Israel -- now 23% less evil.
Oct. 7th, 2005 02:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
catsidheThis disturbs me.
Not that it has been banned.
But because it needed to be banned.
Isn't a rule written down somewhere that if you want to be treated like a civilised country, then you have to damn well be civilised?
Pulling shit like this, and then complaining bitterly when 1) others call you on it, and 2) your enemies do it too, is just plain hypocritical.
And don't whinge about how no-one holds Palestine to the same standards. That's simply not relevant. You want to be treated like a grownup, fucking act like one, don't yell about how "but Muuuum! Timmy was doin' it too!"
Not that it has been banned.
But because it needed to be banned.
Israel bans use of Palestinian human shields
Israel's highest court has banned the army from using Palestinians as human shields during its arrest operations in the West Bank.
A number of Palestinian civilians have been killed and wounded while being used this way.
During mass arrest raids in the West Bank, the Israeli army has often employed the tactic of using Palestinian civilians as human shields, forcing them, often at gunpoint, to approach the homes or hideouts of wanted militants.
In some cases the civilians have been caught in the crossfire and killed.
After petitions by two human rights groups, the Israeli Supreme Court has banned the practice, ruling that the use of human shields violates the Geneva conventions and international law.
Isn't a rule written down somewhere that if you want to be treated like a civilised country, then you have to damn well be civilised?
Pulling shit like this, and then complaining bitterly when 1) others call you on it, and 2) your enemies do it too, is just plain hypocritical.
And don't whinge about how no-one holds Palestine to the same standards. That's simply not relevant. You want to be treated like a grownup, fucking act like one, don't yell about how "but Muuuum! Timmy was doin' it too!"
