Posted on 07/27/2006 8:21:21 PM PDT by ncountylee
United Nations humanitarian chief Jan Egeland accused Israel on Wednesday of committing "catastrophic mistakes" in its attack on Hizbullah, which have caused civilian casualties and alienated the Lebanese public.
"It will create a generation of hatred," he said in an interview held with The Jerusalem Post after he had concluded tours of northern Israel, Gaza and Lebanon.
"I'm talking more as a friend of Israel than as an aid worker," said Egeland, who noted that he studied at Jerusalem's Hebrew University as a Truman Fellow, while his brother lived on a kibbutz.
The UN's under secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, Egeland called for an immediate cessation of hostilities. "The rockets have to stop. The terror has to stop. But please remember that for every civilian killed in Israel there are more than 10 killed in Lebanon. It has to stop on both sides." He charged that Israel had used "excessive" and "disproportionate" force in violation of international humanitarian law, and dismissed Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's contention that proportionality is measured in relation to the threat posed by a force.
"You cannot invent new kinds of proportionalities. I've never heard that the threat is supposed to be proportional to the response," he said. "Proportionality is there in the law. The law has been made through generations of experience on the battlefield. If you kill more civilians than military personnel, one should not attack," he said.
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Yeah right.
The Jooooooos aren't the ones who include hatred of a religion in their school curriculum!
THAT is exactly what the bad guys are counting on!!
Yeah, and every Hezbollah killed is counted as a "civilian".
"UN aid chief says Israel has 'created a generation of hatred' "
Yeah, towards the UN.
Good grief, how come the UN always sides with the enemy?!
Screw the United Nations...
Let's see, how many times have the Arabs attacked Israel since 1948.
This guy is a yo-yo
Islam, the UN, Europe, have created millions in the US that now hate them.
And our next generations will actually do something about it, because we are Americans, and it will not be pretty.
The standard line of 'reasoning' from cowards. Any possible 'excuse' it trotted out to avoid conflict, and this one is a favorite, such as the U.S. creating more terrorists by fighting the terrorists.
The left fervently believes this tripe, just as most leftists are positive communism will work if we just give it a chance!
Why don't you get it right you idiot.
It's mankind(but for now the Muslims) that have created 100 generations of hatred in the Jews.
"I'm talking more as a friend of Israel than as an aid worker," said Egeland.
Yeah, like hell you are.
Gee, just when the next generation of muslims were about to embrace the Jews and live and let live.
At some point, you have to stop worrying about these peoples hearts and minds, and let them know you will settle for their asses...
IMO, 20 dead Hizballah for 1 Israeli civilian is disproportionate. It's too few.
How can the Islamowacko's hate them any more...
The UN just doesn't friggin get it. Geez!
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