Amnesty: first boycotts, now lawfare
The Durban Strategy of isolating Israel internationally consists, in part, of: “a policy of complete and total isolation of Israel as an apartheid state…the imposition of mandatory and comprehensive sanctions and embargoes” and “the establishment of a war crimes tribunal to investigate and bring to justice those who may be guilty of war crimes, acts of genocide and ethnic cleansing and the crime of Apartheid.”
In the aftermath of the fighting in Gaza, Amnesty International has already called for an arms boycott against Israel. And now, it is continuing its political agenda with calls for “lawfare,” exploiting the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the UN to punish Israel for legitimate self-defense operations.
UN urged to probe alleged Israeli and Palestinian war crimes in Gaza, Haaretz, March 16, 2009
Sixteen prominent jurists have called on the United Nations to launch an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Israeli troops and Palestinian armed groups during the recent Gaza war, according to a statement released Monday…the petitioners say they have been “shocked to the core” by events in Gaza and ask world leaders to send an unfaltering signal that the targeting of civilians during conflict is unacceptable by any party on any count.
The letter is supported by Amnesty International and signed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and investigators who worked in Kosovo, Darfur, Rwanda, the former Yugoslavia and other places. It calls for a UN commission of inquiry with an impartial mandate that can recommend potential avenues for prosecution, should violations be found.
