June 17, 2007

British MP: Israel employed Nazi tactics in Lebanon

Turner said, “There had been plenty of words of condemnation of suicide bombers, but few on the Israeli attacks in Gaza, in particular the attacks on civilian installations.”
clipped from www.ynetnews.com
British MP Andrew Turner of the Conservative Party
“Those were the tactics of the Nazis in 1939 and 1940 – attacking fleeing civilians from the air,”
“Human Rights Watch condemns both sides pretty unequivocally for breaches of international law and of internationally recognized human rights. It condemns Hizbullah for taking hostage and using the soldiers as pawns to negotiate the release of prisoners held in Israel…and it condemns Israel over the lawlessness of its attacks on south Lebanon, for the extraordinarily high level of civilian casualties that followed.
asked in response: “Is the honorable gentleman seriously comparing Israel’s defending itself to the genocide of the Holocaust?
“What a stupid intervention; of course I’m not comparing it to the Holocaust; if the honourable lady was a little more careful in the way in which she listened to other honourable members instead of parading her prejudices, she would have heard what I said, which was that Israel attacked fleeing civilians;

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1 comment:

Unknown said...

One sided view of complicated historical issue involving self defense on the part of Israel. Israel is the sole refuge for US citizens and for democracy in the entire Middle East. Right now the US sees the concept of democracy as so important that it is sacrificing 1000s of troops for the chance for democracy to "take" in Iraq Democracy unlikely to be adopted due to the historical background of inhabitants, certainly not so in Israel. Self defense of any kind is not usual without casualties. Israel has a very small physical area to inhabit and defend though countless others acting on their own, as conduits, and as scapegoats for hatemongers of the larger counrties.

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