US congressmen call on Kerry to probe Israeli 'extrajudicial executions'

[Penelope]

US congressmen call on Kerry to probe Israeli 'extrajudicial executions'

In letter, Dem. Senator Patrick Leahy urges State Department to investigate allegations of 'gross violations of human rights' by Israel and Egypt, and reexamine military aid to the two countries.



US Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy and 10 other Democratic members of Congress have called on Secretary of State John Kerry to open an investigation against Israel on suspicion of "extrajudicial executions" of Palestinians in the West Bank, American news site Politico revealed on Wednesday.

In a letter dated February 17, the Congressmen compare what they refer to as "gross violations of human rights" in Israel to forced disappearances of people in Egypt, as well as the August 2013 massacre in Rabaa Square in Cairo, in which at least 1,000 supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi were murdered and nearly 4,000 others wounded by Egyptian security forces. The massacre on August 14, 2013 was described by Human Rights Watch as "one of the world’s largest killings of demonstrators in a single day in recent history.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to the letter, saying that "The IDF and the Israel Police do not engage in executions. Israel’s soldiers and police officers defend themselves and innocent civilians with the highest moral standards against bloodthirsty terrorists who come to murder them. Where is the concern for the human rights of the many Israelis who’ve been murdered and maimed by these savage terrorists? This letter should have been addressed instead to those who incite youngsters to commit cruel acts of terrorism.”

US congressmen call on Kerry to probe Israeli 'extrajudicial executions'

 

[Lipush]

Have they ever suggested to check into Palestinian 'extrajudicial executions'?

No?

Didn't think so.

 

[Penelope]

Have they ever suggested to check into Palestinian 'extrajudicial executions'?

No?

Didn't think so.

Palestinians are fighting back, for land and their freedom. Zionist are hunting.

 

[Lipush]

Have they ever suggested to check into Palestinian 'extrajudicial executions'?

No?

Didn't think so.

Palestinians are fighting back, for land and their freedom. Zionist are hunting.

Where the Palestinians fighting back when they stabbed Hadas Fogel?

 

[fanger]

What were the israeli´s doing when 18-month-old Ali Dawabsheh was burned alive in the fire ?

 

[Phoenall]

Have they ever suggested to check into Palestinian 'extrajudicial executions'?

No?

Didn't think so.

Palestinians are fighting back, for land and their freedom. Zionist are hunting.

Firing illegal weapons deemed to be a war crime is not fighting backj

 

[Phoenall]

What were the israeli´s doing when 18-month-old Ali Dawabsheh was burned alive in the fire ?

Looking for the culprits, now they have them they face a long spell in prison

 

[Lipush]

What were the israeli´s doing when 18-month-old Ali Dawabsheh was burned alive in the fire ?

Began hunting down the ones who did this horrible thing.

What did the Palestinians do when their heroes slaughtered the Itamar family?

 

[RoccoR]

Lipush, Fanger, Penelope, et al,

There is a lot of buzzing about the ICC Report due-out this month. It will be an interesting reading.

What were the israeli´s doing when 18-month-old Ali Dawabsheh was burned alive in the fire ?

Began hunting down the ones who did this horrible thing.

What did the Palestinians do when their heroes slaughtered the Itamar family?

(REFERENCE)

The Palestinian delegate to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Ibrahim Khreisheh has admitted that Hamas is committing war crimes by firing rockets into Israel. Khreisheh was speaking on Palestinian television last week, in an interview translated by MEMRI (the Middle East Media Research Institute),

Responding to a question about the Palestinians' demand to appeal to the International Criminal Court at The Hague (ICC) against Israel, Khreisheh responded: "The missiles that are now being launched against Israel, each and every missile constitutes a crime against humanity, whether it hits or missed, because it is directed at civilian targets...Therefore, targeting civilians, be it one civilian or a thousand, is considered a crime against humanity."

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He goes on to say that Hamas, firing from PA controlled areas, does not warn civilians before firing on them and by doing so is committing a war crime: "As for the missiles launched from our side, we never warn anyone about where these missiles are about to fall, or about the operation we carry out."
SOURCE: Completed Article: Palestinian diplomat admits Hamas war crimes, yNet, Aryeh Savir, Tazpit 13 JUL 14

(OBSERVATIONS)

First off, who can find these particular Members of Congress credible on this issue; Members of Congress that did virtually nothing to counter terrorism; and yet defend the very same people that killed Americans and violated numerous Customary and International Humanitarian Law. They are essentially siding against Americans and US Policy of Justice in the absence of a government to dispense justice. As the Palestinian Terrorist Leader, has stated:

Ismail Haniyeh, head of the Hamas administration in the Gaza Strip commenting on the killing of Osama Bin Laden, May 2, 2011
"We regard this as a continuation of the American policy based on oppression and the shedding of Muslim and Arab blood…We condemn the assassination and the killing of an Arab holy warrior. We ask God to offer him mercy with the true believers and the martyrs."
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The Palestinians are the very same people that (a very short list):

February 23, 1970 Halhoul, West Bank --- Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) terrorists open fire on a busload of pilgrims killing Barbara Ertle of Michigan and wounding two other Americans.

November 14, 1975 Jerusalem, Israel --- Lola Nunberg, 53, of New York, was injured during a bombing attack in downtown Jerusalem. Fatah claimed responsibility for the bombing, which killed six people and wounded 38.

January 1, 1977 Beirut, Lebanon --- Frances E. Meloy, U.S. ambassador to Lebanon, and Robert O.Waring, the U.S. economic counselor, were kidnapped by PFLP members as they crossed a militia checkpoint separating the Christian from the Muslim parts of Beirut. They were later shot to death.

March 11, 1978 Tel Aviv, Israel --- Gail Rubin, niece of U.S. Senator Abraham Ribicoff, was among 38 people shot to death by PLO terrorists on an Israeli beach.

August 19, 1982 Paris, France --- Two American citizens, Anne Van Zanten and Grace Cutler, were killed when the PLO bombed a Jewish restaurant in Paris.

October 15, 1986 Jerusalem, Israel --- Gali Klein, an American citizen, was killed in a grenade attack by Fatah at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

July 6, 1989 Between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Israel --- A member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) seized control of the steering wheel of a crowded bus enroute from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and drove the bus off a cliff in the area of Kiryat Ye'arim. 16 civilians were killed, including two Canadians and one American.

December 1, 1993 Jerusalem, Israel --- Yitzhak Weinstock, 19, whose family came from Los Angeles, CA, was killed in a drive-by shooting. Hamas took responsibility for the attack.

February 25, 1996 Jerusalem, Israel --- A suicide bomber blew up a commuter bus in killing 26, including three U.S. citizens, Hamas claimed responsibility for the bombing.

April 19, 1998 Maon, Israel --- Dov Driben, a 28-year-old American-Israeli farmer was killed by terrorists near the West Bank town of Maon. by Fatah.

April 17, 2006 Tel Aviv, Israel --- Homicide bombing at the Rosh Ha'ir restaurant: Daniel Wultz, 16, of Weston, Florida, died one month after receiving his wounds in this bombing.

June 30, 2014 Halhul, West Bank --- 16 year old Naftali Frankel, a U.S. citizen, was one of three Israeli teenagers kidnapped and murdered while hitchhiking from a yeshiva in Gush Etzion.

October 1, 2015 West Bank --- Eitan Henkin (an American citizen) and his wife Naama (both early 30's) were ambushed and killed by Palestinian gunmen as they drove with their four children, all under the age of 10, in the West Bank.

March 9, 2016 Jaffa Port --- A Palestinian attacker began stabbing random Israelis at the entrance to the Jaffa Port, and wounded four people before taking off away from Israeli security gaurds. The attacker continued to stab pedestrians and motorists as he ran down a residential street, seriously injuring three people before being shot and killed by police. One victim stabbed by the attacker later identified as a American tourist Taylor Force, died of his wounds.

Sources: List compiled by Caroline Taillandier (GLORIA Center); Dr. Mitchell Bard, Alden Oreck, Avi Hein, Elihai Braun, Elie Berman (American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise); and, Paul Teller (House Republican Study Committee).
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(COMMENT)

The Customary Rules of Law and the International Humanitarian Laws are somewhat cumbersome. But they are laws and the Hostile Arab Palestinians (HoAPs) have been violating them continuously; claim the stance of the perpetual victim for more that half a century.

Rule #11. Indiscriminate Attacks
Rule #20. Advance Warning
Rule #23. Location of Military Objectives outside Densely Populated Areas
Rule #24. Removal of Civilians and Civilian Objects from the Vicinity of Military Objectives
Rule #96. Hostage-Taking
Rule #97. Human Shields
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While the various Palestinians Terrorists march and rally in celebration of suicide bombers and other Jihadist and Fedayeen, in a uniform, that is not the case when conducting hostile activities.

• Exhibit Rocket Site

• FRANCE 24 has exclusive footage of a Hamas rocket-launching pad that appears to show that the Islamist militant group has been firing from areas heavily populated with civilians. Middle east - Exclusive: Hamas rocket launch pad lies near Gaza homes
FRANCE 24 correspondent Gallagher Fenwick says the site in Gaza City is some 50 metres (less than 165 feet) from a hotel where the majority of international media is staying. It also lies just 100 metres from a UN building clearly marked with the trademark light blue flag.

"This type of setup is at the heart of the debate within the international community but also between Israel and the Palestinian militants," says Fenwick. "The Israeli army has repeatedly accused Palestinian militants of shooting from within densely populated civilian areas, and that is precisely the type of setup we have right here – rockets set up right next to buildings with a lot of residents.”

• Hamas’s Use Medical Facilities and Ambulances for Military-Terrorist Purposes*
Hamas and the other terrorist organizations have frequently made use of hospitals and other medical facilities for various military purposes. That is because they know the IDF does not attack medical facilities, and using a medical facility provides their terrorist operatives located there with a kind of immunity. For the same reason they use ambulances to move terrorist operatives and weapons from place to place in combat zones. They repeat the modus operandi in Operation Protective Edge.

* HAMAS Uses Ambulance: hamas use ambulances - Bing video

Most Respectfully,
R

 

[fanger]

Netanyahu spars with US senator over Israeli army's rights record
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Senator Patrick Leahy went head to head on Wednesday, after the senior Democrat and 10 other congressmen called for the US to investigate the possibility of human rights abuses by Israeli forces.





In a joint letter to US Secretary of State John Kerry that was published Tuesday, the group of congressmen suggested that some US military aid to Israel should be suspended if reports of "gross violations of human rights," including "extrajudicial killings," should be proven true.




Netanyahu quickly lashed back at Leahy and the congressmen, saying in a statement: "The IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) and the Israel Police do not engage in executions. Israel's soldiers and police officers defend themselves and innocent civilians with the highest moral standards against bloodthirsty terrorists who come to murder them."




The letter was published this week, but sent last month, on Feb. 27, long before an Israeli soldier was caught on camera in Hebron last week shooting dead a Palestinian who lay wounded on the ground -- an incident that has sparked international outcry and been branded an "extrajudicial execution" by the UN.




Netanyahu initially condemned the killing, saying it did not represent the Israeli army's values, but has since reversed his position, in part encouraged by taunts from far-right Education Minister Naftali Bennett, who has lauded the soldier as "outstanding."
Netanyahu spars with US senator over Israeli army's rights record

 

[Stephanie]

Maybe he can take James Taylor with him while pissing on one of closest allies.

 

[Phoenall]

Netanyahu spars with US senator over Israeli army's rights record
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Senator Patrick Leahy went head to head on Wednesday, after the senior Democrat and 10 other congressmen called for the US to investigate the possibility of human rights abuses by Israeli forces.





In a joint letter to US Secretary of State John Kerry that was published Tuesday, the group of congressmen suggested that some US military aid to Israel should be suspended if reports of "gross violations of human rights," including "extrajudicial killings," should be proven true.




Netanyahu quickly lashed back at Leahy and the congressmen, saying in a statement: "The IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) and the Israel Police do not engage in executions. Israel's soldiers and police officers defend themselves and innocent civilians with the highest moral standards against bloodthirsty terrorists who come to murder them."




The letter was published this week, but sent last month, on Feb. 27, long before an Israeli soldier was caught on camera in Hebron last week shooting dead a Palestinian who lay wounded on the ground -- an incident that has sparked international outcry and been branded an "extrajudicial execution" by the UN.




Netanyahu initially condemned the killing, saying it did not represent the Israeli army's values, but has since reversed his position, in part encouraged by taunts from far-right Education Minister Naftali Bennett, who has lauded the soldier as "outstanding."
Netanyahu spars with US senator over Israeli army's rights record

No comment on the many and varied breaches of human rights by the Palestinians without justification for their actions. Then you complain about the lack of support shown to the islamonazi cause from the US, E.U and U.K