February 10, 2008 at 6:32 pm (Collective Punishment, Israel, Palestine)
Image ‘Copyleft’ by Carlos Latuff
“If all residents of the Gaza Strip deserve to be punished because of the Qassam rockets, then maybe all Israelis deserve to be punished because of the occupation?”
That’s an interesting question…… as for me, I firmly believe collective punishment is wrong in all cases…. nothing can justify the innocent suffering. But can you just hear the outcry from the Western World if Israelis were also punished.
The Supreme Court of Israel disagrees with me…. Gideon Levy deals with the question in THIS report….
The severity of the Supreme Court’s decision is not only on the human level: The Supreme Court is authorizing collective punishment, which is specifically forbidden under international law (Article 33 of the Geneva Convention). Henceforth, Israel will no longer be able to complain about attacks against innocents in Israel: If all the residents of the Gaza Strip deserve to be punished because of the Qassam rockets, then maybe all Israelis deserve to be punished because of the occupation?
Ret godt spørgsmål, medmindre man mener at nogle mennesker er mindre værd end andre.
Ifølge Jacques & co´s logik, er det palæstinenserne der har (gentisk-)ret til at bo i Israel...men mon de også mener det ang. Israel?
Ifølge Jacques & co´s logik, er det de jødiske tilflyttere i Israel der skal ud.
Ifølge Jacques & co´s logik, ender vi i Danmark med at de "slemme" muslimer bygger en mur rundt om Gentofte og Hjallerup, og sender alle etniske danskere dertil...så kunne vi sende Jacques & co ud med sprængstof om livet.
Jeg vil bare gerne se, at der kunne blive fred og forsoning, også i mellemøsten.