Posted on 12/23/2023 10:06:18 AM PST by SunkenCiv
A United Nations official said in an interview last week that Palestinians who kill Israeli soldiers are not guilty of crimes because such killings are in line with their "right to resist," in the latest controversial comments by the anti-Israel official.
"If the Palestinians target civilian objects, they commit war crimes," said Francesca Albanese, U.N. special rapporteur for the Palestinian territories, in an interview on the podcast Makdisi Street. "If they target military objects, they do not commit war crimes—they are in line with acts of resistance."
Albanese went on to criticize "Western media" outlets that have condemned "every Palestinian action," including attacks on soldiers.
"The killing of soldiers—it's, I mean, frankly, it's a tragedy, but it's not a crime," Albanese said. "Instead, very often, when Palestinians manage to attack soldiers, they are portrayed as terrorists. And this is a misunderstanding that needs to be addressed."
...Albanese criticized Hamas's Oct. 7 attack because the terrorist fighters targeted Israeli civilians and took hostages. She said, however, that "an illegal act of the resistance doesn't delegitimize the resistance itself."
... Last month, Albanese said Hamas is "entitled to embrace resistance" and argued that, under international law, Israel has no right to self-defense against the terrorist group.
She denounced calls this month for Hamas to release its hostages, calling it an "unacceptable" act of "justifying and deflecting the attention from the atrocities committed by the Israeli army in Gaza."
...Albanese last year distanced herself from a 2014 Facebook post in which she said the United States is "subjugated by the Jewish lobby."
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IOW, what's her FR nick?
Most of the world is celebrating the killing of Jews.
Can we say the UN is done?
UNDONE!!!
The UN, who once had a real Nazi in Kurt Waldheim, as Secretary-General.
Bkmk
The killing of soldiers DURING A WAR is not a crime. Likewise, the killing of enemy combatants and the unintentional killing of civilians during a war, is not a crime.
The razor cuts both ways.
I and many other Freepers have been saying the following for years:
US out of UN
UN out of US
Good to know that killing UN white/blue hats is not a crime.
(NO /s)
But they need to be in recognizable uniforms and not using civilian shields.
Fransesca Albanese’s view on international law is mighty weird. But given that she is a Jew hater it appears her whole world view is twisted.
Sadly as media is covering this moment, many in the Western world and specifically here in the states are 'celebrating' this. We are not as civilized as we pretend to be. Lives matter. No adjectives needed.
Yep ... one of the consequences of putting on a military uniform. Used to be everybody knew that.
If it’s OK for Palestinians to kill Israeli soldiers, then it stands to reason that Palestinians are also soldiers engaged in war. This being the case, it’s OK for Israeli soldiers to kill all Palestinians, since they are soldiers.
I hope Trump will have those beautiful two words for the UN...”You’re fired.”
Or does this concept flow only one way?
If it’s OK for Palestinians to kill Israeli soldiers, then is it OK for Palestinians to kill Israeli civilians? Because that’s what they do.
That is provided the combatants wear uniforms with proper insignia. If not, it violates the Geneva Conventions and is hence a war crime.
I am guessing you have little knowledge of the actual Laws of War.
Understandable. It is a fairly obscure area.
What you said applies ONLY if both sides are in uniform and acting under the Laws of War.
However, here the Israelis are while the Hamas terrorists are not. The Hamas terrorists are not in uniform and are not abiding by the Laws of War. Hence any killing by them -- including of Israeli soldiers -- is a war crime.
Yes, I am simplifying but any smart Freeper will get the drift.
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