Nobel winners petition Israel to outlaw targeted killing

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JERUSALEM - Hundreds of Israeli peace activists, joined by three foreign Nobel laureates, Monday asked the nation’s high court to rule against targeted assassinations carried out by the army in the Palestinian territories, saying the attacks were killing civilians.

The petition, signed by 10 peace groups and 200 individuals, urged the supreme court to rule immediately on the issue in light of last week’s Israeli fire in Gaza’s Beit Hanun that killed 19 people, mostly women and children.

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The signatories included Harold Pinter, winner of the Nobel literature prize in 1985, and Betty Williams and Mairead McGuire, the founders of an organization that promoted peace in Northern Ireland and who won the Nobel peace prize in 1976.

KhaleejTimes

[IntiRaymi]

1. So it takes a Nobel Prize

To obtain the ability to criticize Israel's policies in public?

[UndertheOcean]

2. Good for them ...

will Israel listen ?

Whats the rational of using anti-tank ammunition against human targets ?

[Englander]

3. More details;

(In JPost-world, Nobel-prize winners, artists, academics, politicians, political activists, retired air force pilots and soldiers from elite units = 'disgruntled citizens')

'Disgruntled citizens to petition high court against high court

More than 200 people - including artists, academics, politicians, political activists, retired air force pilots and soldiers from elite units - are due to petition the High Court of Justice on Tuesday against the court itself, or, more precisely, against Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch, retired Supreme Court president Aharon Barak and retired Supreme Court deputy president Mishael Cheshin.

The petitioners, led by Yoav Hass, head of the left-wing Yesh Gvul organization, are demanding that the court order the three justices to immediately hand down their rulings on two petitions submitted in 2002 and 2003 against the IDF's policy of targeted killings.

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Several foreign artists have joined the petition, including British actress Susannah York and British playwright Harold Pinter. Seven Israeli nonprofit organizations have also added their names, including Machsom Watch, Gush Shalom, The Women's Coalition for Peace and The Israeli Committee against House Demolitions. The petitioners are not represented by a lawyer.

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