Israel - supplier of war criminals

Israel - supplier of war criminals

A Guardian article recently reported on the narrow escape of a senior IDF officer from impending arrest by the British authorities. On a flight to Heathrow, he remained on board until the flight returned to Israel. The charges? Warcrimes against 'Palestinians'.

...Mr Almog committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip in 2002 when he ordered the destruction of 59 homes near Rafah, which Palestinians say was in revenge for the death of Israeli soldiers.

So why should any country have jurisdiction over the alledged warcrimes of an Israeli national? Belgium is the laughing stock of the world for accepting criminal charges against Ariel Sharon and George W. Bush, but it seems Britain is really no better. Who decides over jurisdiction?

Mr Workman [the judge - Ed] decided his court had jurisdiction for the offences
Oh, I guess that's ok then.

So how does this go then? Any 'Palestinian' can go to any court in any country and file charges of war crimes against any Israeli. And if that court feels authorized to handle the charges, it will issue an arrest warrant. Naturally, most European courts WILL consider themselves authorized, after all, they're impartial and unbiased, like the societies they represent. Yeah right.

If this sort of thing is not stopped cold, 'Palestinians' will be in a position to impede travel by Israeli's to any country other than the US. There's a very good reason the US does not recognize the authority of the World Court in the Hague. The International Court of Justice (a good name if you're into irony) is the UN idea of a supranational court, and it is as politicized as the UN itself.

If you're not an Muslim or a member of the non-aligned countries, you do not want to be tried there.

Israel was, and lost. Of course.

And now the courts of countries like Great-Britain and Belgium are following suit. They don't need the UN anymore to persecute Israel, they can't wait to take the lead. And how does Israel react?

Last night the Israeli foreign ministry, said: "In the past extremist Palestinian organisations have tried to manipulate legal processes in Europe for their own cynical ends. We have no faith in these groups but we have a lot of faith in the British legal system."
We really should just stop talking to these people.

Crossposted from GoIsraelGo.blogspot.com

Posted by Dany Belinfante at September 13, 2005 08:12 AM

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1. Zion said:

these small shitty quasi-states(I guess that's what they really are today and also in comparison to north america) are paying and will keep paying the price for all this in "natural" disasters. There are suggestions that Katrina is the price and warning that US paid for their blindness and disregard for islamic dangers right inside the USA, like the most vicious anti-american mafia sitting in the heart of US, CAIR. And the government doesn't give a damn about that.

Posted by: Zion on September 13, 2005 10:16 AM

2. Leonard said:

It seems that England is a "No Go Area" for visiting Israeli and former servicemen even if they visit in order to promote a charity to aid the mentally and physically handicapped. This could have caused a major diplomatic incident. It is hard to believe that the Magistrate who issued the arrest warrant did not have the blessing of Jack Straw of the Foreign Office. The publicity stunt was timed to coincide with the anniversary of 9/11 and intended to detract from the attention given to Israels withdrawal from Gaza. Had it been allowed to be executed - no doubt it would have been struck out as a malicious prosecution in view of the lawyers association with political pressure groups bent on villifying the Jewish State. But by then the damage to Anglo-British relations would have been done.

Posted by: Leonard on September 13, 2005 11:39 AM

3. KEITH DAWID said:

ENGLAND,IS SOON GOING TO TURN INTO AN ISLAMIC STATE,THE COUNTRY IS FULL OF THIRD WORLD ISLAMO-CRAP FROM PAKISTAN,BANGLADESH,AND THE ARAB WORLD.

Posted by: KEITH DAWID on September 13, 2005 12:34 PM

4. Diddi said:

Zionists are being held to account for their crimes against humanity - about time too!

Posted by: Diddi on September 14, 2005 07:31 AM

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