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Monday, October 16, 2023

No, Israel isn't engaging in "collective punishment" under international law

Ken Roth, the former Human Rights Watch head, tweeted:"International humanitarian law prohibits collective punishment of...protected persons for acts committed by individuals during an armed conflict. The imposition of collective punishment is a war crime." -- Red Cross @ICRCHe gave the source from the ICRC - and it proves the opposite of his attempt to paint Israel...

Terror groups support UN Rapporteur. That's all you need to know.

The Hamas website says:The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas has hailed the position of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese condemning the flagrant Israeli violations against the Palestinian people, especially the collective punishment policy.Hamas spokesperson Abdel Latif al-Qanoa called...

An example of 1941 Nazi antisemitism that has re-emerged today

In September 1941, AP reported on the latest Nazi war crime - and the excuse given for itHerding Jews Into Chapel Of Cemetery HANNOVER Germany, Sept 8 (AP) German authorities began herding Hannover's Jews into the mortuary hall of the Jewish Cemetery here tonight following the mayor's order evicting them from their homes on 24 hour's notice. Scores of men, women...

Palestinians complain that Israel halted furniture exports from Gaza. They won't mention the reason.

On May 5, Middle East Monitor reported:Israeli authorities yesterday banned the export of furniture products from the occupied Gaza Strip.The economic ministry said in a statement that the Israeli move aimed at "inflicting more losses on the enclave's industries that have been suffering due to the blockade."The ministry called on the international community "to pressure Israel...

Of course the rampages through Palestinian towns are terrorism

Times of Israel reports:Israel Defense Forces chief Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, Shin Bet head Ronen Bar, and Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai in a joint statement on Saturday strongly condemned an ongoing series of settler attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank, branding them as “nationalist terrorism in the full sense of the term.”In the wake of a deadly terror attack carried...

Here's proof positive that @Amnesty is antisemitic

(Based on a Twitter thread.)Amnesty International tweeted:"Human rights" organization Amnesty International is openly advocating the forcible removal and ethnic cleansing of 670,000 Jews from their homes. Normally, that's a war crime. They have never insisted on that in Western Sahara or Northern Cyprus or anywhere else. Only for Jews.The Encyclopedia...

Predictable: HRW doesn't mention Neve Yaakov massacre until they can condemn Israel for something else

Human Rights Watch's website was silent on the Neve Yaakov massacre last Friday night. Six days later, they do mention it - in the context of an article condemning Israel for sealing up the houses of the family of the murderer.The pattern, which we often see in the media as well, is predictable. When Gaza groups shoot rockets, the media only condemns Israel's reaction....

Now Qatar and the PA are insulting each other

Over the weekend, the the head of the Qatar National Committee for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, Mohammed Al-Emadi, criticized PA president Mahmoud Abbas over his collective punishment of Gazans to pressure Hamas, which includes withholding medicines, fuel and salaries. Al Emadi told reporters, "I've said to President Abbas before: You are the president of...

Hypocrisy alert: Lebanon almost finished building a wall, with 4 watchtowers, around 100,000 Palestinians

You know how "human rights" groups and "pro-Palestinian" groups love to say that Israel puts Palestinians in Gaza as well as the West Bank in an "open-air prison"? You know how the media will exhaustively cover any defensive measures Israel does to protect itself from terrorists that live among the Palestinians as "collective punishment"? You know how Israel's security...