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Nazi holocaust victims sued Germany and German companies, they received $US 5.0 billion settlement, the people of Palestine deserve even more, their land was stolen and homes demolished by Zionist state sponsored terrorism.
The Palestinian Authority wants members of the Israeli government to face war crimes charges for what the Palestinians say is a policy of assassinating their activists, a Palestinian official said on January 9.
The Israeli army has killed a number of Palestinians who it says carried out or planned to carry out attacks on Israelis, but it denies having a policy of political assassination or committing any war crimes.
The Palestinian Authority says more than 30 Palestinian activists have been assassinated since the start of a Palestinian uprising for independence in late September.
"The Israeli government, both as a group and as individuals, bears full responsibility for the crimes that were committed," Palestinian Information Minister Yasser Abed Rabbo said in a statement.
"We will do everything possible, including declaring members of this government war criminals who are eligible for trial by the world tribunal," he said.
He appeared to be referring to the International Court of Justice in The Hague. He did not say which Israeli ministers he considered should face charges.
Israel's deputy defense minister, Ephraim Sneh, told Reuters last week that security forces were authorized to "hit precisely those top operatives of terrorist organizations who mastermind and organize" attacks on Israelis.
But Israeli officials say such attacks are not carried out against Palestinian political figures.
Earlier on January 9, a lawyer said the series of killings were against Israeli law and contravened the Geneva Convention.
The lawyer, Naila Atiaa, filed a petition calling on Israel's Supreme Court to stop the army. She said she was asking for the Supreme Court to issue an injunction until it ruled on her petition.
The Palestinians say one victim of the attacks was Thabet Thabet, a local political leader of President Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction who was shot dead in the West Bank town of Tulkarm last month.
At least 305 Palestinians, 13 Israeli Arabs and 43 other Israelis have died in almost 15 weeks of violence.
ISRAELI FILES LAWSUIT FOR 'ASSASSINATIONS'
An Israeli lawyer filed a lawsuit on January 9 in an attempt to prevent the Israeli army from carrying out what Palestinians term "assassinations" of its activists.
At the same time, members of the left-wing Israeli group 'Peace Now' baring placards saying "Don't Liquidate Democracy", "No To Political Assassination", and "Don't Terminate Peace," protested outside Israel's Supreme Court to stop the Israeli army's deliberate killing of Palestinians.
Palestinians accuse Israel of liquidating more than 20 activists, but the army terms these killings as "initiated activities" against Palestinians who the army claims pose a threat to Israel's security.
The Israeli army has killed a number of Palestinians who it says carried out or planned to carry out attacks on Israelis, but it denies having a policy of political assassination or committing any war crimes.
The Palestinian Authority says more than 30 Palestinian activists have been assassinated since the start of a Palestinian uprising for independence in late September.
"The Israeli government, both as a group and as individuals, bears full responsibility for the crimes that were committed," Palestinian Information Minister Yasser Abed Rabbo said in a statement.
"We will do everything possible, including declaring members of this government war criminals who are eligible for trial by the world tribunal," he said.
He appeared to be referring to the International Court of Justice in The Hague. He did not say which Israeli ministers he considered should face charges.
Israel's deputy defense minister, Ephraim Sneh, told Reuters last week that security forces were authorized to "hit precisely those top operatives of terrorist organizations who mastermind and organize" attacks on Israelis.
But Israeli officials say such attacks are not carried out against Palestinian political figures.
Earlier on January 9, a lawyer said the series of killings were against Israeli law and contravened the Geneva Convention.
The lawyer, Naila Atiaa, filed a petition calling on Israel's Supreme Court to stop the army. She said she was asking for the Supreme Court to issue an injunction until it ruled on her petition.
The Palestinians say one victim of the attacks was Thabet Thabet, a local political leader of President Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction who was shot dead in the West Bank town of Tulkarm last month.
At least 305 Palestinians, 13 Israeli Arabs and 43 other Israelis have died in almost 15 weeks of violence.
ISRAELI FILES LAWSUIT FOR 'ASSASSINATIONS'
An Israeli lawyer filed a lawsuit on January 9 in an attempt to prevent the Israeli army from carrying out what Palestinians term "assassinations" of its activists.
At the same time, members of the left-wing Israeli group 'Peace Now' baring placards saying "Don't Liquidate Democracy", "No To Political Assassination", and "Don't Terminate Peace," protested outside Israel's Supreme Court to stop the Israeli army's deliberate killing of Palestinians.
Palestinians accuse Israel of liquidating more than 20 activists, but the army terms these killings as "initiated activities" against Palestinians who the army claims pose a threat to Israel's security.
For more information:
http://www.metimes.com/2K1/issue2001-2/reg...
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724 Israelis were killed (This includes innocent children).
2382 Palestinians were killed (This includes innocent children).
Who has KILLED THE LARGEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE??
In the mid 1800s there were fewer than 6000 Jewish People living in the area now known as Israel, West Bank and Gaza, this was not an empty land but a land with hundreds of thousand Palestinians, both Christian and Muslim.
The reason there are refugees is because their land and homes that were in what now is Israel were confiscated and taken from them. The least that can be done is to help them settle into a Palestinian State.
Have you heard about the So called Road Map that is supposedly being worked on??
Both the U.S. and Great Britain have been tossing around the idea of a two-state solution….
For a possible solution where both sides win:
CLICK HERE > http://dc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=64554&group=webcast
Palestinians deserve the following NOW:
* the Right to Return to their ancestral homeland as is their right according to UN Resolutions, International Law and world opinion.
* Completely equal rights in Palestine-Israel, with regards to land ownership, serving in the military (if there must be one), voting (and Israel should not be a Jewish state, it should be a secular, democratic, multi-cultural state like the US or else NO US TAX $$$!!!!)
* Reparations for lost property, suffering and other damages perpetrated on them by Jewish Israelis (with the aid of US tax $$$$$!!!!!)
* A PUBLIC APOLOGY from the Israeli government for the persecuation of the Palestinians at the hands of Jewish Zionists for decades but of course this persecution is STILL HAPPENING and it MUST STOP NOW!!!!!