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| ICC sez illegal for Jews to live in Jewish quarter of Jerusalem |
| 2004-07-16 |
| via WaPo (h/t Lucianne) - EFL Login: cybeprunk@cyberpunk.com / cyberpunk By Charles Krauthammer - Friday, July 16, 2004 Among various principles invoked by the International Court of Justice in its highly publicized decision on Israel's security fence is this one: It is a violation of international law for Jews to be living in the Jewish quarter of Jerusalem. If this sounds absurd to you -- Jews have been inhabiting the Old City of Jerusalem since it became their capital 3,000 years ago -- it is. And it shows the lengths to which the United Nations and its associate institutions, including this kangaroo court, will go to condemn Israel. The court's main business was to order Israel to tear down the security fence separating Israelis from Palestinians. The fence is only one-quarter built, and yet it has already resulted in an astonishing reduction in suicide attacks in Israel. In the past four months, two Israelis have died in suicide attacks, compared with 166 killed in the same time frame at the height of the terrorism. But what are 164 dead Jews to this court? Israel finally finds a way to stop terrorism, and 14 eminences sitting in The Hague rule it illegal -- in a 64-page opinion in which the word terrorism appears not once (except when citing Israeli claims). |
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| #3 The court's long account of the history of the conflict is equally corrupt. For example: In 1947, the United Nations partitioned Palestine into two states -- one Jewish, one Arab. When the British pulled out and Israel proclaimed its independence, five Arab countries responded immediately by declaring war and invading Israel with the announced intention of destroying the newborn state. How does the court render this event? "[O]n 14 May 1948, Israel proclaimed its independence . . . armed conflict then broke out between Israel and a number of Arab States." Broke out? As if three years after the Holocaust and almost entirely without weapons, a tiny country of 600,000 Jews had decided to make war on five Arab states with nearly 30 million people. 'nuff siad. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-07-16 3:14:34 PM |
| #2 Israel should indict all the court members as terrorists and demand they be turned over to them for trial and execution. I mean, if they can sit in judgement of Israel, it's right that Israel can sit in judgement on them. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2004-07-16 2:26:40 PM |
| #1 Israelis, build the wall and kill arafat. The sooner the better on both. |
| Posted by: Halfass Pete 2004-07-16 3:13:25 AM |