In this New York Times op-ed piece, Gershon Baskin argues that the killing of Jabari was a short sighted action on the part of Israel. While I oppose political assassinations, in this case I don’t buy Baskin’s argument. Tweet
War Crimes
Many years ago I wrote this piece which even garnered a mention in Wikipedia! Essentially I argued that despite claims to the contrary, there is a moral, or rather immoral equivalence to the actions of the Israeli army during the second intifada and that of Hamas. The claims of “the right to self-defense” on the [...]
There is quite a bit of brouhaha regarding Judge Goldstone recent op-ed in the Washington Post. As I see it, broader issues are involved. Tweet
Sixth in a series. Sadly this probably won’t be the last. Tweet
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I have cited Colin Dayan’s book Cruel and Unusual several times. Here is a lecture by the author herself: Tweet
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As I noted in my twitter postings, Judge Goldstone’s report on the Gaza invasion condemns both Israel and Hamas for war crimes. As reported in the NY Times: The report called Israel’s military assault on Gaza “a deliberately disproportionate attack designed to punish, humiliate and terrorize a civilian population, radically diminish its local economic capacity [...]
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AronT on July 18th, 2009
Uri Avnery deconstructs all the arguments defending Israel’s war crimes in Gaza. Normally I bring a key quote, but in this case i would end up just copy and pasting the entire article. Here is my own recent personal commentary on serving in the Israeli army and fighting a civilian population, Tweet
Continue reading about Uri Avnery “The Johnny Procedure” – The Israeli Army and War Crimes in Gaza
Philip Gourevitch puts in writing his ideas re: Abu Ghraib and Obama’s release of the torture memos (I had mentioned some of these in an earlier post): The natural first reaction on seeing the photographs of American soldiers torturing Iraqi prisoners in Saddam Hussein’s old dungeons was to ask: Why are we doing such things [...]
This op-ed piece in the New York Times by law professor George Bisharat provides a precise summary of all of Israel’s war crimes in Gaza. Bisharat concludes his account with these words: Israeli political and military personnel who planned, ordered or executed these possible offenses should face criminal prosecution. The appointment of Richard Goldstone, the [...]
This sentence became the rallying cry for George Bush’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and his support for the war crimes of Arik Sharon and his successors. Except the United States is far more authoritarian than many of its citizens and certainly its politicians care to admit. A shining exception is Senator Jim Webb: Let’s [...]