Cases against soldiers have Israel wondering
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In seven cases disclosed so far, the military found that a sniper "deliberately targeted" civilians; soldiers used Palestinians, including a 9-year-old boy, as human shields; and commanders authorized at least three separate bomb attacks that killed and injured several dozen civilians who were taking refuge in a family home, a U.N. compound and a mosque.
Some human rights experts regard Tuesday's manslaughter indictment against the sniper, who confessed to firing into a crowd of civilians waving a white flag and killing at least one person, as an acknowledgement that Israeli forces had committed a minimum of one war crime.
In the case of the mosque attack, an officer was accused of ignoring last-minute intelligence that the religious facility was in the vicinity of an impending bomb strike, and of failing to alert his superiors. About a dozen people were killed. The officer was reprimanded but faced no criminal charges.
"The military is finding out that some of what Goldstone said is true, even though no one wants to admit it," said Gershon Baskin, a political consultant and former Labor Party advisor. "This should indicate that there needs to be deeper investigation."
The most serious criminal investigation still pending involves the Samouni family. During battles in January 2009, more than 100 members of the family were reportedly ordered by soldiers to gather in a house that was later attacked by Israeli bombs. As many as 30 people died, including women and children.
Israel launched the 22-day assault at the end of 2008 in an effort to crush Hamas militants in Gaza who had fired thousands of rockets into Israel for years. As many as 1,400 Palestinians died, as well as 13 Israelis. The Goldstone report also accused Hamas of war crimes, but focused more attention on Israel.
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Some human rights experts regard Tuesday's manslaughter indictment against the sniper, who confessed to firing into a crowd of civilians waving a white flag and killing at least one person, as an acknowledgement that Israeli forces had committed a minimum of one war crime.
In the case of the mosque attack, an officer was accused of ignoring last-minute intelligence that the religious facility was in the vicinity of an impending bomb strike, and of failing to alert his superiors. About a dozen people were killed. The officer was reprimanded but faced no criminal charges.
"The military is finding out that some of what Goldstone said is true, even though no one wants to admit it," said Gershon Baskin, a political consultant and former Labor Party advisor. "This should indicate that there needs to be deeper investigation."
The most serious criminal investigation still pending involves the Samouni family. During battles in January 2009, more than 100 members of the family were reportedly ordered by soldiers to gather in a house that was later attacked by Israeli bombs. As many as 30 people died, including women and children.
Israel launched the 22-day assault at the end of 2008 in an effort to crush Hamas militants in Gaza who had fired thousands of rockets into Israel for years. As many as 1,400 Palestinians died, as well as 13 Israelis. The Goldstone report also accused Hamas of war crimes, but focused more attention on Israel.
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the whole situation is a giant human rights violation, but with terrorism being the prefered tactic used by some, what are the other to do?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPU4UN03t7E&feature=PlayList&p=4E6BCAB45C...
maybe if everybody respected a basic level of civility, and didnt use children as weapons all of these things could be avoided. - 1 year ago
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So even the Israeli army is capable of some fair investigations? Im really impressed... why cant our military do this? I seem to remember them arresting the Wikileaks journalist...
Well either way im glad they are at least admitting to the truth and the fact is there were some serious human rights violations in Operation Cast Lead.
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