SWC calls for international arrest of Hamas leader (Simon Wiesenthal Center)

Jerusalem Post ^ | June 30, 2006 | HAVIV RETTIG

[West Coast Conservative]

The Simon Wiesenthal Center called for an international arrest warrant to be issued for the apprehension of Hamas leader and one of Israel's most wanted men, Khaled Mashaal, according to a press release put out by the organization.

According to the SWC, Mashaal is the chief architect in the terror campaign against Israel. "The time has come for the United Nations to demand that Syria give up Khaled Mashaal and to issue an international arrest order for his apprehension," wrote Rabbi Marvin Hier, the Center's Founder and Dean, in a letter to United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan on Thursday.

"He is no less an international pariah and outlaw than Osama Bin-Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri and should be tried for his crimes against humanity. Mashaal is the real face of Hamas and as long as the international community allows him to live freely and continue his terrorist activities, there will be no road map and no prospects to achieve Middle East peace," added Hier.

[justiceseeker93]

Yes, Rabbi Hier, Mashaal is all you say he is and more.

But writing a letter to Kofi Annan is a futile gesture and a waste of the SWC's resources.

It will be Israel alone which will put an eventual end to him, followed by only condemnation at that point from Annan and the UN.

[Alouette]

The Simon Wiesenthal Center called for an international arrest warrant

Has any person in the whole wide world ever been arrested under an "international arrest warrant?"

I mean, like, give me a freaking break.

Just kill the f&%#er.

[Alouette]

as long as the international community allows him to live freely and continue his terrorist activities, there will be no road map

Aw jeez, can somebody please buy this man a clue?

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[paul51]

Forget the arrest. The Israelis are targeting him. Let them ice him.

[Zionist Conspirator]

Aw jeez, can somebody please buy this man a clue?

The Wiesenthal Center is made up of your basic typical liberals. I don't think we're going to hear much from Rabbi Hier on Biblical prophecies or rebuilding the Temple.

[M. Espinola]

The Wiesenthal Center is correct.

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[dfwgator]

Let the Mossad handle it, like they did Eichmann.

[justiceseeker93]

I was also thinking of a comparison with the Eichmann operation. But considering everything involved, it will be much tougher, and the likelihood is that Mashaal won't be taken alive as Eichmann was.

That doesn't mean that the Mossad can't pull it off.

[justiceseeker93]

I was also thinking of a comparison with the Eichmann operation. But considering everything involved, it will be much tougher, and the likelihood is that Mashaal won't be taken alive as Eichmann was.

That doesn't mean that the Mossad can't pull it off.