UN official: Israel should review its 'entire' military policy in Gaza

[Behind the Aegis]

Israel should review its "entire policy" of military action against Palestinians since violence was bound to cause civilian casualties and destroy prospects for peace, a senior United Nations official said on Tuesday.

Ibrahim Gambari, the UN undersecretary-general for political affairs, also told a Security Council meeting on the Middle East that Palestinian militants fired more than 200 rockets and mortar shells over the past month into the town of Sderot, which he called "legally and morally wrong."

Israel Defense Forces operations in the West Bank and Gaza have killed at least 128 Palestinians and wounded more than 380 during the past month, including at least 19 children.

"Israel should act prudently and proportionally in defending its citizens, so as to avoid civilian casualties," Gambari said, adding that firing artillery into civilian neighborhoods such as Gaza's Beit Hanun, where 19 people were killed on November 8, make civilian deaths inevitable.


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[IntiRaymi]

1. I guess the UN has no pecking order,

Where israeli victims matter more than palestinian victims.

[Behind the Aegis]

2. How do you figure?

[pelsar]

3. so do you....having a 'pecking order"

we all do.....if your stuck in a store where some armed robbers enter and your with 8yr old son, brother...and next to him is a 10yr old stranger....your instinct will place you between the robber and your 8yr old.....the strange kid will have to take fend for himself

hence the "pecking order"

....dont feel bad, its natural. It could be that you've never been under such pressure so you "dont know"...but if your interested in how people act when lives are at stake, you should ask..... (hint: we usually protect "our own" first be it son/daughter, friend etc as opposed to the stranger)