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Kristen Ess: Israeli Government Disregards International Law
After 20 minutes, when a crowd had gathered to see what happened in the densely populated Asqula neighborhood in the al-Zeitun area of Gaza City, Apache helicopters fired two more missiles into the crowd. The bottom half of a thirteen year old boy's face was blown apart.
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Israeli Government Disregards International Law
9 April 2003
Gaza City
by: Kristen Ess
At 8 o'clock last night Israeli flown, US made, F16s swept over Gaza City, shooting more than 40 flares into the night sky as a diversion, while three US donated Apache helicopters fired three missiles into a car, killing Said Arabeed and Ashraf al-Halabi from Hamas. It was a targeted assassination, illegal under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the UN Principles on Effective Prevention and Investigation of the Extra-Legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions, and Article 147 of the 4th Geneva Convention. Will the US demand Israeli 'regime change' for this latest grave breach?
After 20 minutes, when a crowd had gathered to see what happened in the densely populated Asqula neighborhood in the al-Zeitun area of Gaza City, Apache helicopters fired two more missiles into the crowd. The bottom half of a thirteen year old boy's face was blown apart. Many people, standing amidst the ground strewn with shoes and breathing smoke filled air, thought the boy was only eight. Closure of the Gaza Strip and water confiscation interferes with normal development for kids here. A man, looking around in circles, yelled, "I live here!"
Seven Palestinians died from this latest extra-judicial killing and over 50 were injured. Twenty-two of the injured are children. Shifa Hospital's Emergency Room, generally operating over-capacity because there are so many injured due to Israeli shelling, shooting, and home and land demolitions, was packed with blood soaked people and worried families. Some were trying to climb in through the windows to search for loved-ones. Closure also means that supplies are limited, so many were being carried in on lawn furniture when gurneys and stretchers ran out.
The Israeli government has sponsored 25 targeted assassinations, which routinely kill many people at one time, in the Gaza Strip alone in the past two years. (source: Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights) The Israeli Supreme Court dismissed two appeals to cease the Israeli policy of extra-judicial killings of Palestinians.
As of 6am, Israeli Occupation Forces have reinvaded the northern Gaza Strip area of Beit Hanoun, killing three and injuring ten. One of the killed and most of the injured are children.
Kristen Ess
9 April 2003
Gaza City,
Occupied Palestine
Other Resources:
Under Cover of Righteousness, Shulamit Aloni
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=22&ItemID=3202
Threats of Forced Mass Expulsion, Amira Hass
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=22&ItemID=3077
Five-part series advocating ethnic cleansing in the name of a homogenous religious state with the usual, lies, distortions, euphemisms. 'Transfer' of Palestinians has become a common topic in Israeli political and academic discourse.
http://www.gamla.org.il/english/article/2002/july/b1.htm
Native American radio show comparing the struggles of Palestinians and Native Americans posted at http://www.nativeamericacalling.com/ (February 11 past shows)
For news and analysis from Palestine:
http://www.flashpoints.net/
http://www.zmag.org/meastwatch/meastwat.htm
http://www.between-lines.org
http://www.electronicintifada.net
http://www.ccmep.org
http://www.palestinechronicle.com
http://www.palestinemonitor.org/
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Middle_East/MiddleEastWatch.html
http://www.fsrn.org
To get involved in Palestine solidarity in the US:
http://www.sustaincampaign.org
http://www.justiceinpalestine.org
http://www.al-awda.org
http://www.jewsagainsttheoccupation.org
http://www.palsolidarity.org
Torture and illegal detention of Palestinian political prisoners:
http://www.ppsmo.org/e-website/
Weekly report on Israeli human rights violations in Palestine:
http://www.pchrgaza.org/
Israeli Government Disregards International Law
9 April 2003
Gaza City
by: Kristen Ess
At 8 o'clock last night Israeli flown, US made, F16s swept over Gaza City, shooting more than 40 flares into the night sky as a diversion, while three US donated Apache helicopters fired three missiles into a car, killing Said Arabeed and Ashraf al-Halabi from Hamas. It was a targeted assassination, illegal under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the UN Principles on Effective Prevention and Investigation of the Extra-Legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions, and Article 147 of the 4th Geneva Convention. Will the US demand Israeli 'regime change' for this latest grave breach?
After 20 minutes, when a crowd had gathered to see what happened in the densely populated Asqula neighborhood in the al-Zeitun area of Gaza City, Apache helicopters fired two more missiles into the crowd. The bottom half of a thirteen year old boy's face was blown apart. Many people, standing amidst the ground strewn with shoes and breathing smoke filled air, thought the boy was only eight. Closure of the Gaza Strip and water confiscation interferes with normal development for kids here. A man, looking around in circles, yelled, "I live here!"
Seven Palestinians died from this latest extra-judicial killing and over 50 were injured. Twenty-two of the injured are children. Shifa Hospital's Emergency Room, generally operating over-capacity because there are so many injured due to Israeli shelling, shooting, and home and land demolitions, was packed with blood soaked people and worried families. Some were trying to climb in through the windows to search for loved-ones. Closure also means that supplies are limited, so many were being carried in on lawn furniture when gurneys and stretchers ran out.
The Israeli government has sponsored 25 targeted assassinations, which routinely kill many people at one time, in the Gaza Strip alone in the past two years. (source: Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights) The Israeli Supreme Court dismissed two appeals to cease the Israeli policy of extra-judicial killings of Palestinians.
As of 6am, Israeli Occupation Forces have reinvaded the northern Gaza Strip area of Beit Hanoun, killing three and injuring ten. One of the killed and most of the injured are children.
Kristen Ess
9 April 2003
Gaza City,
Occupied Palestine
Other Resources:
Under Cover of Righteousness, Shulamit Aloni
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=22&ItemID=3202
Threats of Forced Mass Expulsion, Amira Hass
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=22&ItemID=3077
Five-part series advocating ethnic cleansing in the name of a homogenous religious state with the usual, lies, distortions, euphemisms. 'Transfer' of Palestinians has become a common topic in Israeli political and academic discourse.
http://www.gamla.org.il/english/article/2002/july/b1.htm
Native American radio show comparing the struggles of Palestinians and Native Americans posted at http://www.nativeamericacalling.com/ (February 11 past shows)
For news and analysis from Palestine:
http://www.flashpoints.net/
http://www.zmag.org/meastwatch/meastwat.htm
http://www.between-lines.org
http://www.electronicintifada.net
http://www.ccmep.org
http://www.palestinechronicle.com
http://www.palestinemonitor.org/
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Middle_East/MiddleEastWatch.html
http://www.fsrn.org
To get involved in Palestine solidarity in the US:
http://www.sustaincampaign.org
http://www.justiceinpalestine.org
http://www.al-awda.org
http://www.jewsagainsttheoccupation.org
http://www.palsolidarity.org
Torture and illegal detention of Palestinian political prisoners:
http://www.ppsmo.org/e-website/
Weekly report on Israeli human rights violations in Palestine:
http://www.pchrgaza.org/
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YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND INTERNATIONAL LAW.
For someone to say someone is digregarding or violating International Law is meaningless. I can say you are violating Interational Law.
For Law to have any meaning, an Internationally Authoritative Judial Body, such as the International Court, has to decide if there is any violation going on.
There are many complex issue in Law, and unless you understand all the preceeding cases, and all the law history, you are just yelling nonsense.
Until that time, it is just your speculation.
For someone to say someone is digregarding or violating International Law is meaningless. I can say you are violating Interational Law.
For Law to have any meaning, an Internationally Authoritative Judial Body, such as the International Court, has to decide if there is any violation going on.
There are many complex issue in Law, and unless you understand all the preceeding cases, and all the law history, you are just yelling nonsense.
Until that time, it is just your speculation.
Understand this! Zionism is the new Nazism and must be defeated. We have seen the enemy-- Zionists and their piggy, elitist allies. Now we must take back our democracy!
If Israel regarded international law there would be no Israeli settlements outside of Israel's border.
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Kristen ?
Why don't you tell the other half of the story ?
The tunnels for smuggling exlosives that run from raffah homes under the border to Egypt ?
The Qasam rockets fired from beit hanoun into israeli scholls in Shderot ?
Of course if you tell the whole truth people would understand why israel is forced to demolish raffah homes and why the army makes incursions into beit hanoun to stop the bombardment of the schools.
Why don't you tell the other half of the story ?
The tunnels for smuggling exlosives that run from raffah homes under the border to Egypt ?
The Qasam rockets fired from beit hanoun into israeli scholls in Shderot ?
Of course if you tell the whole truth people would understand why israel is forced to demolish raffah homes and why the army makes incursions into beit hanoun to stop the bombardment of the schools.
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