Thursday Sep 18, 2008
Posted by Edwin Bennatan
Counterpoint to:
Israeli collective punishment of people of Gaza must be ended
There is little doubt that Israel's economic strangulation of Gaza, constitutes collective punishment and is illegal under international humanitarian law."
Philip O'Conor
The Irish Times (Dublin)
August 21, 2008
Philip O'Conor, writing in The Irish Times, alleges that Israel is guilty of collective punishment. What picture comes to your mind when you think of collective punishment? George Mason University Law Professor Michael Krauss, responds powerfully:
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Dagoberto Mensch: Even Shakespeare recognized that Jews bleed (The Merchant of Venice, Act III, scene I)- a right we, Jews, don´t have today, after so many Human Rights Declarations. And - as a prove of media objectivity: (There aren´t enough jews dead etc). In Brazil, the biggest network (Globo) said: "It´s 700 palestinians dead and only 11 israelis - that´s awful". And now, people talk crazy things like, why don´t Israel and Hamas terrorists talk? Sure, why didn´t we have this idea before? Because, you know, Jews hate talking and convincing others, right? THAT´S THE PROBLEM! Oh, man, you make me laugh.
Gail Wainer - Harvard University: I want to reiterate Jay Goldberg's sentiments. Tell me Simon, why does the world suddenly become so concerned about the plight of Palestinians only when Israel is involved with defending itself against its enemies? Why have the refugee camps been allowed to linger for more than 30 years? Why not take the money, used to buy rockets to aim at Israel, to improve the lives of those living in Gaza? What I have trouble understanding is how the people of Gaza continue to support Hamas when it is so obvious that Hamas does not care whether they live or die? I think they're afraid they'll be killed.
David J Feiger USA: Hypocrisy, immorality, antisemitism motivated by a deep seated hate that blames the ills of the world on Jews, has supposed progressive leftists championing a theocratic, reactionary, racist, sadistic terror dehumanizing fascist movement that wishes to enslave secular Palestinian Arabs under Sharia Law.Egypt that put the blame for the situation on Gaza is ignored. Israel is the blood thirsty monster that killed 600 in 12 days!! Now Turkey is the true voice of hypocrisy.Turkey surely has set an example for Israel. Kurdistan is a free State. Christian Armenia is a free state of 2 mil corpses.
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