October 30, 2007
Qassams and rights
Rights groups challenge Gaza energy cuts
Human rights groups challenged Israel's reduction of fuel supplies to Gaza and its intention to cut back on electricity, and Palestinians warned the measures could lead to a humanitarian crisis.The Israeli Supreme Court on Sunday gave the state five days to respond to the appeal from human rights groups for an injunction to halt the energy cutbacks, said Sari Bashi of Gisha, one of the 10 groups that filed the petition.
I wonder if the same groups have petitioned the Supreme Court on behalf of Sderot?
Palestinians said Israel cut fuel supplies by 30 percent on Sunday, though defense officials said the cut was only about 11 percent. Israel hopes the move will pressure Gaza's Hamas rulers to halt near-daily rocket attacks by militants against Israeli towns.Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Israel's infrastructure minister, said Monday that the cutbacks were a final attempt to avoid a military operation that would cause scores of civilian casualties.
"What's the alternative? The alternative is that tomorrow or the next day we'll be forced to bring three or four divisions and go into Gaza," Ben-Eliezer said in an interview on Israel Radio. "What will the results be then?"
"There's nothing we haven't tried," he said.
So Israel's restricting fuel instead of invading. If Israel invaded do you think these "human rights" groups would approve? Or would they be out protesting the indiscriminate Israeli use of force? (And ignore the Palestinian indiscriminate use of force.)
My Right Word brings historical parallels from World War II and asks:
Don't Israel's citizens have rights, too?
Judeopundit looks at the economic implications of the fuel cutoff. (satire)
Crossposted at Yourish.
Posted by SoccerDad at October 30, 2007 6:24 AM | TrackBack
israel
gaza
Juggling carnivals 07/06/08
Celine dion on the middle east
Il-libertarian
Booting hersh
Israel considers bulldozing house, builds cute bomb-shelter for Sderot children
Fine arabian chargers
Interesting euphemisms
More on the Jewish Refugees . . . er . . . um . . . Immigrants to the Zionist entity
Not the worst politician
Never the twain shall meet
Where are the human rights groups when it comes to the plight of Christians in Gaza?
Military action is unacceptable, cutting off electricity is unacceptable. The international community just expects Israel to remain passive and simply accept, and live with qassams being fired at its citizens, including the deliberate targeting of schools. Would Europe stand for rocket attacks across its borders? Would any country? As far as the international community and human rights groups are concerned, Israeli citizens don't even have the basic right to life, yet every minor inconvience effecting the Palestinians, which they bring upon themselves, the international community jumps to their aid. I'm tired of the world coddling the Palestinians who are never made to pay the price for their waging war against Israel.
Posted by: Laura at October 30, 2007 12:45 PM"Israel hopes the move will pressure Gaza's Hamas rulers to halt near-daily rocket attacks by militants against Israeli towns."
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It won't have the desired effect so long as the international community continues to run interference for hamas, refuses to hold them responsible, and instead Israel is condemned.
rights? israel? what are you smoking?
let's not focus on the fact that the saudis, the iranians, the syrians, the egyptians, the libyans oppress women and all religious and ethnic minorities, bar none. let's focus on israel, who refuses to give resources to people planning to bomb them. gee.
Posted by: bagelundercouch at October 30, 2007 4:48 PM