Ook dit verzwijgt het NOS-Journaal omdat het niet past in de pro-Israel propaganda:
'Israel's bombardment of Gaza is not self-defence – it's a war crime
ISRAEL has sought to justify its military attacks on Gaza by stating that it amounts to an act of "self-defence" as recognised by Article 51, United Nations Charter. We categorically reject this contention.
The rocket attacks on Israel by Hamas deplorable as they are, do not, in terms of scale and effect amount to an armed attack entitling Israel to rely on self-defence. Under international law self-defence is an act of last resort and is subject to the customary rules of proportionality and necessity.
The killing of almost 800 Palestinians, mostly civilians, and more than 3,000 injuries, accompanied by the destruction of schools, mosques, houses, UN compounds and government buildings, which Israel has a responsibility to protect under the Fourth Geneva Convention, is not commensurate to the deaths caused by Hamas rocket fire.
For 18 months Israel had imposed an unlawful blockade on the coastal strip that brought Gazan society to the brink of collapse. In the three years after Israel's redeployment from Gaza, 11 Israelis were killed by rocket fire. And yet in 2005-8, according to the UN, the Israeli army killed about 1,250 Palestinians in Gaza, including 222 children. Throughout this time the Gaza Strip remained occupied territory under international law because Israel maintained effective control over it.
ISRAEL has sought to justify its military attacks on Gaza by stating that it amounts to an act of "self-defence" as recognised by Article 51, United Nations Charter. We categorically reject this contention.
The rocket attacks on Israel by Hamas deplorable as they are, do not, in terms of scale and effect amount to an armed attack entitling Israel to rely on self-defence. Under international law self-defence is an act of last resort and is subject to the customary rules of proportionality and necessity.
The killing of almost 800 Palestinians, mostly civilians, and more than 3,000 injuries, accompanied by the destruction of schools, mosques, houses, UN compounds and government buildings, which Israel has a responsibility to protect under the Fourth Geneva Convention, is not commensurate to the deaths caused by Hamas rocket fire.
For 18 months Israel had imposed an unlawful blockade on the coastal strip that brought Gazan society to the brink of collapse. In the three years after Israel's redeployment from Gaza, 11 Israelis were killed by rocket fire. And yet in 2005-8, according to the UN, the Israeli army killed about 1,250 Palestinians in Gaza, including 222 children. Throughout this time the Gaza Strip remained occupied territory under international law because Israel maintained effective control over it.
Israel's actions amount to aggression, not self-defence, not least because its assault on Gaza was unnecessary. Israel could have agreed to renew the truce with Hamas. Instead it killed 225 Palestinians on the first day of its attack. As things stand, its invasion and bombardment of Gaza amounts to collective punishment of Gaza's 1.5m inhabitants contrary to international humanitarian and human rights law. In addition, the blockade of humanitarian relief, the destruction of civilian infrastructure, and preventing access to basic necessities such as food and fuel, are prima facie war crimes.
We condemn the firing of rockets by Hamas into Israel and suicide bombings which are also contrary to international humanitarian law and are war crimes. Israel has a right to take reasonable and proportionate means to protect its civilian population from such attacks. However, the manner and scale of its operations in Gaza amount to an act of aggression and is contrary to international law, notwithstanding the rocket attacks by Hamas.
Ian Brownlie QC, Blackstone Chambers Mark Muller QC, Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales Michael Mansfield QC and Joel Bennathan QC, Tooks Chambers Sir Geoffrey Bindman, University College, London Professor Richard Falk, Princeton University Professor M Cherif Bassiouni, DePaul University, Chicago Professor Christine Chinkin, LSE Professor John B Quigley, Ohio State University Professor Iain Scobbie and Victor Kattan, School of Oriental and African Studies Professor Vera Gowlland-Debbas, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva Professor Said Mahmoudi, Stockholm University Professor Max du Plessis, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban Professor Bill Bowring, Birkbeck College Professor Joshua Castellino, Middlesex University Professor Thomas Skouteris and Professor Michael Kagan, American University of Cairo Professor Javaid Rehman, Brunel University Daniel Machover, Chairman, Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights Dr Phoebe Okawa, Queen Mary University John Strawson, University of East London Dr Nisrine Abiad, British Institute of International and Comparative Law Dr Michael Kearney, University of York Dr Shane Darcy, National University of Ireland, Galway Dr Michelle Burgis, University of St Andrews Dr Niaz Shah, University of Hull.'
We condemn the firing of rockets by Hamas into Israel and suicide bombings which are also contrary to international humanitarian law and are war crimes. Israel has a right to take reasonable and proportionate means to protect its civilian population from such attacks. However, the manner and scale of its operations in Gaza amount to an act of aggression and is contrary to international law, notwithstanding the rocket attacks by Hamas.
Ian Brownlie QC, Blackstone Chambers Mark Muller QC, Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales Michael Mansfield QC and Joel Bennathan QC, Tooks Chambers Sir Geoffrey Bindman, University College, London Professor Richard Falk, Princeton University Professor M Cherif Bassiouni, DePaul University, Chicago Professor Christine Chinkin, LSE Professor John B Quigley, Ohio State University Professor Iain Scobbie and Victor Kattan, School of Oriental and African Studies Professor Vera Gowlland-Debbas, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva Professor Said Mahmoudi, Stockholm University Professor Max du Plessis, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban Professor Bill Bowring, Birkbeck College Professor Joshua Castellino, Middlesex University Professor Thomas Skouteris and Professor Michael Kagan, American University of Cairo Professor Javaid Rehman, Brunel University Daniel Machover, Chairman, Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights Dr Phoebe Okawa, Queen Mary University John Strawson, University of East London Dr Nisrine Abiad, British Institute of International and Comparative Law Dr Michael Kearney, University of York Dr Shane Darcy, National University of Ireland, Galway Dr Michelle Burgis, University of St Andrews Dr Niaz Shah, University of Hull.'
Blijf zwijgen collega's van de NOS, dat is goed voor jullie journalistieke carriere.
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Nu op teletekst (RTL en NOS):
"11 Januari 2009
Israël beticht van gebruik fosfor
Mensenrechtenorganisatie Human Rights Watch beschuldigt Israël ervan witte fosfor te gebruiken in Gaza. Waarnemers hebben de afgelopen dagen boven Gaza verschillende fosforwolken gezien.
Human Rights Watch wijst erop dat witte fosfor alleen gebruikt mag worden voor bijvoorbeeld rookgordijnen, maar niet in dichtbevolkte gebieden. Israël spreekt de beschuldiging met klem tegen.
Palestijnse artsen zeggen dat Israël de zelfontbrandende stof wel degelijk gebruikt in Gaza. Ze hebben tientallen mensen gezien met diepe brandwonden, die volgens hen alleen door witte fosfor kunnen zijn veroorzaakt."
Dit wordt geschreven alsof het om een strijd van meningen gaat. Als je die dingen, die zo verdomd veel op fosforgranaten lijken, gewoon op foto's en journaalbeelden kunt zien, kan iedere journalist toch gewoon aan Israel vragen, wat ze dan WEL zijn?
Je kunt ze immers niet meer weg photoshoppen....
Zo zie ik regelmatig ook langskomen dat foto's van Palestijnse slachtoffers "Palestijnse propaganda" is. Daarmee suggereert men dus dat Getty Images, Reuters, AP Photo's Palestijnse propaganda voert. Gezien het aantal foto's van Israëlische militairen en bange Israëliers in de grensdorpen mag je eerder het tegengestelde concluderen.
Tussen deze foto's vond ik gisteren ook deze. Onderschrift: An Israeli couple follow with binoculars the Israeli army shelling on the Gaza Strip in Nir Am at the Israeli side of the border with Gaza on January 10, 2009. Dozens of Israeli picnickers gathered on Shabat at the hills near the border to watch the bombardment on the Palestinian enclave.
Picknick!
@Poplar
Iedere journalist kan inderdaad vragen naar die al dan niet fosforgranaten, maar op vragen daarover van AjJazeera-mensen (zondagavond uitgezonden), werd door verschillende Israelische figuren (waaronder IDF-woordvoerster Leibovich) verzekerd dat Israel geen verboden wapens gebruikt. Meer was er niet uit te persen.
En inderdaad, witte fosfor is niet (helemaal) verboden. Het mag namelijk wel gebruikt worden om een rookgordijn te leggen, dus...
Vreselijk cynisch trouwens, om te accepteren dat er niet-verboden wapens zijn...
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