when the Palestinians want to abide by an international treaty, they must be punished – surely a “first” in modern history. The United States, of course – and this fact oddly did not feature in the flurry of news reports on “Palestine’s” request to join – has itself refused to join the International Criminal Court. And with good reason; because, like the Israelis – although this is not quite how the whole fandango was explained to us – Washington is also worried that its soldiers and government officials will be arraigned for war crimes. Think waterboarding, Abu Ghraib, the report on CIA torture…
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 01:47:18 +0000
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