Posted on 10/10/2023 5:51:10 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Israel’s act of self defense in laying siege to Hamas terrorists and their supporters in the Gaza Strip was declared a “prohibited” act Tuesday by the U.N. human rights chief.
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, issued a call for peace and understanding in the region from his office in Geneva, Switzerland, before admonishing any prospective retaliatory move by Israel against its Islamic attackers. He cautioned:
The imposition of sieges that endanger the lives of civilians by depriving them of goods essential for their survival is prohibited under international humanitarian law
Any restrictions on the movement of people and goods to implement a siege must be justified by military necessity or may otherwise amount to collective punishment.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
True
Like Hiroshima
But ain’t gonna happen
I do expect serious punitive reply
Right now I expect they are trying to ascertain how to save as many hostages they can
ha
Not gonna happen.
Um, that’s what we did in Fallujah - we told the noncombatants to leave…..then we went in a killed from one side to the other.
HAMAS is in the Bible!
(violence, H2555) H2555 חָמָס (ḥāmās) - violence; - by implication, wrong; - by meton. unjust gain; Etymology: from H2554; KJV: cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, X oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
“... must be justified by military necessity ...”
Seems to me that this condition has been met.
Let me see, during WWII, Vietnam, Afghanistan, did the US military not cut off supplies and kill 1000s of civilians as collateral damage?
War is hell, and we will use any means necessary to win and eradicate these islamo-fascist barbarians.
Taiwan would beg to differ. They were kicked out of the UN in the 70s, and the UN still tries to bully them anyway.
This is rich given the UN helped foster this problem right from the start.
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