Amnesty International Calls For ICC Investigation

[WHITT]

Amnesty International Calls for ICC Probe

"We are deeply concerned over the mounting death toll in Gaza with 174 killed including 74 children. The International Criminal Court (ICC) must investigate Israel's attack on al-Shati refugee camp on Saturday that killed 2 women and 8 children. Direct attacks on civilians are war crimes," the rights' advocacy group Amnesty International said.

"The Israeli attack on al-Jalaa building destroying homes and Aljazeera and AP offices must also be investigated as a war crime. The strike fits a pattern of Israel’s collective punishment of the Palestinian population," it added.

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) called on Sunday for an immediate halt to what it described as Israel's barbaric attacks on Gaza and blamed "systematic crimes" against the Palestinians for hostilities now in their seventh day.

Arab foreign ministers have urged the International Criminal Court to proceed with an investigation into Israel’s possible war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Palestinians.

They strongly condemned what they call Israel's crimes against Muslim worshippers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the latest court orders to evict families of Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.

The ministers urged the UN Security Council to take action in order to stop the “Israeli aggression” and provide “international protection” to the Palestinian people.

The ministers met virtually on Tuesday to discuss the latest escalation of violence in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and the Gaza Strip. In a statement after the meeting, they called for the ICC to mobilise resources for such an investigation.

[EX500rider]

1. "Direct attacks on civilians are war crimes"

And crickets about Hama's firing thousands of rockets at Israeli cities?

[WHITT]

2. Once Again

Hamas is counter-attacking. The fascist Likud attacked Palestinians at the
Al-Aqsa complex during prayer services.

[EX500rider]

3. "Counter-attacking" by firing rockets at random civilians in other cities?

Including Israeli Arabs?
Textbook terrorism & war crime more like it.

[WHITT]

4. Nope

Unguided rockets CANNOT POSSIBLY be a "direct attack on civilians".

Once again, by international treaty, fighting back against those that have you under Illegal Military Occupation is NOT "terrorism", no matter how many times the fascist Likud falsely claims it is terrorism.

[PhylliPretzel]

9. Thank you,WHITT

for speaking the truth regarding the legality of using violence to counter occupation (no matter who much we peaceniks abhor violence.) Zionists could prevent Hamas' rockets by lifting the siege of Gaza and meeting their international responsibilities of caring for their occupied peoples.

[EX500rider]

12. "lifting the siege of Gaza"

Doesn't Gaza share a border with Eygpt also?
I wonder while they keep it closed a lot...I guess they frown on terror groups smuggling weapons into the Sinai.

[EX500rider]

10. "Unguided rockets CANNOT POSSIBLY be a "direct attack on civilians" "

When they are aimed at cities they most certainly are.

Or is it just some type of Hama's 4th of July festival?

And killing of random civilians is certainly terrorism.

And "fighting back against those that have you under Illegal Military Occupation" requires you strike at military targets, not civilian.
And Gaza is under no occupation.

[WHITT]

13. Ah

When they are aimed at cities they most certainly are.

Care to explain how unguided rockets are "aimed"?

And killing of random civilians is certainly terrorism.

According to the 'Geneva Declaration on Terrorism', which the U.S. is a signatory to, fighting back against Illegal Military Occupation is most definitely NOT "terrorism", no matter how many times the fascist Likud lies and claims otherwise.

And "fighting back against those that have you under Illegal Military Occupation" requires you strike at military targets

False.

And Gaza is under no occupation.

Of course it's under Illegal Military Occupation. Don't read many UN resolutions, eh?

[EX500rider]

14. Wow, lots you got wrong there...

Unguided missiles can be aimed by adjusting the angle and direction of fire. Fire at X elevation at X compass point and it is aimed.

Israel pulled out of Gaza in 2005 so it is under no kind of occupation. Hama's runs the whole place and they have a border with Eygpt also so Israel does not have them "blockaded" or "surrounded" either.

And even if it was, "fighting back against Illegal Military Occupation" does not evolve killing random civilians as they are not a military target.

[WHITT]

15. I Got Nothing Wrong

Unguided missiles can be aimed by adjusting the angle and direction of fire. Fire at X elevation at X compass point and it is aimed.

Sorry, unguided rockets cannot be "aimed" to "directly target civilians"

Israel pulled out of Gaza in 2005 so it is under no kind of occupation.

Wow, are you out of touch.

The IDF pulled out, but they barricaded the borders, militarized the checkpoints, blockaded the sea, control the Palestinian airspace, and control all the utilities and water & sewer services.

They turned Gaza into the largest outdoor prison on the planet.

It's STILL Illegal Military Occupation.

And even if it was, "fighting back against Illegal Military Occupation" does not evolve killing random civilians as they are not a military target.

Already debunked.

[EX500rider]

16. lol.....dig deeper!

I haven't seen you debunk anything actually

[WHITT]

18. Just Keep Telling Yourself That

[Ms. Toad]

17. As to your first point -

my friends in Israel would beg to differ.

So does Slate:

How do you aim a rocket, anyway?

With a firing table. In military terms, a “rocket” refers to an unguided, self-propelled weapon. Once the Hezbollah militants have picked a target in Israel—say, the city of Haifa—all they have to do is point the rocket in the right direction, set the firing tube at the appropriate angle off the ground, and let ‘er rip. They can figure out the direction with a computer and a compass. But to get the angle, they need to check the distance to the target against published data for the particular make of rocket they’re using. Then they can improve the accuracy of the attack by correcting the launch angle for temperature, altitude, and wind.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2006/07/how-do-you-aim-a-rocket.html

Unguided merely means it is not actively altering course in real time to make sure it hits a particular target. And the precision with which it hits its target is certainly lower than with that of a guided missle. But it does not mean it is not/cannot directly target civilians.

Not that I think it is much better to randomly fire thousands of rockets into a space filled with civillians than to target them directly.

[WarGamer]

5. will they investigate the Hamas rocket attacks?

[WHITT]

6. For What?

[WarGamer]

7. if the Israeli reaction is worth investigating... how about the cause of it all?

[WHITT]

8. We Already Know The Cause

The fascist Likud ordered commandos to storm into the Al-Aqsa complex, one of the world's holiest structures located in Jerusalem's Old City, during a prayer service. They threw stun grenades and fired rounds at Palestinians engaged in prayer. This was a blatant attempt to intentionally instigate a response in order to disrupt the forming of an alternative Israeli government, not to mention an obvious war crime.

[Bettie]

11. Thank you

now I don't have to type the whole thing out and you put it very clearly.

The current conflict was instigated by Netanyahu, in order to provoke a response that would allow him to kill some people and stir up violence in order to ensure that there was no government formed. It also took attention off of his many criminal acts by using his favorite scapegoat: the human beings living in an open air prison camp.