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© Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Palestinians to press war-crimes case against Israel
By JOSEF FEDERMAN and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH RAMALLAH, West Bank©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Benny Sallinger
let s put the culprits on trial! may justice fall upon the warmongers
SenseNotSoCommon
It's Palestine's year. If political process is to be made in the region, it will require on peace and justice for the people in Palestine and their neighbours.
Wolfpack
I wonder how many more terrorists acts the Palestinians will need to perpetrate before they can convince the international Left that they are the actual war criminals?
HonestDictator
Double edged sword guys. double edged sword. Let them try it, but they'll also have to accept war crimes on their own end as well by the actions of Hamas and other terrorist groups operating out of Palestine. Nobody here with a brain believes Palestine is free from their own self perpetrated violence.
WilliB
The single one issue that these so-called "Palestinians" (aka muslim Arab residents of Palestine) have is Israel, and will be Israel, as long as Israel exists.
Don´t hold your breath for Abbas mentioning the crimes and terrorism of either Hamas or the PA. What a hypocrite.
bass4funk
So how many Palestinians be tried on war crimes?
SenseNotSoCommon
Full and mutual accountability supervised by neutral third parties? Excellent!
sighclops
As long as Hamas are also held accountable - sure why not. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. What's Iran's say in the matter? They'd happily see Israel wiped off the face of the earth, as would most of the Arab nations in the region. Where do you draw the line? I don't have the answer to that question.
SuperLib
So we might have terrorists taking governments to trial? It's just beyond silly.
SenseNotSoCommon
So, SuperLib, all Palestinians are terrorists?
MarkG
Before their was an Israel their were other terrorists in Pallestine.
Mlodinow
for all the people using the "terrorist" blame game here, do you even know what was going on there pre 1948 war? A good deal of terrorist attacks were perpetrated against the British army by Zionists (I use Zionist here to identify only radical Jews). 91 dead in one cold-blooded attack alone. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irgun
For most people over there, joining the ICC is a great move as it will (as some have pointed out here) act to restrain both sides ,or at least hopefully anyway.
SuperLib
We all know there are uncontrollable parts of Palestine that openly engages in terrorism. Until they get under control, it's laughable to have the Palestinian government filing charges against other governments. These militants will continue to operate with impunity and drive the violence in the area while Abbas will take Israel to court. It's a joke.
jerseyboy
Good. Israel has been sheltered by the U.S. veto power at the UNSC for far too long.
LOL. Obama has had six years to "further the aspirations of the Palestinian people" and accomplished nothing. Except Israel keeps buidling new/expanding existing settlements. What has Obama done that was "productive"?