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| 2004-04-14 |
| U.S. President George W. Bush should raise Israeli human rights violations in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip when he hosts Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the White House on Wednesday, Human Rights Watch said today. âPresident Bush has said that respect for human rights is central to his administrationâs policy in the Middle East,â said Joe Stork, acting Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch. âBut that policy wonât have any credibility unless he presses Sharon to address Israelâs routine violations of basic Palestinian rights.â "These guys are Bahro! Untermenschen! Beast-people! Human Rights Watch called on President Bush to tell Prime Minister Sharon that the United States expects Israel to end policies amounting to collective punishment. These policies include crippling restrictions on Palestinian movement within the occupied West Bank that go beyond legitimate security needs, the demolition of homes belonging to the families of alleged armed militants, and the widespread destruction of homes and property in areas of the Gaza Strip for unsubstantiated security reasons. âCivilian settlements in territories under military occupation violate international humanitarian law, so an Israeli initiative to end those settlements in the Gaza Strip is welcome,â Stork said. âBut the United States should not accept a quid pro quo in which Sharon seeks to consolidate or expand illegal settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.â Then his harp broke a strng. Human Rights Watch said that Israelâs construction of a âseparation barrierâ beyond the Green Line and inside the occupied West Bank has worsened an already severe humanitarian crisis in the West Bank by imperiling access to essential civilian needs such as work, water, medical care and education. Israel has argued that the barrier is intended to improve security from Palestinian attacks against targets in Israel, but the barrierâs route has been designed to incorporate and make contiguous with Israel civilian settlements constructed with government support over the past three decades. âThe separation barrier further encroaches on local land and resources in order to consolidate control over these illegal settlements,â Stork said. "The Jews just need to recant never again and let themselves be exterminated!" |
| Posted by:Steve from Relto |
| #5 Listen, I've been around the RB city sqaure blocks a few times... but I still don't get the harp action... I hate it when I'm ignorant. Is it from a popliar work of some sort? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-04-14 5:01:11 PM |
| #4 A classic case of juxtaposing unrelated statements in order to create the semblance of an argumnet. |
| Posted by: Phil B 2004-04-14 11:47:52 AM |
| #3 There the Palestinians were playing with puppies and minding their own business when the evil Zionist conspiracy showed up and started building these walls.... |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2004-04-14 10:54:02 AM |
| #2 I agree: Sharon's Israeli human rights violations include not cracking down hard enuf on the Paleo-psychos to ensure the safety of innocent Israelis |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-04-14 10:46:18 AM |
| #1 Have you blamed a Joooo today? |
| Posted by: Unmutual 2004-04-14 10:28:46 AM |