Israel v World

Most of the time I would argue that Israel should be proud of this badge - it proves Israel is doing the right thing. Unfortunately, Israel is acting, to a lesser extent than it should be, in its interests, and more than it should, in the interests of others.

Amnesty International - War Crimes - Phosphorus. Ha ha. That really is a joke. The reason for using it - as an element in tracer rounds. Not as a weapon. War Crimes. Absolutely assinine.






Israel Has Fewer Friends Than Ever, Even In America


By Rod Nordland NEWSWEEK
Published Jan 24, 2009
From the magazine issue dated Feb 2, 2009



Israel has never been more isolated. Its best friend, the United States, had vetoed 41 Security Council resolutions condemning Israel in the past three decades, but was about to vote for the Jan. 8 resolution denouncing the attack on Gaza when President Bush intervened, at the behest of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Still, in the face of unprecedented global criticism, the U.S. didn't dare veto, but merely abstained. Europe, never Israel's close ally, erupted in near unanimous outrage over Gaza, with fits of anti-Semitic violence in France, Sweden and Belgium.



Israel is accustomed to attacks from the left and the U.N. This time, though, Amnesty International has accused Israel of war crimes (using white phosphorus against civilians), and the secretary-general was unusually outspoken. After Israel bombed five U.N. compounds, Ban Ki-moon called the attack "heartbreaking … outrageous and unacceptable." His condemnation of Hamas rocket attacks came later, in milder terms.



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