Posted on 10/18/2011 1:29:15 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
Israel was concerned Tuesday night that the United Nations would encourage terrorists who are supposed to remain outside Israel and Gaza to return to their families, after UN Human Rights Council head Navi Pillay said that requiring the terrorists to relocate from their original homes was against international law. Pillay said that the Council may interview terrorists to determine whether or not they willingly agreed to leave their original homes.
"It was with a sense of great relief that we have received news of the agreement to exchange prisoners. We do however have concerns regarding reports that hundreds of Palestinian prisoners from the West Bank may be released to the Gaza Strip or abroad," a spokesperson for Pillay, Rupert Colville told Reuters.
"If in some cases this has been without the free and informed consent of the concerned individuals, this may constitute forced transfer or deportation under international law," he added. "We are not sure to what extent they consented to this.
Colville did not specify what action, if any, the Council would take, but sources in Israel said they could foresee a scenario where the Council encouraged terrorists to challenge the agreement and attempt to reenter Gaza or Palestinian Authority-controlled areas of Judea and Samaria. According to the deal worked out with Hamas, 40 of the released terrorists cannot return to Judea and Samaria, and are to be deported to Turkey, Qatar, and Syria.
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And they'll be sure to tell you the truth, right Navi?
Is Libya still chairing the HRC? Or is it Iran’s turn yet?
Later when more than a few blips show up close to each other on the grid in some isolated location...KABLAMMEY MOHAMMY go get your Heavenly Hos!!!—
If Israel had rational leadership every single one of these prisoners would have already been hung by the neck until dead.
Sounds like the refrain for a war song.
I agree with the sentiment, but suspect that the ratio is much, much higher.
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