ZGram - 12/10/2001 - "114 countries reprimand Israel"

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Copyright (c) 2001 - Ingrid A. Rimland

ZGram - Where Truth is Destiny

December 10, 2001

Good Morning from the Zundelsite:

Am I the only one who sees that the Israel/America duo stands ever more
apart and isolated from the rest of the world - for all the world to see?

Take note and ponder:

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Israel condemned by 114 countries |By Fiona Fleck in Geneva (Filed:
06/12/2001)

 MORE than 100 signatories of the Geneva Convention gathered in Switzerland
yesterday to reprimand Israel for "indiscriminate and disproportionate
violence" against Palestinian civilians in the occupied territories.

 The 114 states - including Britain and the rest of the European Union -
issued a joint declaration urging Israel to abide by international laws
enshrined in the 1949 accord seeking to protect civilians in wartime or
under military occupation.

 It was the first such declaration by signatory states since the Convention
was signed in 1949, as a similar session was adjourned after 17 minutes in
July 1999. Israel and its close allies, the United States and Australia -
which are also signatories of the Convention - boycotted the session.

 The declaration expressed deep concern about a "deterioration of the
humanitarian situation" in Palestinian areas, condemned Jewish settlements
there as "illegal" and urged Israel to refrain from "grave breaches" such
as "unlawful deportation", "wilful killing" and "tor- ture".

 Yaakov Levy, the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva,
criticised the declaration as "one-sided".

 He said it contained "unsubstantiated allegations" and should have
condemned acts of terrorism against Israel.

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(I apologize for the incomplete reference - some virus (?) swallowed it
before my very eyes!)

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Thought for the Day:

"Nature never deceives us;  it is always we who deceive ourselves."

(Jean Jacques Rousseau)