Court of Injustice; UN Judges Issue a License to Kill

The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies ^ | July 15, 2004 | Clifford D. May [Scripps Howard News Service]

[quidnunc]

Years ago, the New York Daily News ran the headline: “Ford to City: Drop Dead.” Gerald Ford wasn't really telling anyone to die — the News was just characterizing the President's refusal to provide New York vital financial assistance.

But on July 10, 2004 the headlines could have read: “International Court of Justice to Israelis: Drop Dead.” And that would have been, quite literally, the truth.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the United Nation's court. The ICJ has never raised serious objections to terrorism. Indeed in 1998, the ICJ sided with Libya, and against the U.S., Britain and victims of terrorism, in a case related to the Libyan bombing of a U.S. airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland. Now the same court has strenuously objected to the construction of a passive and non-violent barrier — call it a fence or a wall if you wish — that prevents terrorists from entering Israeli communities to murder innocent Jewish and Arab civilians.

The ICJ should not even have considered this case. It doesn't have jurisdiction — as was pointed out to the judges by the European Union collectively and by 30 countries individually, including the United States, Great Britain, Australia, Canada, France, Germany and Russia.

The ICJ was established to settle disputes between sovereign states, and only when both parties consent. Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority is not a sovereign state. Israel is — and told the ICJ not to intervene. The judges paid no heed to Israel. Arafat wanted the propaganda victory of an ICJ ruling against Israel, and what Arafat wants he generally gets, at least from the “international community.”

The ICJ's opinion is only “advisory” and so not legally binding. But, as expected, it is being spun as if it had the force of international law.

Deutche Welle, the government-financed “Voice of Germany,” said: “After the ruling in The Hague … it's official: Israel is an occupying force, and does have to abide by international law if it doesn't wish to be treated as a pariah.”

I see: killing children doesn't make you a pariah; putting up a fence to defend yourself against killers does. 

-snip-

[MindFire]

Thanks for posting the article. I have a general question- I think that anyone who is informed about all the UN programs & abuses (including cases of child rape and forced sterilization of unknowing girls in third world countries) realizes that this is a corrupt anti-American Organization.


Can anyone explain why The U.S. (and our tax dollars) is the bigge$t funder of this organization, whose primary goal is world govt?

[Carry_Okie]

That was a rhetorical question, right?

Corrupt government is in the interests of those with the money to direct what it does.

[MplsSteve]

I've often wondered how the judges in the ICJ would react to having homicide bombers walking thru their neighbrhoods, indiscriminately blowing up buses and restaurants?

It's amazing the level of detachment these people have. Sometimes that detachment allows you to see things from a non-biased point of view. But I think more often than not, it's like wearing horse-blinders that shield you from seeing the big picture.

[MindFire]

I've always heard it referred to as the ICC (international criminal court) and now they call it the ICJ? Or is the ICJ a newfangled version (or cousin) of the ICC? i'm sure all these abbreviations are to confuse us! ;-)

[ought-six]

Oh, how I loathe the U.N.

[Arpege92]

"Oh, how I loathe the U.N."

Me too.....get the U.S. out of the U.N. and the U.N. out of the U.S.!!!!!

[monkeyshine]

anyone explain why The U.S. (and our tax dollars) is the bigge$t funder of this organization, whose primary goal is world govt?

Because this way it can't do anything without us. We let them play their little games but when push comes to shove, we do what we want and we stop them from doing what they want.

It also serves some short term geopolitical expediencies. We often veto anti-Israeli measures, which allows some of our allies to vote in favor of them for their own domestic politics.