Israel committed war crimes in Gaza targeting civilians, hospitals, medics and journalists. The Geneva Conventions of 1949 confirmed immunity for civilians, hospitals, and medical staff, and the 1977 Additional Protocols to the conventions state: “The civilian population and individual civilians shall enjoy general protection against the dangers arising from military operations.” Israel is guilty of genocide. Excerpt from the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide: Article II: In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: (a) Killing members of the group; (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; (e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group. Article III: The following acts shall be punishable: (a) Genocide; (b) Conspiracy to commit genocide; (c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide; (d) Attempt to commit genocide; (e) Complicity in genocide. The United Nations has released a report detailing what the 50 day war has cost Gaza so far, including the death toll. For the full report, go here: ochaopt.org/documents/Gaza_MIRA_report_9September.pdf
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:10:08 +0000
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