Human Rights Watch: 'Hizbullah committing War Crimes' (OP)
Hizbullah must immediately stop firing rockets into civilian areas in Israel, Human Rights Watch said Saturday.
"Lobbing rockets blindly into civilian areas is without doubt a war crime," said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch. "Nothing can justify this assault on the most fundamental standards for sparing civilians the hazards of war."
"Most of the attacks appear to have been directed at civilian areas and have hit pedestrians, hospitals, schools, homes and businesses," the humanitarian organization's website stated.
Since July 12, when Hizbullah captured two IDF soldiers and killed eight, Human Rights Watch researchers have been documenting the war's impact on civilians in Israel and Lebanon, interviewing the witnesses and survivors of attacks, as well as doctors, emergency workers, police, military and government officials.
"Hizbullah must stop using the excuse of Israeli misconduct to justify its own," said Roth.
The organization's Web site recognized that northern Israel had come to a virtual standstill because of Hizbullah's rockets, which were "exacting an enormous human and economic toll."
"Under international humanitarian law - also known as the laws of war - parties to an armed conflict must not make the civilian population the object of attack, or fire indiscriminately into civilian areas. Nor can they launch attacks that they know will cause incidental loss of civilian life, injury to civilians or damage to civilian objects that exceeds the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated. Such attacks constitute war crimes," the site explained.
"Several medical and educational institutes have sustained damage from Katyusha attacks." Human Rights Watch researchers visited hospitals in Nahariya and Safed after they were hit.
At Nahariya Hospital, rockets had been landing near the hospital since July 12, a hospital spokesperson said. "There are no military bases around here; nothing military at all," he said. "I believe they know perfectly well they are firing at a hospital."
"In the absence of troops or military assets inside, hospitals must never be attacked," Human Rights Watch said. "Deliberately attacking them is a war crime."
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format_quote Originally Posted by מדינת ישׂראל
Or maybe the USA is letting Israel defend itself. Hmmmm....
let them defend them selves then.. Hezb Allah won't stop thier rockets... and they have proved it very well...
speaking about two soldiers... israel have lost now more than 40 soldieres...
this war isn't about them... in fact israel doesn't care about them... they care more to show their terror by thier false power that they have.
and I'm gonna post those questions again.
what did israel realy achieve from this stupid war?!
did they free their soldiers? NO
did Hezb Allah say they are going to release them? NO
did they stop Hezb Allah's rockets since they are defending them selves? NO
did they even stop Hassan Nassr Allah from appearing on TV? NO
NO NO NO... what did they really do..?!? can you tell me?! just more violence and hate towards it's peaceful neighbors.
israel have failed to save it's people and have failed badly to save their soldiers. olmert is nothing but a sick person like sharon.
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format_quote Originally Posted by מדינת ישׂראל
How do you know what Israel cares about? Do you really know anything about Israel except that you hate Israel?
How did you know that Hezb Allah wanted war..?!? that is a lie, they never wanted a war, they wanted their prisoners out.
that's a false excuse from israel so they can enter a war, which they did and have lost. now they are begging the united nation to achieve for them what they couldn't achieve in this war.
and I'm sorry if I'm sounding rude, but YES i do have so much hate towards the zionist satat "israel", and i do have logical and reasonable reasons for that hate...
we have nothing but problems and suffering since they came to Palestine... 52 long years full suffering, sadness, terror and violence.
this state is built by racist ideology and terror against Arabs and Muslims...
Jews used to live with Arabs in peace in Palestine, Egypt and other Arab countries before this false state was even there...
when zionists came out with their false power and racist ideology.. they ruined them and reined every nice thing in Palestine.
They ruined the Palestinian life and their education, demolished their houses and killed their kids and family members.
I only have respect for true Jewish people not zionists
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First off i'm not even going to ridicule your lack of factual information in your post.
Second, the hate you have towards Israel, is only there because it was what you were probably fed every day of your life.
Try to look at things from less of a completly brainwashed extreme point of view.
I can say that Israel did wrong, just as much as I can say The Arabs did wrong...
No matter what happends, you will always say israel is wrong.
The situation for you is irrelevant. Israel will never be right in your mind, no matter what they do, and the Arab world will never be wrong in your mind no matter what they do.
So your posts really do not matter because you really don't have an actual opinion other than your hate for israel.
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format_quote Originally Posted by מדינת ישׂראל
No matter what happends, you will always say israel is wrong.
True.. bcz that's a fact that majority agrees about.
format_quote Originally Posted by מדינת ישׂראל
and the Arab world will never be wrong in your mind no matter what they do.
Arab leaders have made many mistakes as well, terrible and unforgivable mistakes. i didn't even speak about Arabs yet.. how come your judging it by your self?!?
one last thing i should add, that i will never in my life support discrimination... and israel is every thing about discrimination...
we can see that clearly in check points, demolishing Palestinian houses every single day, killing Arab kids in cold blood such as Muhammad Al-Durra.
if israel was a true Jewish state who is following real Torah, life wouldn't be miserable like full of wars from 1947 till this moment...
but as long as racist zionism still exist, trust me their will never be peace... and you will never finds much Arabs accepting the existence of israel.
if they destroyed Hamas, another resistance movement will come out, if they destroyed Hezb Allah, another resistance movement will come out.. till forever and till the Arab lands are freed from zionists, specially our holy places..
israel is a state for a military who are their to fight Arabs, it's not a state for people or civilians.
I'm a person who is looking for freedom and Justice, not racism and discrimination.
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format_quote Originally Posted by north_malaysian
Both Hezballah and IDF committing War Crime - ACCORDING TO MY EYES!!!
The problem here, that they keep talking about Hezb Allah committing war crimes, witout mentioning israel as if they have the right to kill every Palestinians and every Lebanon and committ those massacres for fake excuses and kill all those women and children infront of every one.
that completely discrimination towards Arabs, specialy this fake article...
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salams
its not right that hizbollah is fireing rockets at innocent civillians.I would also like to say that the israel goverment is no 1 at commiting war crimes therfore your comments lavikor are hypocritical.
waslam
annie
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format_quote Originally Posted by lavikor201
1948 - Arabs
1967 - Arabs
1971 - Arabs
no offence but i heard quite a different story. I heard that war was waged and to defend islam we "HAD" to fight, and land is always taking as booty of war...
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My tears testify that i have a heart
yet i feel me and shaytan never part
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format_quote Originally Posted by מדינת ישׂראל
Who started the 1948, 1967, 1971, and many of the other wars that had the whole Middle East, vs. Israel and Israel would win each time.
who came to Palestine... did we invite israel to have a state in Palestine... NO we didn't.. Palestine is for Palestinians and should be under Palestinians Authority not racist. Jews used to live there with Palestinians in peace. till this false state came in to separate them.
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format_quote Originally Posted by Lamaggad
who came to Palestine... did we invite israel to have a state in Palestine... NO we didn't.. Palestine is for Palestinians and should be under Palestinians Authority not racist. Jews used to live there with Palestinians in peace. till this false state came in to separate them.
That what exactly happens...
You mean Zionism. Anyway what Happened Next?
Israel is basicly an offshoot millitary base of the U.S. It rarely moves without the big daddies in the west.
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format_quote Originally Posted by Lamaggad
Does israel move without the blessing of USA..? NO
They are receiving orders from USA to complete USA's mission of the new middle east that they have planed for.
That is ludicrous. The Israeli government doesn't take orders from anyone, not even the U.S. Our foreign policy goals happen to be quite similar at the moment however, which is to promote democracy and moderate Arab governments, and defend our people from terrorism and religious extremism.
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format_quote Originally Posted by Keltoi
That is ludicrous. The Israeli government doesn't take orders from anyone, not even the U.S. Our foreign policy goals happen to be quite similar at the moment however, which is to promote democracy and moderate Arab governments, and defend our people from terrorism and religious extremism.
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