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Posted By Bkumm 10 months, 3 weeks ago in NewsEU foreign ministers have condemned the shelling of UN buildings in Gaza and the high level of civilian casualties incurred during Israel’s three-week attack on the enclave. But they stopped short of backing an Irish call to support the establishment of an independent inquiry to determine if Israeli forces committed war crimes in Gaza.
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Endoscopy10 months, 3 weeks ago
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The Hamas likes to fight their people from what are supposed to be areas that are not to be used. Then when something like this happens foolish people get outraged. Why no outrage over the 1,400 Israelis killed and 18,000 wounded by Hamas since Sept. 2000?
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gamahuche10 months, 3 weeks ago
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This takes the story a step further..
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http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/012...
Israel’s chief military chaplain distributed a booklet to soldiers fighting in Gaza containing a rabbinical edict against showing mercy to enemies, an Israeli human rights group said yesterday.
The group, Yesh Din, which says it is dedicated to defending human rights in territory occupied by Israel, called on minister for defence Ehud Barak to dismiss the chief chaplain, Rabbi Avichai Rontzki, who holds the rank of brigadier general.
A booklet handed out by Rabbi Rontzki during the offensive quotes an ultra-nationalist Israeli rabbi saying that showing mercy towards a “cruel enemy” was “terribly immoral” and advising soldiers they were fighting “murderers”.
Yesh Din said the rabbi’s message could have been interpreted by soldiers as a call to act outside the confines of the international laws of warfare.
An Israeli spokesman had no immediate comment on the booklet, written by Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, a main figure in the Jewish settler movement in the occupied West Bank. A photo of its title page appeared in Israel’s Haaretz newspaper yesterday. – (Reuters)-
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Dionys10 months, 3 weeks ago
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Huh. Sounds like the same tactics used by the self-proclaimed 'Muslim' leaders.
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Does this now mean that Mutainina and her ilk will badmouth Judaism as a horrifc religion? Or will they finally admit that any religion can be twisted into horrific ideology to serve 'leaders'.
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