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Katrina Sison

Israel/Lebanon: Israel Responsible for Qana Attack | Human Rights Watch - 0 views

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  • killed at least 54 civilians sheltering in a home in the Lebanese village of Qana rests squarely with the Israeli military,
  • more than half of them children, suggests that the Israeli military is treating southern Lebanon as a free-fire zone,
  • consider anyone left in the area a combatant who is fair game for attack.”
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  • Such consistent failure to distinguish combatants and civilians is a war crime.
  • Israel had given civilians ample time to leave southern Lebanon, and that anyone remaining could be considered a supporter of Hezbollah.
  • All those now in south Lebanon are terrorists who are related in some way to Hezbollah,
  • does not give it carte blanche to blindly attack,”
  • must make every possible effort to target only genuine combatants.
  • strict obligation to direct attacks at only military objectives, and to take all feasible precautions to avoid the incidental loss of civilian life.
  • vast majority is unable to flee due to destroyed roads, a lack of gasoline, high taxi fares, sick relatives, or ongoing Israeli attacks. The sick and poor are those who mostly remain behind.
  • crushed to death when the building collapsed
  • 54 civilians, including 27 children
  • ongoing heavy IDF bombardment in the area
  • Rescue teams
  • documented dozens of cases in which Israeli forces have carried out indiscriminate attacks against civilians while in their homes or traveling on roads to flee the fighting. A report of these findings and their legal consequences will be issued later this week.
Katrina Sison

Gaza: Israel's Fuel and Power Cuts Violate Laws of War | Human Rights Watch - 0 views

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  • limit fuel and electricity to the Gaza Strip in retaliation for unlawful rocket attacks by armed groups amounts to collective punishment against the civilian population of Gaza, in violation of international law,
  • Israel must not take measures that harm the civilian population – yet that is precisely what cutting fuel or electricity for even short periods will do.”
  • cut the amount of fuel by 5 to 11 percent without affecting the supply of industrial fuel for Gaza’s only power plant.
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  • approved cutting electricity to Gaza for increasing periods in response to ongoing rocket attacks against civilian areas in Israel, but the government has not yet implemented the order.
  • violate the international legal prohibition on indiscriminate attacks because they are highly inaccurate and cannot be directed at a specific target
  • Gaza, it is responsible for stopping indiscriminate attacks even when carried out by other groups,
  • Israel
  • Israel has increasingly blocked supplies into Gaza, letting in limited amounts of essential foodstuffs, medicine and humanitarian supplies.
  • June 2006, six Israeli missiles struck Gaza’s only power plant
  • cut electricity for 15 minutes after each rocket attack and then for increasingly longer periods if the attacks persist.
  • violates a basic principle of international humanitarian law, or the laws of war, which prohibit a government that has effective control over a territory from attacking or withholding objects that are essential to the survival of the civilian population.
  • duty as an occupying power to safeguard the health and welfare of the population under occupation.
  • responsible for ensuring the well-being of Gaza’s population for as long as, and to the extent that, it retains effective control over the area.
  • control over Gaza’s airspace, sea space and land borders, as well as its electricity, water, sewage and telecommunications networks and population registry
  • reentered Gaza for security op
  • Israeli officials state that by declaring Gaza “hostile t
Katrina Sison

Israel's Unlawful Use of White Phosphorus in Gaza | Human Rights Watch - 0 views

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    -Gaza -Indiscriminant use of White Phosphorus in Gaza -Israel says it is used properly under International law -Soldiers are cruel - shoot and proud of it -Israel has direct focus
Everett McLean

Lebanon and Israel need a proper border agreement | Brian Whitaker | Comment is free | ... - 0 views

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shared by Everett McLean on 20 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • The problem with the fence is that when the Israelis erected it following their withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000, they did not follow the border line exactly. In places, they adjusted the route for convenience and military reasons.
  • he underlying problem here is that in 2000 Israel withdrew from Lebanon unilaterally, without an agreement. That followed the breakdown of peace talks with Syria (which at the time held sway over Lebanon) and it had all sorts of adverse political consequences – among them, allowing Hezbollah to claim victory and, probably, contributing to the start of the second Palestinian intifada.
  • t's still not too late to rectify the mistake of 10 years ago and calm the border tensions with an agreement, though whether the latest incident will prompt serious efforts to do that is another matter. What's really needed is a three-way pact involving Lebanon, Israel and Syria (since Syria is still an important player in Lebanon, not to mention the thorny Shebaa farms issue).
Everett McLean

Hamas-Israel Truce Ends. War Looms. - 0 views

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shared by Everett McLean on 20 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Last Friday, the six-month truce between Hamas and Israel expired. Hamas is proposing an extension. But enough people in Israel seem to be itching for a fight, calling the drizzle of rockets, which so far have caused no injuries, unacceptable and reason enough for war.
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