Israels military, which has been accused of abuses in its war against Hezbollah this summer, has declassified photographs, video images and prisoner interrogations to buttress its accusation that Hezbollah systematically fired from civilian neighborhoods in southern Lebanon and took cover in those areas to shield itself from attack...
Discussing how Israel should respond to war crimes accusations diverts the agenda away from Hizballah - a terrorist group that committed war crimes in the recent war that far exceed in gravity and quantity all those Israel is accused of. Hizballah launched thousands of rocket and mortar attacks on northern Israel, deliberately targeting civilians in violation of the laws of war...
On August 3 - three weeks after a Lebanese Hezbollah raid into Israel set off a war that lasted until August 14 - Human Rights Watch published a report, "Fatal Strikes: Israels Indiscriminate Attacks Against Civilians in Lebanon," that inspired a series of vitriolic attacks on the organizations credibility. According to some of the critics, the organizations executive director, Kenneth Roth, is biased against Israel and an anti-Semite...
This study analyzes two central concepts of Hezbollahs warfare, demonstrated during the second Lebanon war (July-August 2006). The first is the broad use of the Lebanese civilian population as a living shield; the second, viewing the Israeli civilian population as the primary target for the enormous rocket arsenal Hezbollah built up over a period of years. Both acts are considered war crimes under international law...
This presentation by Dr. Jeff Halper was delivered at the KC Sabeel Conference, October 20, 2006 at Village Presbyterian Church, Prairie Village, Kansas
Under the guise of promoting universal human rights, many non-governmental organizations exploit their position of trust among governments, the media, academics and the public to promote a strongly anti-Israel agenda while paying little heed to egregious human rights violations in other parts of the world. NGO Monitor is attempting to right these wrongs...
Just three weeks after Hezbollah invaded Israel, kidnapping two Israeli soldiers and causing the deaths of eight others, Human Rights Watch issued a 49-page report about the war that had been ignited by this attack. The title of the report was Fatal Strikes: Israel's Indiscriminate Attacks Against Civilians in Lebanon. "Our research shows that Israel's claim that Hezbollah fighters are hiding among civilians does not explain, let alone justify, Israel's indiscriminate warfare," declared Kenneth Roth, executive director of the New York-based nongovernmental organization. "In some cases, these attacks constitute war crimes," the group concluded. Then it added the most damning charge of all: "In some instances, Israeli forces appear to have deliberately targeted civilians."
The Palestinian terror campaign has been accompanied by a parallel political strategy designed to label Israeli defensive actions as war crimes, excessive use of force, and violations of international law. In this massive use of soft power, the main combat troops are members of groups claiming to promote human rights or humanitarian assistance, known generally as civil society groups and non-governmental organizations (NGOs)...
The All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Antisemitism was commissioned by John Mann MP, Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group against Antisemitism. The terms of reference for the inquiry were: 1. To consider evidence on the nature of contemporary antisemitism 2. To evaluate current efforts to confront it 3. To consider further measures that might usefully be introduced
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