A few hours ago a cyber activist faxed me an AP article, dated today, that ran in the Bradenton Herald. Its title is "Red Cross Chief calls Israeli towns a 'war crime". I will copy you a couple of paragraphs:
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"At a news conference, Rene Kosirnik, who heads the Red Cross delegation to Israel and the Palestinian areas, said the settlements violate the fourth Geneva Convention, the treaty intended to protect civilians in areas of conflict.
"'The installation of a population of the occupying power in occupied territory is considered an illegal move. It is a grave breach (of law),' said Kostirnik. 'In principle, it is a war crime.'"
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Now this is interesting. The International Red Cross holds, in fact, the key to the conflict behind its locked doors - and could end it in one bold, courageous move. At Arolson, a Red Cross data center that Revisionists are forbidden to enter, can be found the documents of what did, and did not, occur in Third Reich concentration camps.
The Red Cross, in a firm statement, could tell the world the Holocaust is one gigantic hoax, as Red Cross officials have known all too well since its director, Biedermann, came testifying at the Zundel Trial in 1988 - and disappeared into the yonder, his tail between his legs, when it was shown that there existed records - exact, detailed records of numbers of victims, causes of death, nationality, religion, race etc. at Arolson. If the world could see those records and act on them, the money to the bandit state would stop!
Read on - a Palestine Media Center press release: Press Statement From Palestinian Mothers. Palos Hills, Ill.: Islamic Association of Palestine (www.iap.org), May 14, 2001.
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(5/10/2001) "States Parties recognize that every child has the inherent right to life." Article 6, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
We Palestinian mothers stand before you today in order to focus your attention on the human tragedy, which has unfolded before our eyes in the West Bank and Gaza. Its a tragedy, which continues to be played out, with no seeming end in sight. We are all mourning the loss of our children who have been ripped from our lives as a result of the senseless violence being perpetrated against our people by the Israeli occupation army. We are striving to raise international awareness regarding the circumstances of Palestinian childrens lives as well as the pattern of gross and systematic human rights violations they are exposed to on a daily basis as a result of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. While the entire civilian population has suffered as a result of Israeli attacks, the effect on Palestinian children has been most severe. Since September 28, 156 children 18 years of age and younger have been killed by Israeli soldiers or settlers. Three days ago, Israeli fire ripped through four-month-old Iman Haju, as she sat in her mothers lap in her home in Khan Younis. Yesterday, three- month-old Reema Ahmed and her mother were wounded by Israeli tank fire fragments in Rafah when the Israeli army shelled the area of their home. Little Reema, whose injury was sustained in the head, is in the hospital in stable condition. Palestinian hospitals are full of our young ones who have been maimed and crippled in the latest fighting. Many of our children will have to go through life minus an eye, a limb or with a permanent disability because of the brutality of the Israeli forces. We fear that the children of Palestine face a bleak future as they struggle to escape the terrors of the Israeli military occupation.
The Palestinian people are suffering the tragic consequences of Israels failure to comply with its obligations under international law. Nine years ago, on 2 November 1991, the UN convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history, entered into force in Israel. Article 4 of the convention obliges State Parties to take all appropriate legislative, administrative, and other measures for the implementation of the rights recognized in the Convention. These rights include, among others, the right to life (article 6) the right to education (article 28), the right to be free from torture and other inhumane treatment (article 37), the right to due process (article 37), the right to health care (article 24), the right to an adequate standard of living (article 27) and the right to recreation and leisure (article 31). Of particular importance to Palestinian children, article 38 of the CRC requires that States Parties ensure the protection of children who are affected by armed conflict. The international community has failed to ensure respect for the CRC and has failed to provide urgently needed protection for the Palestinian people. Instead we find ourselves on the defensive, forced to respond to allegations that Palestinian mothers send their children out to die. We are horrified by these attempts to dehumanize us as people. We care for our children as all mothers of the world. It is estimated that less than one percent of Palestinian adolescents have taken an active part in clashes or demonstrations. Most of our children have been killed or injured in their homes, where they are supposed to be safe, or on their way to and from school.
Last month, at a conference organized by the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, with the participation of over 110 senior government and military officials, UN child- rights experts and NGOs from across the region of the Middle East and North Africa, it was reported that there was no evidence that children were being recruited or used systematically by the Palestinian Authority or armed groups in the Intifada, or uprising, against Israeli occupation. There is not a Palestinian child that is not affected by the Israeli occupation and Israeli military attacks on Palestinian cities, towns, and villages. Some children are virtually prisoners in their homes as a result of Israeli imposed curfews, and closures. Tens of schools have been closed, three schools have been transformed into military installations, and thousands of students and hundreds of teachers cannot even get to school. Also, the long-term social and psychological ramifications of the violence on our children are frightening.
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Thought for the Day:
"The fortunes of war for the Israelis have turned. They are now past their Stalingrad."
(Ernst Zundel)
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