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2018-06-14 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Israel's use of lethal force 'could amount to war crimes'

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Posted by Fred 2018-06-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
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#1 "Israel's use of lethal force when there was no imminent threat to life

Speaking as your Legal Advisor, "immanent threat to life" isn't the only legal doctrine in play here. There is also "If you do that, I'll shoot you" which is an implicit contract between parties. And a hint that maybe you shouldn't.

Posted by SteveS 2018-06-14 01:28|| 2018-06-14 01:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Maybe it's just me, but I think attempting to invade is an act that can morally be met with lethal force. As is the random arson of the incendiary life campaign.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2018-06-14 06:29|| 2018-06-14 06:29|| Front Page Top

#3 All the Usual Suspects:
Sarah Leah Whitson:
Early life and education
Whitson was reared by an Armenian American mother, Ashi Whitson, who was born in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City and immigrated to the United States in 1960. Her father was from Texas. Whitson was a student at Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian School for 12 years in Los Angeles and spent childhood summers with family in Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan.[1][2]

In 1988, Whitson graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley, located in Berkeley, California, taking time to study abroad in Egypt.[1] In 1991, she graduated with a Juris Doctor degree from the Harvard Law School,[3] where she was a classmate of Barack Obama's.[4]
Career
Early career
After completing law school, Whitson worked for Goldman Sachs, the investment banking firm, and the law firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton.

Posted by Frank G 2018-06-14 07:42|| 2018-06-14 07:42|| Front Page Top

#4 YOU don't determine 'war crimes'. The word is bandied about without context to actual law and history. Remember to be very careful on its use. If you say its a war crime, then war is in effect. If war is in effect, then using civilians or those in civilian clothes without proper military markings constitutes a violation of one of the Conventions. Who's the real criminal?

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-06-14 07:50|| 2018-06-14 07:50|| Front Page Top

#5 Ref #3: So essentially, she's a communist.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-06-14 09:03|| 2018-06-14 09:03|| Front Page Top

#6 potato, potahto

Posted by Frank G 2018-06-14 09:41|| 2018-06-14 09:41|| Front Page Top

#7 Just try to enforce your version of "war crimes", assclown.

Posted by DarthVader 2018-06-14 10:28|| 2018-06-14 10:28|| Front Page Top

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