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Israeli demolition of Palestinian houses |
JERUSALEM, Aug 10 — Israeli authorities have demolished three homes and sealed off a fourth of Palestinians who carried out attacks that killed a soldier and a policewoman, the army said today.
Israel regularly carries out such demolitions, which it says act as a deterrent, but human rights groups and Palestinians say they punish families for the actions of relatives.
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Israeli demolition of Palestinian houses |
Two houses were demolished in Deir Abu Mashaal, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, and a third was sealed off, an army spokeswoman said.
Village mayor Emad Zahran told AFP Israeli soldiers entered the area around 2:00 am (0700 GMT Thursday in Malaysia) with bulldozers.
Wikipedia tells us:
Collective punishment is a form of retaliation whereby a suspected perpetrator's family members, friends, acquaintances, sect, neighbors or entire ethnic group is targeted. The punished group may often have no direct association with the other individuals or groups, or direct control over their actions. In times of war and armed conflict, collective punishment has resulted in atrocities, and is a violation of the laws of war and the Geneva Conventions.
Historically, occupying powers have used collective punishment to retaliate against and deter attacks on their forces by Resistance movements (such as destroying entire towns and villages which were believed to have harboured or aided such resistance movements). [...]
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Israeli demolition of Palestinian houses |
The current blockade of Gaza has been criticized by the International Committee of the Red Cross, in a United Nations report, and by various other organisations as collective punishment aimed at the Palestinians.
The Israeli practice of demolishing the houses of Palestinians who are detained, suspected or convicted for crimes against them has also been alleged to be a form of collective punishment, as their family will be punished for their acts, if any, by losing their homes.
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WWII Germany |
Ironically, the Israeli descendants of the cruelly persecuted European Jews are as equally cruel and persecutorial as the Nazi oppressors of their European forefathers.
The Israelis are today's neo-Nazis.
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WWII Germany |
Unfortunate, Nasty but Necessary actions.
ReplyDeleteIn a clannish society like the Palestinians, the most effective means to deter the communal support for terrorist activities is to ensure the extended family feels the pain, in a way that does not kill or physically injure anybody.
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DeleteBleeding heart cockagroo talks r what he understands!