| Amnesty and HRW won't say a word about this Jenin war crimenoreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 04 Jul 04:45 AM Times of Israel reported on Monday: The I | | Times of Israel reported on Monday: The Israel Defense Forces says troops located hidden underground storage sites with weapons and explosives inside a mosque in the West Bank city of Jenin. After lengthy gun battles with armed Palestinians who were holed up inside the mosque, Israeli forces managed to break in, the IDF says. The IDF says that on the ground floor, troops found two underground storage sites containing explosives, weapons, and other military equipment. Using a mosque as a military site is a war crime. Article 53 of the 1977 Additional Protocol I says: Without prejudice to the provisions of the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict of 14 May 1954, and of other relevant international instruments, it is prohibited: … (b) to use such objects [historic monuments, works of art or places of worship which constitute the cultural or spiritual heritage of peoples] in support of the military effort Additional Protocol II has identical language. It was Hamas and Islamic Jihad that turned a mosque into a military target by firing from it and storing weapons within. The fact that most Muslims are not upset at Palestinian terror groups for treating their mosques that way indicates that hate for Israel is more important to...Read More |
From Ian: Stephen Pollard: A vote against the BDS Bill is a vote to allow the boycott of Jews Let's make one thing clear from the start. The BDS – Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions – campaign is antisemitic. No ambiguity, no ifs, not buts. It singles out the world's only Jewish state and demands that it – that Jews, in other words – is boycotted. The more naïve of those who push BDS might like to think they are somehow elevated people pursuing an elevated cause, but they are not. They are no less antisemitic in their actions than skinheads and extremist Muslims who believe Jews are vermin. That, in short, is why the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill matters. By removing the ability of local councils and organisations to set their own foreign policy, it prevents them from acting in support of a campaign which seeks to boycott Jews. There is no room for shades of grey here. You either think it's fine to boycott Jews – in which case you will oppose the Bill – or you don't, in which case you will support it. That's why tonight's second reading is so important. It's a vote on the principle of the bill. Those who intend to oppose that principle are saying they have no issue with boycotts of Jews. You can pretend your vote means something else, but we see you. Which is one reason why Labour's opposition – not initially...Read More |
Amnesty UK tweeted: The [UK Anti-Boycott] bill gives special status to Israel, making it the only country in the world which cannot be excluded from its provisions, and treats Israel and territories it occupies in the same way, contrary to the UK's long-established policy and international law. The bill is intended to stifle principled opposition to Israel's illegal settlements and the Israeli authorities' racist system of apartheid against Palestinians. Boycotts, divestment & sanctions are forms of peaceful protest that have been used to press for human rights change. Think:
✊The Anti-Apartheid movement in South Africa
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
️The BP oil spill In the 1890s, merchants in Butte, Montana boycotted Chinese and other Asian businesses, tried to stop customers from entering them, and threatened anyone who hired Chinese people. No doubt they felt that they were upholding human rights - of non-Asian people. Even this flyer talks about "morals." What, exactly, is the difference? More the to point, Jews have been boycotted many, many times in our history. I once gave a brief list of Arab boycotts: 1891: Arabs request the Ottoman Empire not sell land to Jews. February 1909: "In Hebron, where out of a total population of 18,000 about 2000 are Jews, the Arabs decide to...Read More |
Today's raid by the IDF on terror targets in Jenin is revealing a huge terrorist infrastructure, with large arms caches and command and control centers, in the heart of the Jenin "refugee camp." Why is there a "refugee camp" in Jenin?
The city has been under Palestinian Authority control for nearly three decades. The residents live in "Palestine, so they aren't refugees or even the grandchildren of refugees. They live in the land they claim as their own, under Palestinian rule. There is no definition of "refugee in the world that would call these people refugees.
Yet they live, rent free, in a cramped "refugee camp" and the world pays for their housing, as well as their schooling and their medical care - all services way beyond what real refugees receive.
One can see from a satellite image the clear outlines of the Jenin camp. The structures are much smaller than in the surrounding town and the roads, such as they are, are narrow. In 2002, after the IDF went into Jenin and destroyed the terrorist infrastructure in fierce fighting with heavy casualties on both sides, the Israeli housing minister offered to rebuild the camp elsewhere where residents could have larger houses and wider roads - to live like normal people in their land.
The idea was vehemently rejected.
One of the self-appointed leaders of the camp said that the Israeli offer to rebuild everything better was really a plot "to erase the camps from existence, because these camps as a political reality constitute...Read More |
From Ian: Caroline Glick: The limited potential of the operation in Jenin What can we expect from the IDF's current operation in Jenin? According to the IDF, the goal of the operation is to disable the massive terror infrastructure that Palestinian groups have built in the Jenin refugee camp. Over the past year and a half, due to the policies of the previous government and to IDF support for those policies, the area has become a mini-Gaza. In September 2021, in conjunction with then-Defense Minister Benny Gantz, Central Command head Maj. Gen. Yehuda Fuchs ordered a five-month moratorium on IDF operations in Jenin, in the interest of "strengthening the Palestinian Authority." The current operation then is geared towards repairing the damage caused by the policies of the previous government and Central Command. As IDF Spokesman R. Adm. Daniel Hagari explained Monday morning in a spate of television and radio interviews, the purpose of the operation is not to seize control over Jenin or parts of the city. It is not directed against the P.A. It is meant simply to regain the tactical advantage and degrade the capabilities of the terror groups operating in the refugee camp. As a limited, tactical engagement, the operation has limited, but important, potential. Over the past several weeks, the Palestinians have shot four rudimentary rockets at Israeli communities from Jenin. Although military experts insist these were mere...Read More |
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(Guest post from an anonymous author)
The US State Department has restored full funding to UNRWA schools since the Biden administration took office. Now they are eliminating research funding to Israeli schools in Judea and Samaria. US State Department Matt Miller has confirmed the new policy in a recent press briefing. He explained that it is consistent with long-standing policies, despite the significant change in policy.
Does this policy violate current US civil rights laws?
Two specific statutes are relevant: Title VI and Title VII of The Civil Rights Act of 1964. Both statutes prohibit discrimination based on, among other things, national origin. Title VI applies to any recipient of federal funding, and Title VII applies to any US employer (typically those larger than 15 employees).
The US government is not only the largest employer in America, but also in the entire world. The US government employs many sub-contractors, which includes federal grant recipients. As an employer, the US government is beholden to the same civil rights laws as anyone else.
Title VII should apply to the territories, based upon a...Read More |
Atidna describes itself this way: Atidna is a coalition of educators and social entrepreneurs, Arab citizens of Israel together with Jews from the State-Zionist Camp in Israel. We, Israeli educators, society and entrepreneurship, believe that true integration will only begin when all of us, Arabs and Jews alike, will see the Arab Israeli public as an equal partner in a Jewish and democratic state. The vision:
An Arab-Jewish partnership based on mutual respect and full civil equality in the State of Israel as a Jewish-democratic state. A strong Arab community, proud of its culture and heritage, which is integrated into Israeli society. Atidna's mission:
Building a young and courageous leadership of Arabs and Jews, who have equal rights and duties, and who are proud of their identity and culture and are committed to the challenge of the successful integration of the Arab minority in the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state. The movement works to create a critical human mass connected to Atidna values by developing and leading child, youth and student empowerment programs. Atidna is committed to supporting the building of a trusting, optimistic, independent and integrated Arab-Jewish community at the decision-making centers and throughout Israeli society. Atidna is committed to building a young Arab leadership avenue, which has an optimistic but practical outlook on life, which recognizes the challenge and the importance...Read More |
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