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24 Jul 2014, 10:02 am
GGPViper wrote:
sonofghandi wrote:
The US government is definitely giving Israel a pass:
http://www.kabc.com/common/more.php?m=58&article=980DC53912E511E4B51EFEFDADE6840A&mode=2
http://www.kabc.com/common/more.php?m=58&article=980DC53912E511E4B51EFEFDADE6840A&mode=2
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The United Nations Human Rights Council voted Wednesday to establish a commission of inquiry into incidents in Gaza, investigating whether any war crimes have been committed in the area.
The United States was the only county to vote against establishing the investigation, while Britain, Germany, and France abstained.
Addressing the U.S. decision, State Department deputy spokesperson Marie Harf said the country had no issue being the sole vote against the commission, adding that the U.S. will continue to stand up for Israel, "even if it means standing alone."
The United States was the only county to vote against establishing the investigation, while Britain, Germany, and France abstained.
Addressing the U.S. decision, State Department deputy spokesperson Marie Harf said the country had no issue being the sole vote against the commission, adding that the U.S. will continue to stand up for Israel, "even if it means standing alone."
...*Ahem*...
*This* is what the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is about.
http://www.humanrightsvoices.org/EYEont ... Resolution
In its history 44 out of UNHRC's 127 resolutions (34.65 percent) about human rights violations worldwide have been about Israel, with only 10 resolutions about Sudan and Syria each, 5 about North Korea and 2 about Iran.
This bias so extravagant that it completely undermines the legitimacy of the UNHRC.
Furthermore, the recently replaced UNHRC "Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967", Richard Falk, was a 9/11 Truther who had a history of anti-semitic remarks:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_A._Falk
Finally, here is the UNHRC mandate for the aforementioned special rapporteur (now Makarim Wibisono):
http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/EF7 ... D2004B1194
Resolution 1993/2 wrote:
4. Decides to appoint a special rapporteur with the following mandate:
(a) To investigate Israel's violations of the principles and bases of international law, international humanitarian law and the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967;
(a) To investigate Israel's violations of the principles and bases of international law, international humanitarian law and the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967;
In other words, the Special Rapporteur can only investigate the actions of Israel, not those of Hamas or any other Palestinian group.
And the recently passed UNHRC resolution about an inquiry into the Gaza conflict doesn't even mention Hamas with a single word.
http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies ... 1-1_en.doc
So the percieved 'bias' of one group legitimises what Israel is doing in Gaza, is spite of the obvious military assymetry?
The narrative that what Israel is doing is in any way defensive is easilly debunked. Israel has an up and coming energy crisis. What they really care about are the gas reserves off the Gaza coast.
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24 Jul 2014, 11:22 am
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
Whenever an American Christian discusses with me about the conflict:
How typical.
Much of the US people's support for Israel is based on religion, not on reason.
How typical.
Much of the US people's support for Israel is based on religion, not on reason.
That's certainly the case considering American evangelicals who take literally that Christ will return to Jerusalem to instigate his thousand year rule. They believe Christ is like George W. Bush in saying: "If you're not with us, you're against us." Or in other words, they believe they'll get on Jesus' good side by supporting Israel.
There is a member of my particular congregation who, because his father's family are a bunch of Texas fundies and holy rollers, throws his support behind Israel for purely religious reasons at 100%. A clear contradiction to the theology of not only our Lutheranism, but most mainline Protestantism in general, which views Christianity as the spiritual Israel, and the events of the book of Revelations as having already occurred for the most part in the 1st century.
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