UN high commissioner : Israel may have 'systematically violated' laws of war

And that's just from analysis of 6 Israeli attacks between 7th October to 2nd December , the many other attacks since will likely fall into the same category.

Volker Turk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, said the requirement to pick methods avoiding or at least minimising civilian harm "appears to have been consistently violated".

A spokesperson for the UN office said it is "yet to see credible and transparent investigations", adding there would be a need for "international action in this regard" if Israel fails to investigate.

Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday claimed the US is withholding weapons and suggested this has slowed the offensive in the south Gaza city of Rafah.

That's because Joe and his complicit administration know they've already got blood on their hands , they're probably not to keen on a continued bloodbath in Rafah.

But still it goes on.

Despite international pressure, Israeli forces advanced deeper into western Rafah on Wednesday, according to Palestinian residents and medics.

They claim eight people have been killed, with residents reporting tanks moving into five neighbourhoods after midnight and heavy shelling and gunfire hitting tents in the al Mawasi area.
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Dumb.

How about the antisemitic UN high commissioner make a statement that Hamas and the 'palestinians' have 'systematically violated' laws of war ... cuz' they have.

ANY dead 'palestinians' are the fault of Hamas and the 'palestinians' themselves who applaud, support, and participate in Hamas' war against Israel. No one would be dead if Hamas and the 'palestinians' hadn't attacked Israel. No one would be dying in Gaza if Hamas and the 'palestinians' would give up the hostages and lay down their arms, and stop calling for the genocide of the Jews and the destruction of Israel.

Israel has a right to self defense.

Like I said ... 'UN high commissioner' ... DUMB.

"we care so much about you we are gonna build our weapon depots and tunnels right below the buildings your kids are sleeping in"

a reply to: FlyersFan

How about the antisemitic UN high commissioner

So even investigating Israel for crimes they may have committed is Anti-Semitic now ?

You really should consider how crazy that sounds.

originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: FlyersFan

How about the antisemitic UN high commissioner

So even investigating Israel for crimes they may have committed is Anti-Semitic now ?

You really should consider how crazy that sounds.

No and don't act like that was what was said. The observation was how the other war crimes being committed are being quite pointly ignored! Raping and holding civilians hostage, that is okay! Rape as a weapon of war is a huge no. But why wouldn't that be pursued? Unless the UN high commissioner is Anti-Semitic! Pretty spot on observation to only enforce the laws against one side and not the one that committed the most henious crimes.

a reply to: gortex
The UN loves to virtue signal, especially when it comes to their favorite "victim".

When is the last time the UN did something to benefit humanity and not just enrich a select few?

a reply to: hangedman13

No and don't act like that was what was said.

By calling the UN High Commissioner "Anti-Semitic" that's exactly what was said.

Raping and holding civilians hostage, that is okay! Rape as a weapon of war is a huge no. But why wouldn't that be pursued?

It is being pursued , the UN applied for arrest warrants for the Hamas leadership at the same time as they did for the Israeli leadership.

The UN is a total farce. The U.S. should boot their worthless asses out of NYC and free up 18 acres of Manhatten real estate.

As for the OP, Volker Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights should say something like: "There will never be peace in the Middle East, because we're dealing with a religion that wants to take over the world and kill everyone who disagrees with them." But we know that's not gonna happen.

after 37 years of existence i have come to the conclusion that the value of a human life is zero, unless said life can be used for political gain.

it's all theatre! blood and misery being streamed live as entertainment for the masses to consume.





Ashriel

a reply to: gortex

"Laws of War"

That's funny. An oxymoron.

I never heard of ISIS or ISIL or any Arab organization being accused of committing crimes of "The Laws of War".

Thats like "Human intelligence". That's fast becoming an oxymoron here in the United States.

For a little perspective, that tiny red dot in the upper right is Israel; all the blue is occupied by Muslims whose main objective in life is to kill all Jews.

a reply to: nugget1

You have perfectly summarized and epitomized the old adage of a picture being worth a thousand words.

a reply to: nugget1

That map should have shaded Turkey and Iran in blue as well.

originally posted by: ColeYounger2
a reply to: nugget1

You have perfectly summarized and epitomized the old adage of a picture being worth a thousand words.

Yeah; I was pretty shocked when I saw the map. How have they survived this long with the constant attacks, day after day and year after year?

a reply to: charlest2

I never heard of ISIS or ISIL or any Arab organization being accused of committing crimes of "The Laws of War".

That's because they are savages and we is civilised.

But crickets noise from the UN on murdering innocent people while raping their families too for their "peaceful worship" practices, oh wait! If Christians did this as our practice, then there would be no USA because we made strong to survive so lone by giving all people a chance to make it big here. Until lately that is.


I say start at the edge of Gaza, put any of them alive on a ship and send them to Iran. Send the wounded on a Hospital ship that takes care of them until the Iranians can let them off the ship. They can plot with them better that way and when all hell comes we won't have to guess who did it.

a reply to: Greazel

The whole of Gaza (aka the Gaza Strip) is about twice the size of Washington, D.C. and three times the population. Bordering the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt and Israel, Gaza is a 25-mile long stretch of coastal land (141 square miles, 365 square kilometers).

So where else can they build their tunnels? Under the Dome of the Rock?

originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: charlest2

I never heard of ISIS or ISIL or any Arab organization being accused of committing crimes of "The Laws of War".

That's because they are savages and we is civilised.

Right! We are so civilized we have only killed 10 ,15 or 20 million people in all the wars we have started since the end of WW2.

Right, "We so civilized".

The human species are cannibals. We feed off of the dead of our own species. We just don't eat them.

a reply to: gortex

can you show the report they did on the atrocities HAMAS did, or was that not out of line for the war they started?

it's sad how folks can't grasp the basics.

a reply to: gortex

Finger crossed, right?

That evil Bidi will get his war crime comeuppance.

Israel has the only opinion that really matters where their leader is concerned.

As of May 30th.

www.timesofisrael.com...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu overtook war cabinet minister Benny Gantz as the public’s preferred choice for premier in a television survey aired Wednesday, marking the first time in a year that the incumbent rated higher than his best-polling rival.

If elections were held today, according to the poll, National Union would pick up 25 of the Knesset’s 120 seats, while Likud would win 21. The four-seat gap between the two parties is down from a high of 19 seats in a December survey, when Gantz’s party led Netanyahu’s by 37 seats to 18, the network noted.

And since when has The UN ever been unbias?



But at the least the Partition returned diasporic jews to their ancestral holy land, The Phoenician City States.

Religiously speaking, that's about the most kicking and screaming concession they could have made too. And they still gave The 1400 years later Muslims all cities of Hebrew and Christian significance (excluding areas around Jerusalem). And then not stand in the way of all Arab countries going to war when Israel claims independence of that land.

Israel can decide Netanyahu's worth. Not the UN or Hague. As seen by Tel Aviv protests they have the other side to consider. He has only 15% support amongst The Israeli-Muslims, and slipping close to 50% support among Israeli-Jews. But their right wing parties are still expected to pick up seats in elections.

The world reporting on Netanyahu is like CNN's reporting on Donald Trump.. It's slanted left and out for blood. And it works on every countries left the same.

The left didn't used to be against Israel either. That has flipped in the last 20 years. As the stories reported from the left are of "West Bank families forced to leave generational home for new Jewish settlement". They are specifically meant to invert the perception of that map above, with all that blue surrounding the red.