U.N. Envoy Calls Israeli Gaza Raids a War Crime

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Wed, May 19, 2004 10:12AM

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations' special human rights envoy for the occupied territories said on Wednesday that Israeli military strikes against a Gaza refugee camp were war crimes and a violation of humanitarian law.

These actions constitute...war crimes...They also amount to collective punishment which violates both humanitarian law and international human rights law," said South African law professor John Dugard in a statement.

The envoy, who has often strongly criticized Israeli actions, said that the U.N. Security Council should consider imposing an arms embargo against the Jewish state just as it had against the apartheid regime in South Africa in 1977.

"The special rapporteur calls on the Security Council to take appropriate action to stop the violence, if necessary by the imposition of a mandatory arms embargo," he said.

Israeli tanks and helicopters fired on protesters in a refugee camp on Wednesday, killing 10 Palestinians and raising a two-day death toll to 33 in Israel's bloodiest Gaza raid in years, witnesses said.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=5195060

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§When will Israel's enablers be targeted?

by Go after the funders of terrorism!

Thu, May 20, 2004 2:09AM

The U.N. inSecurity Council won't do shit to stop the Israelis. The only thing that will stop them is being told to stop by the capitalists and politicians around the world who provide Israeli terrorism with its funding and weaponry. And those capitalists and politicians will only do so when they and their businesses are targeted for direct action that really hurts!

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