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Posted By dissent 3 months, 1 week ago in News
Leshno Yaar said Pillay's report was "written by Palestinians in Ramallah" and "screened by Palestinian lawyers in Geneva in order to satisfy Palestinian diplomats on the Human Rights Council."
It was "totally biased" and based on unsubstantiated information, he said. "It ignores the facts and the Israeli positions."
"As far as Israel is concerned, we trust our military, we trust our legal system and we are ignoring this report," Leshno Yaar said.
In her report, Pillay said, "There is significant evidence which indicates that serious violations of international humanitarian law, as well as gross human rights violations occurred during the the military operations of 27 December 2008 to 18 January 2009."
She also accused Israel of harming unarmed civilians and of violating the rules of war with its "blockade" of the Gaza Strip.
Pillay said Israel's closure of its passages into Gaza for all but humanitarian goods amounts to collective punishment of civilians, which is prohibited under the Geneva Conventions on the conduct of warfare and occupation.
She cited the conventions' requirement that "no protected person may be punished for an offense he or she has not personally committed. Collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited."
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AnteUp3 months, 1 week ago
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I didn't see anything from Pillay's report that I haven't
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already heard Israeli troops say themselves.
As far as collective punishment is concerned - which her
report re-states, is NOT acceptable - the whole world knows
that Israel has practiced collective punishment for decades.
No new report necessary on that one.-
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Edmar143 months, 1 week ago
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You have first hand knowledge of Israel's collective punishment or do you just believe what you've been told. I would suggest that you go there and do your own research before telling us what the whole world knows. The whole world knows that all Muslims are terrorists. Ask any American. They'll tell you from their experiences with 9/11. Stupid statements deserve stupid answers.
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Thinker223 months, 1 week ago
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> As far as collective punishment is concerned - which her
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report re-states, is NOT acceptable...
Somehow fighting the enemy during a war had transformed from self-defense to "collective punishment", Ante.
Israel is at war with the Palestinians and as long as this war will continue so will the fighting you refer to as "collective punishment". In no war enemy fighters were "punished" individually, however. In no war enemy fighters were first arrested, then tried, then sentenced and only after all that punished. If you believe that fighting the enemy during a war is "NOT acceptable" -- so be it.
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