Has Israel followed the law in its war in Gaza? The US is due to render a first-of-its-kind verdict

AP via Yahoo ^ | May 8th, 2024 | ELLEN KNICKMEYER

[Mariner]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing heat over its military support for Israel's war, the Biden administration is due to deliver a first-of-its-kind formal verdict this week on whether the airstrikes on Gaza and restrictions on delivery of aid have violated international and U.S. laws designed to spare civilians from the worst horrors of war.

A decision against close ally Israel would add to pressure on President Joe Biden to curb the flow of weapons and money to Israel's military. The Democratic administration took one of the first steps in that direction in recent days, when it paused a shipment of 3,500 bombs out of concern over Israel's threatened offensive on Rafah, a southern city crowded with more than a million Palestinians, a senior administration official said.

The administration agreed in February at the insistence of Democrats in Congress to a negotiated agreement mandating it look at whether Israeli forces in Gaza have used U.S.-provided weapons and other military assistance in a lawful manner.

Additionally, under the agreement, it must tell Congress whether it deems that Israel has acted to “arbitrarily deny, restrict, or otherwise impede, directly or indirectly,” delivery of any U.S.-supported humanitarian aid into Gaza for starving civilians there.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

That dog isn’t going to hunt anymore.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

My hands are tied, Lurker.

[Texas Fossil]

Lets pray they get what is coming to them. And O’Biden with them.

[unclebankster]

Biden should not criticize Israel and their operations to go after Hamas.

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The US government, politicians, and voters are overwhelmingly pro Israel, but internationally Israel doesn’t have that level of support.
Furthermore, we aren’t immune to international pressure and our interests and Israeli interests aren’t always in alignment.

Having said that, the Biden administration looks completely incompetent on this specific issue.

[Robert DeLong]

We broke the Nuremberg Code that prohibited medical experiments from being performed. However, that is exactly what they did with Covid "vaccines". They had to claim that both Ivermectin & Hydroxychloroquine were not safe or effective, otherwise, no EAU could be given. When they made thee claims about them, it did not release them from the crimes they had committed, because they knowingly perpetrated a fraud. Because they had stated that both were safe & effective treatment in 2005 for a previous upper respiratory virus SARS-CoV. Apparently the novel designation given was bogus as well.

I'm still waiting for that to be adjudicated.

[Uncle Miltie]

You’re overstating even ham ass’s numbers.

“As of 8 May 2024, over 36,000 people (34,844 Palestinian[1] and 1,410 Israeli[9]) have been reported as killed in the Israel–Hamas war”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war

Of which, about 15,000 have been ham ass terrorist fighters.

Are you Baghdad Bob for Sinwar?

Find me a lower civilian casualty ratio in urban combat. I dare you.

[Lurker]

So there is no law then. You just made it up.

Typical of you.

L

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I never insinuated, you did.

[Uncle Miltie]

Besides which:

HAM ASS’S FAULT!

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Get better sources than Wikipedia for God’s sakes.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

HAM ASSES FAULT

Hamas was created by Israel to serve as a check on the PLO. Why won't Israel wipe them out for good? Because Israel needs a foil, so they can continue to scam America for tax-dollars and military equipment and build Jared Kushner his condos after the Palestinians are genocided.

[Lurker]

Yes, you did insinuate it.

L

[Uncle Miltie]

“Urban warfare has a catastrophic impact on civilian populations and poses serious legal and operational challenges. In cities — where 55 percent of the world’s population currently resides — civilians account for 90 percent of the casualties during war.

Armed actors hide themselves among civilian populations, exposing civilians to increasingly dangerous conditions and potential harm.”

https://civiliansinconflict.org/our-work/conflict-trends/urban-warfare/

The usual rate of civilian casualties to combatants in urban warfare is 9:1. In Gaza, it is much closer to 1:1, essentially an order of magnitude reduction in civilian casualties in the war ham ass started.

[Uncle Miltie]

I’m confused by your statement in which both Israel WON’T wipe ham ass out for good, but is simultaneously GENOCIDING the gazans.

Please let me know when you figure out which of those contradictory positions is the one you really want to hang your hat on.

[Uncle Miltie]

Go ahead and give me Yahya Sinswar’s. They aren’t much different.

[Uncle Miltie]

Sinwar’s

[Uncle Miltie]

If you bothered to look, you would find the following citation, from the ham ass loving U.N.:

CITATION:

[1] “Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update #163”. UN OCHA. 8 May 2024. Archived from the original on 8 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.

Disbelieving the U.N. in my case leads me to believe the casualty figures are actually lower.

[Uncle Miltie]

But you never looked, did you?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

You apparently haven’t heard of the trillions of cubic feet in natural gas lying off the coast of Gaza, and the canal Israel wants to build to draw traffic away from the Suez.
And Jared Kushner’s condos and resorts.
That’s probably why Israel was “invaded” on 10/07.

[Uncle Miltie]

So ham ass invaded so Israel could get Natural Gas?

Step away from the bong ....