Israel/Palestine Thread

Yes - it has been put to the Supreme Court.

But whilst I hope reason would prevail, i won't hold my breath.

Remember, this is a State who chose not to prosecute IDF soldiers who ally raped aa prisoner and were caught on CCTV doing so.

Justice in Israel is a very fickle concept. Some people are more equal than others…

"Israel’s Supreme Court has recently clarified, this time explicitly, that interrogational torture is lawful in certain circumstances in Israel’s legal system."

https://www.omct.org/en/resources/blog/its-now-even-more-official-torture-is-legal-in-israel

And this is inside Israel. Palestinians in the Occupied Territories don't even have the protections of the Geneva convention.

Long but worth a read -

"The U.N. Security Council has confirmed the applicability of the 4th Geneva Convention to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, in 25 resolutions. Many of those resolutions call upon Israel, the occupying Power, to comply with the provisions of the Convention and to accept its de jure applicability. The General Assembly, along with other bodies of the U.N., has adopted scores of resolutions affirming the same position, as well as calling for an end to the occupation and repeatedly affirming the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people and the need for the realization of those rights.

Israel, however, refuses to accept the de jure applicability of the 4th Geneva Convention to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem and has committed serious violations of every relative provision of the Convention. At the start of the occupation, Israel, the occupying Power, immediately began imposing countless repressive measures, such as administrative detention, deportation, home demolitions and other forms of collective punishment, against the Palestinian civilian population in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, inflicting enormous suffering and harm on them.

The occupying Power has also attempted to change the status of the occupied territory or parts of it and to change the demographic composition of the territory through the illegal confiscation of land and the transfer of Israeli civilians. The occupying Power has repeatedly attempted to justify many of these measures by citing its security considerations or military needs. For years, the Israeli Government claimed that the illegal Jewish settlements were built to serve security needs and considerations. In reality, however, the occupying Power has been driven by an expansionist vision or ideology and, using its enormous military capabilities and a complex system of economic, legal and administrative policies and practices, has fervently pursued the implementation of this vision. Another fundamental aim of the occupying Power has been to prevent the realization of Palestinian national rights. The result of these measures has in fact been a gradual change in the situation in the Palestinian territory to that of one under active colonization."

https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-199015/

At this stage, I really would genuinely not be surprised if things go awry in Lebanon, they'll just nuke it.

The whole country seems to be in berserker mode. Utterly astonishing that absolutely no-one with the power is taking any substantive action.

But I do believe most of the world's public is sick to death of hearing of Israeli atrocities and blatant apartheid.

So, what's the objective of the war with Lebanon?

Illegal land grabbing seems to be the only objective.

Haaretz*:
The Israeli military on Saturday backed a senior IDF official who said the army cannot disarm Hezbollah because doing so would require occupying all of Lebanon, adding that only the Lebanese government could disarm the group. Military officials stressed that while disarming the group is not an objective of the current war, it remains a long-term goal requiring diplomatic efforts. 

Officials added that the officer was not reprimanded and that his remarks were considered accurate. 

Earlier in the war, however, IDF chief Eyal Zamir said that the IDF is committed to the long-term goal of disarming Hezbollah.

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