legislate for war criminals to walk free in London

by Stuart Littlewood December 8, 2010

A capricious, corrupt and biased administration that wants to let ‘friendly’ war criminals off and protect them from arrest while they visit Britain. The government argues that foreign politicians, no matter how blood-soaked, should never be made to feel unwelcome and that the current law impedes Britain’s ability to use its diplomatic powers. In future the Director of Public Prosecutions will consider each application at the arrest warrant stage.

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Wikileaks shocker: Did Abbas know in advance about the devastating blitz on his countrymen in Gaza?

by Stuart Littlewood December 4, 2010

“I am surprised to read the Wikileaks revelation that Mr Abbas, along with Mr Mubarak, was informed of Operation Cast lead in advance. I don’t recall his issuing a public warning to the unfortunate people of Gaza or appealing to the UN and western powers to intervene. Why would a Palestinian president keep quiet about an evil and horrendous war-crime he knew was about to be committed against his own people? Can you please throw any light on the matter?”

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Israel soldier – Killing innocent because it’s nice

by Haitham Sabbah March 21, 2009

Newspapers publish fuller recollections of what happened during the 22-day offensive, including the killings of an elderly woman and a mother and her two children. By Richard Boudreaux – LAT Israelis on Friday got a fuller dose of rank-and-file angst over their army’s winter assault on the Gaza Strip, as newspapers elaborated on allegations that [...]

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Amnesty – Israeli army used flechettes against Gaza civilians

by Haitham Sabbah January 28, 2009

Apart from white phosphorus, the Israeli army used a variety of other weapons in densely populated civilian areas of Gaza in the three-week conflict that began on 27 December. Flechettes are 4cm long metal darts that are sharply pointed at the front, with four fins at the rear. Between 5,000 and 8,000 are packed into [...]

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Haidar Eid – Gaza 2009

by SR Editor January 25, 2009

“Where can I bring him a father from? Where can I bring him a mother from? You tell me!” By Dr. Haidar Eid These are the desperate words of Subhi Samouni to Al Jazeera’s Gaza correspondent. Subhi lost 17 members of his immediate family, including the parents of his 7-year old grandson. Shockingly, even as [...]

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WANTED: Israeli War Criminals

by Haitham Sabbah January 25, 2009

Israeli human rights activists: Arrest Olmert, Livni, and Barak for war crimes Anonymous self-described Israeli human rights activists have set up an Internet site detailing alleged war crimes committed by senior government officials and Israel Defense Forces officers. No known human rights organization is behind the site, whose founders refuse to give their names. The [...]

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Creation of a Special Tribunal to try Israeli War Criminals

by Haitham Sabbah January 25, 2009

The undersigned NGOs and individuals PETITION Call upon the General Assembly to create a special international tribunal to try Israel, its political and military leaders, for such crimes in violation of international law, human rights law and international humanitarian law in the Palestinian Occupied Territory of which they may be charged. Creation of a Special [...]

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Video: Israel’s Nazism

by Haitham Sabbah January 25, 2009

Another excellent report by Jonathan Miller. Telling the story of destruction and war crimes in Gaza. It is now clear that Israel’s War on Gaza was not about destroying Hamas but punishing the Palestinian people for electing them. See in the massive scale of the destruction that the Terrorist Jewish State inflicted on the ordinary [...]

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A child full of light will never see again

by SR Editor January 25, 2009

As a Gazan journalist who is devastated by the holocaust the Israel army is perpetrating against us, I find myself at loss. The list of horrendous crimes committed by the Israeli army against Palestinians is endless and the crimes are countless. Should I write about the 45 evacuees who were massacred in their refuge at [...]

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Video: Prima Facie Evidence of War Crimes by Israel

by Haitham Sabbah January 20, 2009

Channel Four News journalist Johnathan Miller travelled to Gaza where he interviewed civilians sheltering in a UN run school attacked by Israel using white phosphorus munitions. Donatella Rovera, an Amnesty International investigator said “We’ve seen Prima Facie that there have been war crimes.”

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Alan Morrison – GANG-RAPE IN GAZA: An Arousing Reverie

by SR Editor January 18, 2009

 Last night I dreamed about a terrible crime. Gang-rape in Gaza is its name. But the criminality was not so much in the crime itself as in the calculated ineptitude and profound worthlessness of those who were silent witnesses of it.  In my dream, a young woman lies on her stomach on the ground screaming [...]

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You CAN do something about Gaza

by SR Editor January 18, 2009

By Anonymous Not until global politics started spiraling downwards in a tumultuous storm of “terrorism”, “suicide bombing”, protests, petitions, security, and whatever other words have now become part of our everyday vocabulary – not until about three years ago did I ever bother to pick up a newspaper. Even 9/11 didn’t see me worrying about [...]

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Palestinian-American Recounts How Israel Killed his 11-year-old Son in Gaza

by Haitham Sabbah January 17, 2009

Palestinian Astrophysicist in US Recounts How His 11-Year-Old Son Died When Israeli Warplanes Bombed His Family’s House AMY GOODMAN (January 16, 2009): As the Palestinian death toll in Israel’s assault on Gaza climbs above 1,100, we take a look behind the statistics. Suleiman Baraka is a Palestinian astrophysicist working at Virgnia Tech with NASA. His [...]

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Elijah Jordan Turner – Chomsky Condemns U.S. and Israel

by SR Editor January 17, 2009

At a talk last night about the current situation in Gaza, Professor of Linguistics Noam A. Chomsky came down hard on Israel for its frequent violence against Palestinian civilians and chastised the United States for enabling the Jewish state to carry out these actions with impunity. He also used the opportunity to touch upon broader [...]

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9 Israeli HR groups call for urgent humanitarian action in Gaza

by Haitham Sabbah January 15, 2009

At a press conference held Wednesday in Jerusalem, a coalition of nine mainstream Israeli human rights groups presented a dramatic call to the Government of Israel to act immediately to end further violations of the Law of War in Gaza and relieve the humanitarian crisis in the territory. Ongoing violations were detailed and clear operational [...]

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