Comments | kateorman: Gaza

kateorman

Gaza

Jan 27, 2009 18:22

Right then - now that I am suitably cushioned by alcohol, let's see where we're up to in the Middle East. (You guys have given me lots of links and thinks - I'll come back to them.)

At a Flash Point in Gaza, A Family's Deadly Ordeal - a report from today's Washington Post considers the legality of Israel's actions during Operation Cast Lead ( Read more... )

operation cast lead, pollie tix, killing

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BBC... nyssa1968 January 27 2009, 21:50:33 UTC

You might be interested in this blog... http://0tralala.blogspot.com/2009/01/holocaust-memorial-day.html

Re: BBC... kateorman January 28 2009, 00:19:31 UTC

Good thorts there. Much of international human rights law was a direct response to Nazi Germany's horrors. I think it's difficult for people to get their heads around the idea that both sides in the conflict can be in the wrong; so much of the rhetoric seems to be about justifying why it's all right for one side to break the law. Can you imagine two neighbours in court, each saying it wasn't a crime for them to break into the other's garage and steal the lawnmower? The judge would laugh and they'd both do time.