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om iets tegen israel te zeggen

israel trek de anti-semiet kaart 5....4....3.....2.....1

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Switzerland says Israel violating international law in Gaza Strip

By The Associated Press

Switzerland said Monday that Israel has been violating international law in its Gaza offensive by heavy destruction and endangering civilians in acts of collective punishment banned under the Geneva conventions on the conduct of warfare.

"A number of actions by the Israel Defense Forces in their offensive against the Gaza Strip have violated the principle of proportionality and are to be seen as forms of collective punishment, which is forbidden," the Swiss Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

"There is no doubt that Israel has not taken the precautions required of it in international law to protect the civilian population and infrastructure," it said. The statement did not name the Geneva Conventions, but it referred to provisions of the 1949 treaty, which is regarded as the cornerstone of international law on the obligations of warring and occupying powers.

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Switzerland, as the depository of the conventions, has a responsibility to call meetings if it finds general problems with the implementation of the treaty, but it does not have any special powers to interpret the document.

Both the principle of proportionality and the ban on collective punishment are found in the Fourth Geneva Convention, which spells out the obligations of occupying powers toward the civilian population under their control.

Israel has used tanks, troops, gunboats and aircraft to attack the Gaza area over the past week to press militants to free captured IDF Corporal Gilad Shalit.

When it launched its first large-scale military action in Gaza since the disengagement from the coastal strip last summer, Israel's declared purpose was to press militants to release Shalit. In statements since, government officials have said they also mean to disable the Hamas government and stop gunmen from launching Qassam rockets at southern Israel.

"They have criticized us even though we are showing restraint," Aviv Shir-On, Israel's ambassador in Bern, told The Associated Press. "We are disappointed that the Swiss government did not issue such statements when Israel's civilian population was constantly under attack from the Gaza Strip."

Shir-On said the criticism was unfair when Israel was supplying people in Gaza with electricity, water, fresh food and necessary medicine even though Hamas was sworn to the Israel's destruction.

Switzerland also called for the "rapid release" of Shalit, but said Israel had an obligation "to respect international humanitarian law in the measures it undertakes to liberate the captured soldier."

It said Israel's destruction last week of the main Gaza electricity power station and its attack on the office of the Palestinian prime minister was unjustified. It also urged Israel to free Hamas legislators, including eight ministers who have been seized.

"The arbitrary arrests of a large number of democratically elected representatives of the people and ministers ... cannot be justified," the statement said.

Switzerland said it had earmarked an additional 1 million francs ($820,000) to provide medical supplies to civilians in Gaza.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/734173.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5145654.stm

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Switzerland says Israel has clearly violated international law by imposing collective punishment on Palestinians over the capture of an Israeli soldier.

Switzerland is the "depository" state of the Geneva Conventions.

They prohibit the deliberate targeting of services essential to the civilian population, like water and electricity.

The statement from Switzerland comes amid growing concern among aid agencies at the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza.

Neutral Switzerland does not often venture into political controversy. But this statement is likely to cause some irritation in Israel and the United States.

There is no doubt that Israel has not taken the precautions required of it in international law to protect the civilian population and infrastructure
Swiss foreign ministry statement

A spokesman for the Swiss foreign ministry said that, as the depository country for the Geneva Conventions, encouraging respect for international law was a declared aim of Switzerland's foreign policy and the statement should be read in that context.

It says there is "no doubt Israel has not taken the precautions required of it in international law to protect the civilian population and infrastructure.

"The destruction of a power station, the attack on the offices of the Palestinian prime minister, the arbitrary arrests of a large number of democratically-elected representatives of the people and ministers... cannot be justified."

Angry reaction

It is not the first time Switzerland has strayed into the tricky field of Middle East politics.

A Palestinian man mourns a relative lost in an Israeli air strike in Gaza
Aid agencies have also expressed alarm at the plight of civilians

Earlier this year, the Swiss President Moritz Leuenberger caused anger in Israel when he said the international block on funding to the Palestinian authority was a mistake.

He said the newly elected Hamas government should have been given the chance to prove it could function.

But this latest statement will strike a chord with aid agencies.

They are increasingly concerned about the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza.

Unicef has seen increased levels of stress and trauma in young children.

The World Health Organization says vital medical supplies are running short and doctors and nurses are having great difficulty even getting to work because of the restrictions on movement.

Het zal u niet verbazen dat een ander land eerder al een zeer duidelijk standpunt heeft ingenomen:

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba wishes to express its most vigorous condemnation of the barbaric Israeli military aggression against the Gaza Strip and calls on the international community and peace-loving forces to mobilize in demand of the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip; a cession of Israeli state terrorism; and respect for the inalienable human rights of the Palestinian people, including the establishment of an independent, sovereign state with its capital in East Jerusalem, the return of refugees, and the unconditional return of all Arab territories occupied in June 1967, as the only way of reaching a just and lasting peace for all the people of that convulsive region.

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Wel, technisch gezien hebben de Zwitsers en Cubanen gelijk. Maar onder de Israëlische bevolking en Joden in de wereld zal wel iets meer dan 13% die actie steunen...

Op die manier is ook de 1ste wereldoorlog uitgebroken : een terrorist schoot een aartshertog neer. De Dubbelmonarchie hield daar dan meteen de ganse Servische staat voor verantwoordelijk en..
Nu is dat ook zo alleen gaat het niet om een aarthertog maar een korporaal
en die is bovendien niet dood maar gevangen. Israël heeft altijd al veel last gehad van korporaals..

Ik zou voorstellen de grenzen van voor 1914 te herstellen - laat de Grieken terugkeren naar West Anatolië, de Armeniërs naar het Oosten en geef Palestina, Libanon, Syrië, Irak enz..terug aan het Ottomaanse rijk

Dat brengt bovendien de hele EU uitbreidingsprocedure in een nieuw daglicht..

ik had gelezen "iemand heeft een lief".

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Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door 1handclapping (Bericht 1802503)

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En schop de Britten uit de EU en laat ze bovendien schadevergoeding betalen voor gans de Midden-Oosten kwestie...

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Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door 1handclapping (Bericht 1802503)

Goeie vergelijking.
Het is ook zo dat mensen vaak vergeten dat er maar weinig nodig is om de hel te doen losbreken.

Zwitserland heeft volgens mij (groten)deels gelijk met dit standpunt.

Het wordt tijd dat iedereen eens reageerd en dat er VN troepen getuurd worden naar Israël, maar ja die instantie wilt wel vrede in de wereld zonder erzelf enigste schade aan over te houden (cfr.Rwana genocide). Dat ze maar eens hun "zichzelf opgelegde" verantwoordelijkheid opnemen.

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Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door Percalion (Bericht 1803075)

ik had gelezen "iemand heeft een lief".

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door devilke (Bericht 1802108)

om iets tegen israel te zeggen

israel trek de anti-semiet kaart 5....4....3.....2.....1

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/734173.html

Zwitserland was tijdens de tweede wereldoorlog allesbehalve een "neutraal" land. Eind de jaren 90 was er zelfs een conflict over op Zwitserse banken gestalde tegoeden van met name de Duitse Joden die tijdens de tweede wereldoorlog door de Nazi's werden vermoord. Van zulk land heeft Israël geen lessen in democratie te krijgen. Dat Europa zich eerst maar met haar eigen binnenlandse problemen bemoeit.

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Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door AntiDeutsch (Bericht 1804466)

idd, zwitserland is toen voor miljoenen afgeperst, geld dat al of niet echt bestaande overlevenden NOOIT te zien krijgen

op dezelfde wijze probeert men nu polen en frankrijk voor nog wat geld in de zak te zetten