 masbury says: by Professor Richard Falk, United Nations Special Investigator for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories It,s a shame the good Professor, didn't apply his sense of indignation and political correctness across the board rather than grandstanding on political correctness where he will get publicity.West Papua is a classic example of a people napalmed and crushed by an occupying army of foreigners.But then some pigs are more equal than others. Doubtless for some the Geneva Convention, international law, law in general are nambypamby and nugatory irrelevancies, something to do with the UN innit? You don't have to be a rocket scientist or UN official to see the obvious reality and truth in this clip. (And thanks for the UN official for pointing it out). First, a million and a half people are slowly starved to death in front of our eyes, in front of the eyes of the whole Western World (with the Israeli blockade of Gaza) Second, there continues false talks about some efforts at peace or a treaty. Now, The murders in Gaza start in full force, like shooting fish in a barrel. All support, by any nation, for Israel must stop. No one should vote for any Zionist Jews running for a position of political power. It appears many feel the Israelis should accept anything dealt to them by terrorists, they should just sit idly by and allow Hamas to fire rockets into their country at will, but never dare to strike back. So many who side with terrorists do their best to justify terrorists acts as being legitimate. This trash was clipped from Russia Today, now there's a great country to be blaming Israel for protecting themselves by claiming they are breaking international law in doing so, remember Georgia? But it makes no difference who or how many nations blame Israel, they only show their own stupidty in doing so. Hamas are instigators, they are nothing but simple terrorists. Hamas never has w... When suicide bombers attack inside Israel the shock is palpable. The corporate media rarely reports the context, however. Many of these acts of killing and martyrdom are reprisals for assassinations by Israel’s death squads, soldiers and agents who risk nothing as they shoot from helicopters or send death down a telephone line. I rarely see or hear any analysis of how many times the Israelis have deliberately shattered a period of Palestinian calm with an egregious attack or murder. ‘Quiet’ periods mean no Israelis died… it is rarely shown that during these ‘quiet’ times Palestinians continued to be killed by the score. Brzezinski did an interesting interview this am regarding the 2 state solution and the "blame" game people are playing. Chedare, you'll note the professor's job description includes the words "in the Occupied Territories." He's speaking as an expert on the part of the world to which he is assigned - that's his job. While he doubtless has opinions about West Papua, he may not know a lot about it, and he could not speak in his role as a representative of the UN about it. @masbury Hi ,OK that part of the world,.. thanks for acknowledgment above like you I need to draw attention to injustice and I don't think the UN recognizes the other, occupation. With all due respect I follow your clips but don't mean to be a spoiler or grandstand like some others that like the sound of their eloquent (not) rhetoric. It is a sincere hope that clipmark,s is read from time by people in power so they can see that they are under scrutiny,,,travel well into the new year cheers. I think you're right about the Pacific-region atrocities being underplayed, and I'm glad you added it. Like you, I hope some of this bubbles up to people in power somehow, or creates a groundswell of opinion change that forces them to act. Cheers to you, and warmest respect! Henry Kissinger has had a counter productive involvement in both regions in the past and has a large slice of largest gold & copper mine in world Freeport(West Papua) turning over some $700,000 000 a year.I don't have current figures but a just UN would treat all people equally on this earth & recalcitrant countries should have their right to Veto revoked.Our united outcries for justice and a good world from voices all over can only bring that day closer.....Israel will take a long time to regain respect they are preparing their tanks and bulldozers as we speak. Masbury, so defending yourself against a terrorist organization called Hamas is illegal? Wow! Hamas, as soon as the ceasefire agreement ended, fired the first rocket; it landed in Israel. Israel has had enough from Hamas; enough of the bandaids from the UN; enough from its neighbors standing up for Hamas. No one has stood up for Israel, except for Israel, and they are now fighting back, and now want Hamas to admit to what they have done, and agree to a permanent ceasefire. Good luck to the people of Israel, and her government with hopes that they make Hamas stop its reign of terror; either the supplies get stopped or the people that voted them in see whom they voted it. This is not defense, this is collective punishment. There is a big difference. They did vote in a terrorist organization to run the government, did they not? So, should they not be punished, collectively? 51% of Americans elected a war criminal, should the U.S. be punished collectively? To even ask the question is to banish all moral certainty based on fact and truth. Idiotic beyond measure. If, in fact, he was a known terrorists, yes. But this is not the case--comparing Hamas to President Bush is like comparing apples and oranges. When Hamas was elected, they were a known terrorists group. President Bush, up until he was elected, was not a terrorist. Drawing on false comparisons. But he was re-elected, would then collective punishment ensue? Answer is an emphatic NO! Collective punishment is a war crime and a crime against humanity. One is responsible for one's own actions, regardless of the actions of others. Hamas is responsible for its own, and so is the leadership of Israel. The Israeli people do not deserve to have rockets dump on them, even if they have backed criminals like the comatose Sharon or the Palestinians backed Arrafat or Hamas. IT IS WRONG! End of story. Don't flail away with plastic cudgel of fallacy. It will get you nowhere except expose lack of fact and logic. Okay--good then. As long as we are applying international law equally on both sides, then I am okay. And as we learned while reading "Animal Farm", all pigs must be treated equally. Yes, indeed - applying international law equally all around would be plenty sufficient. I'd love to see it. Masbury, so defending yourself against a terrorist organization called Hamas is illegal? Wow!Absolutely not. Massacre (disproportionate response), the targeting of civilians, and collective punishment are war crimes. a just UN would treat all people equally on this earth & recalcitrant countries should have their right to Veto revokedIf we really believe democracy works, the USA and other permanent members of the Security Council need to step back and allow each nation an equal voice. Perhaps the Security Council should be elected each year. Perhaps there should be a way for the General Assembly to over-ride a Security Council veto - or for the Security Council itself to do so. USA believes in democracy until it is asked to sacrifice its own dominance. Strange that Hamas came to power in an election pushed by the US and Israel and when they didn't like the results condemned the Palestinian people to a bitter civil war. Humm...I notice the last 15 posts are about jobs and resumes and videos and other non-relevant topics. Count them. Each one is part of an organized campaign to trash this topic, this thread. Another tactic is to post offensive material so people would avoid reading the thread. Fifteen. It's quite an organized campaign. Other than that point I'd like to comment of the idea that Hamas is a "terrorist," group. This is not true. Hamas is a Palestinian group opposing the invasion and occupation of it's land, the ongoing expansion of Israeli settlements into this dwindling territory, opposing the act of war of the blockade that has slowly starved a half-a-million people to death in an act of... "Everybody has to move, run and grab as many (Palestinian) hilltops as they can to enlarge the (Jewish) settlements because everything we take now will stay ours...Everything we don't grab will go to them." -- Ariel Sharon "[The Palestinians] are beasts walking on two legs." -- Menachem Begin, speech to the Knesset "The Partition of Palestine is illegal. It will never be recognized .... Jerusalem was and will for ever be our capital. Eretz Israel will be restored to the people of Israel. All of it. And for Ever." -- Menachem Begin "Israel may have the right to put others on trial, but certainly no one has the right to put the Jewish people and the State of Israel on t... |
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