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"I told you I was innocent"
"It's a little girl. She's running defensively eastward."

"Are we talking about a girl under the age of 10?"

"A girl about 10, she's behind the embankment, scared to death."

"I think that one of the positions took her out."

"I and another soldier ... are going in a little nearer, forward, to confirm the kill ... Receive a situation report. We fired and killed her ... I also confirmed the kill. Over."

"This is commander. Anything that's mobile, that moves in the zone, even if it's a three-year-old, needs to be killed. Over."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/nov/16/israel2/print

Filed under: Israel Occupation Palestine War crime
 

The Liberal Jew

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“Israeli liberalism always had a function in Israeli society,” said Finkelstein. “Its function was to issue these anguished criticisms of Israel which not only extenuated Israeli crimes but exalted Israeli crimes: Isn’t it beautiful, the Israeli soul, how it is anguished over what it has done. Not only were any crimes being committed extenuated, but they were beautiful. And now comes a Jewish liberal and says: Spare me your tears. I am only interested in the law."

“Goldstone did not perform the role of the Jewish liberal -- to be anguished without consequences. Suddenly, Israeli liberal Jews are discovering that there are consequences for committing war crimes. You don’t just get to walk into the sunset and look beautiful. They can’t believe it. They are shocked: Aren't our tears consequences enough? Aren’t our broken hearts enough? No, he said, you have to go to the criminal court.”

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/israel_crackdown_puts_liberal_jews_on_the_spot_20100315/

Filed under: Gaza Goldstone Israel Liberalism Palestine War Crime
 

The People v. Bush

Vermont author and activist Charlotte Dennett is part of the Robert Jackson Steering Committee, which is pushing the notion that some former Bush administration officials should be tried for war crimes. The so-called "accountability movement" is named in honor of US Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson, who was the top US prosecutor of Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg. Dennett documents the accountability movement in her new book The People v. Bush, published last month by Vermont-based Chelsea Green.

http://7d.blogs.com/blurt/2010/02/leahy-to-hold-hearing-on-bushera-torture-memos.html

Filed under: Bush GWB Torture War Crime
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