Not A Surprise: Israeli Forces Violated International Law
Though the latest news did not make the front pages of the newspapers it nonetheless is news that needs to be made known.
On June 1, 2010 I wrote the following.
One thing is clear, and that is all should condemn Israel for violating international law…again. The mere fact that this bloody exercise by Israel took place on international waters should not only shock the world, but open the eyes of those who claim to not know why poor little Israel is always picked on in the world. Killing those who bring humanitarian aid is what we expect of the lowest thugs in the world. That is exactly what the world witnessed!
The United Nations has now finished their investigation and Israel does not come out looking good.
A report released in Geneva by three United Nations-appointed human rights experts said Wednesday that Israeli forces violated international law when they raided a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in May, killing nine activists. The United Nations Human Rights Council’s fact-finding mission concluded that Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza was unlawful because of the humanitarian crisis there, and that the military raid on the flotilla was brutal and disproportionate.
Israel’s minister must now face ICC charges
The United Nations official enquiry has now reported that there is clear evidence that Israel committed crimes within article 147 of the fourth Geneva Convention: wilful killing; torture or inhuman treatment; wilfully causing great suffering and serious injury to body or health.
There should now be no doubt that the minister who authorised the killings, Ehud Barak, must now be brought before the International Criminal Court to face justice, if he should set foot in any European state, including the UK, where it has been proposed to modify the law on Universal Jurisdiction.
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