georgephillip,
et al,
Part of the problem with the Palestinians, is that they don't know when to tell the "whole story." Half truths are just as damaging as lies. In this case, the implication is, that the Israelis are to be held accountable.
But is that the truth?
Like --- Paul Harvey on his Saturdays Noon News segments use to say in --- his famous
Now here is the Rest of the Story:
"Pictures of Israelis targeting Palestinians have also been posted on Instagram in recent weeks. A snapshot posted at the end of January shows the back of a young man's head in the crosshairs of a rifle. The picture, posted to IDF sniper Mor Ostrovski's account along with others, does not show whether or not the individual on the image was shot down."
Kids in the crosshairs: Photo of Palestinian children killed by IDF wins World Press Photo award ? RT News
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Please read the UN Report carefully.
Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict Paragraphs 1953 + 1954 A/HRC/12/48 (ADVANCE 2) page 18 said:
4. Actions by Palestinian armed groups
1953. The Mission also examined whether the Palestinian armed groups complied with their obligations under international humanitarian law to take constant care to minimize the risk of harm to the civilian population in Gaza among whom the hostilities were being conducted. The conduct of hostilities in built-up areas does not, of itself, constitute a violation of international law. However, launching attacks – whether of rockets and mortars at the population of southern Israel or at the Israeli armed forces inside Gaza – close to civilian or protected buildings constitutes a failure to take all feasible precautions.
In cases where this occurred, the Palestinian armed groups would have unnecessarily exposed the civilian population of Gaza to the inherent dangers of the military operations
taking place around them. The Mission found no evidence to suggest that Palestinian armed groups either directed civilians to areas where attacks were being launched or that they forced civilians to remain within the vicinity of the attacks. The Mission also found no evidence that members of Palestinian armed groups engaged in combat in civilian dress. Although in the one incident of an Israeli attack on a mosque it investigated the Mission found that there was no indication that that mosque was used for military purposes or to shield military activities, the Mission cannot exclude that this might have occurred in other cases.
5. Actions by responsible Palestinian authorities
1954. Although the Gaza authorities deny any control over armed groups and responsibility for their acts, in the Mission’s view, if they failed to take the necessary measures to prevent the Palestinian armed groups from endangering the civilian population, the Gaza authorities would bear responsibility for the damage arising to the civilians living in Gaza.
SOURCE: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/12session/A-HRC-12-48_ADVANCE2.pdf
This is a case where Gaza Hamas have their cake and eat it too. So there are "uncontrolled" and "uniformed" Palestinian Armed Groups that endanger the population, and are responsible for the deaths. BUT, since Gaza authorities claim they have no control over these groups, they are specifically not held accountable. So the question is:
- Who are these "uniformed" Palestinian Armed Groups beyond the control of Gaza Authorities?
They are uniformed (not in civilian dress), and they are not Hamas. Therefore, they must come from the civilian population. So, the civilian population is responsible!
The UN Report, clearly showing favoritism to the Palestinians, worded the report without answering the question.
Most Respectfully,
R
Do you mean this
Paul Harvey?
"In addition to the inquiry into whether Harvey's Rest of the Story tales are true, Harvey's trademark ability to seamlessly migrate from content to commercial brought scrutiny. In that context, Salon magazine called him the '
finest huckster ever to roam the airwaves.'[25]
"Some have argued that Harvey's fawning and lavish product endorsements may be misleading or confusing to his audience. Harvey's endorsed products included EdenPure heaters, Bose radios, Select Comfort mattresses, and Hi-Health dietary supplements, including a supplement that was claimed to improve vision but was later the subject of a Federal Trade Commission enforcement action against the manufacturer (but not Harvey himself) for misleading claims made on Harvey's show.[26]
"In one of the tribute broadcasts, Gil Gross said
Harvey considered advertising just another type of news, and he only endorsed products he believed in, often interviewing someone from the company."
Your link makes clear the possibility Israel sought to punish all Gazans because they voted for Hamas:
"1883. The Gaza military operations were, according to the Israeli Government, thoroughly
and extensively planned. While the Israeli Government has sought to portray its operations
as essentially a response to rocket attacks in the exercise of its right to self-defence, the
Mission considers the plan to have been directed, at least in part, at a different target:
the
people of Gaza as a whole.
"1884. In this respect, the operations were in furtherance of an overall policy aimed at
punishing the Gaza population for its resilience and for its apparent support for Hamas,
and possibly with the intent of forcing a change in such support.
"The Mission considers this
position to be firmly based in fact, bearing in mind what it saw and heard on the ground,
what it read in the accounts of soldiers who served in the campaign, and what it heard and
read from current and former military officers and political leaders whom the Mission
considers to be representative of the thinking that informed the policy and strategy of the
military operations.
"1885. The Mission recognizes that the principal focus in the aftermath of military
operations will often be on the people who have been killed – more than 1,400 in just three
weeks.
"This is rightly so. Part of the functions of reports such as this is to attempt, albeit in
a very small way, to restore the dignity of those whose rights have been violated in the most
fundamental way of all – the arbitrary deprivation of life."
Indulge me with the following thought experiment:
If Arabs were the Occupying Power in Palestine and were killing 1400 Jews in three weeks, I'm guessing we would be unanimous in our condemnation of the Arabs.
Why do you consistently apologize for Jewish terror?