Israel condemned by 114 countries

telegraph ^ | (Filed: 06/12/2001) | By Fiona Fleck in Geneva

[IRtorqued]

Israel condemned by 114 countries
By Fiona Fleck in Geneva
(Filed: 06/12/2001)

MORE than 100 signatories of the Geneva Convention gathered in Switzerland yesterday to reprimand Israel for "indiscriminate and disproportionate violence" against Palestinian civilians in the occupied territories.

The 114 states - including Britain and the rest of the European Union - issued a joint declaration urging Israel to abide by international laws enshrined in the 1949 accord seeking to protect civilians in wartime or under military occupation.

It was the first such declaration by signatory states since the Convention was signed in 1949, as a similar session was adjourned after 17 minutes in July 1999. Israel and its close allies, the United States and Australia - which are also signatories of the Convention - boycotted the session.

The declaration expressed deep concern about a "deterioration of the humanitarian situation" in Palestinian areas, condemned Jewish settlements there as "illegal" and urged Israel to refrain from "grave breaches" such as "unlawful deportation", "wilful killing" and "tor- ture".

Yaakov Levy, the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, criticised the declaration as "one-sided".

He said it contained "unsubstantiated allegations" and should have condemned acts of terrorism against Israel.

[BrooklynGOP]

...and urged Israel to refrain from "grave breaches" such as "unlawful deportation", "wilful killing" and "tor- ture".

And they are not urging Arafat to do the same, because..?

[StoneColdGOP]

Oh man, this is a Declaration of the Damned. God help us if we ever set our names, as the USA, to something like this.

[2sheep]

Zec 12:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy ALL the nations that come against Jerusalem.

[veronica]

So you side with the Lefty EU's, Arabs and Turd World nations AGAINST the USA. Your own country. Interesting.

[Aquamarine]

A book that I read recently made a good case that Great Britian is the Mystery Babylon.

[IRtorqued]

click the source, it shows this article for the 8ths edition.

[IRtorqued]

was that the prince chuck book by chance?

[contessa machiaveli]

in this case every other country is out of step. israel should be proud to be condemned by banana republics like syria, liberia, indonesia, iraq,france, iran, bangla desh, etc. yeah, i'd be very concerned. thank heavens for israel. how would these self-important, egomanical phonies in the UN justify their existence. it would be hysterical if it wasn't so tragic......and wacsong, what the hell is your problem...really.

[IRtorqued]

I do most my work around 'zulu' time anyhow. so yes you are correct it is the 8th there.

[Aquamarine]

No, it was THE FALSE PROPHET by Ken Klein.

[Jorge]

If this wasn't so sad it would be hilarious. We see 114 countries agreeing that Israel is out of control in their treatment of the Palestinians, and the USA walks around like a butt puppet mother figure making excuses for it's adopted spoiled brat of a child. We aren't out of step, no sir, the rest of the world is.

Let's remember that the UN voted some of the most outrageous violators of humans rights...including China and the Sudan onto the Human Rights Commission....so I guess according to you we should follow the world's lead and allow these lame brains to form our views of world events?
Give me a break.
The PLO charter calls for the complete destruction of Israel...they support the most hideous terrorist organizations in existance...and we are supposed to condemn Israel for defending itself against these sickos? I don't think so!

[IRtorqued]

you are living proof of at least one Biblical prediction.

[College Repub]

Because if we don't continualy reply to the filth you all post then newbies and observers to the site might think we are antisemitic or antiIsrael if we let your bantor go unchallanged.

[IRtorqued]

haven't read it, is it any good?