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luke
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 Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:01 pm Post subject: Report: Israeli occupation causes terror |
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| Quote: | Report: Israeli occupation causes terror
A report commissioned by the United Nations says Palestinian terrorism is the "inevitable consequence" of Israeli occupation — a claim Israel rejected Tuesday as inflammatory.
The report — posted on the U.N. Human Rights Council's Web site — says that while Palestinian terrorist acts are deplorable, "they must be understood as being a painful but inevitable consequence of colonialism, apartheid or occupation."
The report accuses the Jewish state of acts and policies consistent with all three.
As long as there is occupation, there will be terrorism, says the author, John Dugard, an independent investigator on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a South African lawyer who campaigned against apartheid in the 1980s.
Dugard says in the report that "common sense ... dictates that a distinction must be drawn between acts of mindless terror, such as acts committed by al-Qaida, and acts committed in the course of a war of national liberation against colonialism, apartheid or military occupation."
The report calls for an end to the Israeli occupation, citing the country's checkpoints and roadblocks restricting Palestinian movement, house demolitions and the "Judaization" of Jerusalem.
Until the occupation is ended, "peace cannot be expected, and violence will continue," the report says.
Israel's U.N. ambassador in Geneva rejected Dugard's analysis and questioned his objectivity.
"Dugard will better serve the cause of peace by ceasing to enflame the hatred between Israelis and Palestinians, who have embarked on serious talks to solve this contentious situation," Itzhak Levanon said.
"The common link between al-Qaida and the Palestinian terrorists is that both intentionally target civilians with the mere purpose to kill," he said.
Israeli-Palestinian peace talks were relaunched in November after a seven-year lapse, but have been marred by ongoing Israeli construction in disputed areas and by Palestinian rocket attacks from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.
The 25-page report will be presented next month to the 47-nation rights council, which has been criticized — even by its founder, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan — for spending most of its time reproaching one government, Israel's, over alleged abuses.
Dugard was appointed in 2001 as an unpaid expert to investigate only violations by the Israeli side, prompting Israel and the U.S. to dismiss his reports as one-sided.
Israel refused to allow Dugard to conduct a U.N.-mandated fact-finding mission on its Gaza offensive in 2006. |
from http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080226/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_israel;_ylt=AiZfZXOVXhz.u_Bg8GSfhddvaA8F
i'm most surprised that if you occupy a peoples land then you create a resistance to that occupation ... 
i wonder how much mainstream media coverage this report will get ... none?!
if anyone can find the report post up the link - i've had a quick look round http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/ but can't see it
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luke
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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report here http://domino.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/22f431edb91c6f548525678a0051be1d/f71be9fae0abbe1c852573ec006dde2e!OpenDocument
i've also attached the pdf
from the report;
| Quote: | 4. Terrorism is a scourge, a serious violation of human rights and international humanitarian law. No attempt is made in the reports to minimize the pain and suffering it causes to victims, their families and the broader community. Palestinians are guilty of terrorizing innocent Israeli civilians by means of suicide bombs and Qassam rockets. Likewise the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) are guilty of terrorizing innocent Palestinian civilians by military incursions, targeted killings and sonic booms that fail to distinguish between military targets and civilians. All these acts must be condemned and have been condemned.3 Common sense, however, dictates that a distinction must be drawn between acts of mindless terror, such as acts committed by Al Qaeda, and acts committed in the course of a war of national liberation against colonialism, apartheid or military occupation. While such acts cannot be justified, they must be understood as being a painful but inevitable consequence of colonialism, apartheid or occupation. History is replete with examples of military occupation that have been resisted by violence - acts of terror. The German occupation was resisted by many European countries in the Second World War; the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) resisted South Africa's occupation of Namibia; and Jewish groups resisted British occupation of Palestine - inter alia, by the blowing up of the King David Hotel in 1946 with heavy loss of life, by a group masterminded by Menachem Begin, who later became Prime Minister of Israel. Acts of terror against military occupation must be seen in historical context. This is why every effort should be made to bring the occupation to a speedy end. U ntil this is done peace cannot be expected, and violence will continue. In other situations, for example Namibia, peace has been achieved by the ending of occupation, without setting the end of resistance as a precondition. Israel cannot expect perfect peace and the end of violence as a precondition for the ending of the occupation.
5. A further comment on terrorism is called for. In the present international climate it is easy for a State to justify its repressive measures as a response to terrorism - and to expect a sympathetic hearing. Israel exploits the present international fear of terrorism to the full. But this will not solve the Palestinian problem. Israel must address the occupation and the violation of human rights and international humanitarian law it engenders, and not invoke the justification of terrorism as a distraction, as a pretext for failure to confront the root cause of Palestinian violence - the occupation. |
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Mandy
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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Great .. thanks Luke.
That Israel denies the obvious is like someone claiming Pigs don't smell.
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