Reply #59: Israel already commited war crimes [View All]

Israel has already been acused of Human Rights Watch of committing war crimes. See my post below in which I show how Israel is "deliberately" targeting civillians.

Israel's existence has never been at risk. Two soldiers were kidnapped. This is reprehensible, but Israel holds 10,000 Palestinian prisoners, most without charges, a practice condemned by human rights groups. Many--if not most--of these prisoners are kidnapped. Are you advocating that Irael also be destroyed because of its actions, or do you have a double standard? If Israel had not started the war, then it would have lost around ten soldiers. This doesn't mean its existence is threatened. The US lost 200 Marines in the 80's by Hezbollah. Did we suddenly cease to exist?

Even now that Israel is in a full scale war its existence is hardly at stake. Hezbollah has killed less than 50 people. Life goes on as normal in most of Israel.

If Israel destroys Lebanon's water supply, then it will be a heinous war crime, regardless of what Hezbollah does. Destroying the water supply would kill tons of innocent civillians and would not be considered a valid military attack. In warfare you are supposed to fight the enemy and not punish the civillians; otherwise you are committing war crimes.

By the way, the missile that hit Quana was USA-made. So if we are going to start saying that Iran is evil for supplying the missiles to Lebanon, is the US evil for supplying Israel? During the second Intifadah, Amnesty International begged the US not to supply Israel with more hellicopters because Israel was using them to mow down Palestinians. The US supplied double its normal amount.