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Thursday, June 06, 2024

HRW "white phosphorus" report again accuses Israel of violating international law that doesn't exist

Human Rights Watch issued another report accusing Israel of violating international law by using white phosphorus in Lebanese towns.White phosphorus is a chemical substance dispersed in artillery shells, bombs, and rockets that ignites when exposed to oxygen. Its incendiary effects inflict death or cruel injuries that result in lifelong suffering. It can set homes, agricultural...

Amnesty's absurd report on Israeli airstrikes proves its antisemitism

How do we know Amnesty International is antisemitic?I once listed 15 separate reasons, examples of egregious Amnesty bias and lies about Israel. And I could have listed dozens more. Here's yet another.Amnesty released a report on the early part of Israel's bombing campaign against Hamas. The Israeli army claims it only attacks military targets, but in a number...

Better Question: What Does International Law Require The Rest of The World To Do About Hamas? (Daled Amos)

By Daled AmosThese days, when people talk about what International Humanitarian Law requires in the aftermath of the Hamas massacre of Israeli citizens, the discussion falls first on what limitations need to be placed on Israel. Almost as an afterthought do a few people ask what international law requires of Hamas. That in itself demonstrates an odd sense of priorities among...

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...

International Law Supports Israel Besieging Gaza (Daled Amos)

By Daled AmosThe outpouring of sympathy and concern from around the world in reaction to the massacre of Israeli men, women and children by Hamas terrorists is welcome and appreciated. But we are talking about Israel, so we knew that it would only be a matter of time -- after Israel struck back -- than some of that sympathy would dry up. More than that, critics are now claiming...

Egyptian, Jordanian, Moroccan and Saudi government ministries condemn Jews visiting their holiest site on Rosh Hashana

On Sunday, about 250 Jews visited the Temple Mount for Rosh Hashanah. There were no major incidents: one Jew blew a shofar and was quickly removed by police.But since so much ink had been spilled in the Arab world about how "Al Aqsa is in danger" the Arabic media had to create the impression that the Jews who calmly and quietly visited - as they do every Sunday through...

The UN's latest anti-Israel legal argument is predicated on lies

On Thursday, the UN published a document titled, "Study on the Legality of the Israeli Occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Including East Jerusalem."It is 107 pages of tendentious and one-sided arguments all intended to declare Israeli actions since 1967 to be illegal. There are counterarguments to each of their arguments - but they don't let the readers know...

The UN just said that burning the Quran is against international law

In 2019, the UN General Assembly passed Resolution 73/328, "Promoting interreligious and intercultural dialogue and tolerance in countering hate speech." It included this paragraph:Strongly deploring all acts of violence against persons on the basis of their religion or belief, as well as any such acts directed against their homes, businesses, properties, schools, cultural...

One of the Islamic Jihad terrorists killed in the June drone attack, reported to be 17, was actually only 15!

Most of the coverage of the IDF drone strike on June 21 says that one of the victims, from Islamic Jihad, was 17-year old Ashraf Murad Saadi. Islamic Jihad's own press release for the attack said that their heroic martyr Saadi was 17, and most of the world's media accepted that as his real age.But Saadi wasn't 17. He was 15. Electronic Intifada mentioned his real...

Despite BBC blood libel, combatants under 18 are legitimate targets in international law

Here is a blood libel from the BBC. In response to Naftali Bennett saying that every single person killed in Jenin was a terrorist, the presenter said, as a fact, "Terrorists but children. The Israeli forces are happy to kill children."Bennett's answer was good, but here is another case where news interviewers are either ignorant or willfully twisting international law.Child...

Document at UNRWA site admits UNRWA's definition of "refugee" is not valid in international law

The UN Human Rights Council issued a document last week by its reliably anti-Isrsel team of "experts" demanding that Palestinian "refugees" have the right to "return" under international law. Right of return of Palestinian refugees must be prioritised over political considerations: UN experts 2022 marked the largest ever increase in the number of forcibly displaced...

Islamic Jihad military camp for kids: "Fighting the Jews is an act of worship"

It is summer, and that means that Hamas and Islamic Jihad are proudly parading photos of their violating the war crime of recruiting child soldiers, calling it "summer camp."These pictures from an Islamic Jihad "Revenge of the Free" training camp are not ambiguous.This is a war crime. As the ICRC says,The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child...