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Thread #150703   Message #3552343
Posted By: Jim Carroll
24-Aug-13 - 08:18 AM
Thread Name: BS: Small hope for Israel/Palestine
Subject: RE: BS: Small hope for Israel/Palestine
I see your break hasn't done much to lessen your rabid right wing Zionist fervour – where did you go – Belfast to be with the 'Boys'?
The troops were inside the Lebanese border – early reports suggest that they stepped on a land mine – since then, there is no further information – probably in an effort not to do any more damaged other than that already done by Israel invading a sovereign territory during peace negotiations .
The Israelis admitted that they were on Lebanese soil and that they had to get them out with the help of flares.
In an early slip-of-the-tongue Netanyahu made it clear that whatever territory they trespassed on the were going to do what suited them to "defend Israel"

"Our soldiers defend us and our borders, which is what they were doing last night. We will continue to react to defend Israel's borders," he was quoted by military radio as saying. "We'll continue to work to ensure the protection of our country."

They broke international laws in doing so and have made it clear that they will do it at any time it takes their fancy – but we already knew that from their record of international war crimes.   
It has never been in question that the Israeli troops were on Lebanese soil, neither has it been disputed that they probably stepped on a landmine.
What isn't clear is when those mines were planted, which is immaterial anyway.
Despite the appalling record of injuries caused by landmines cause, they are not internationally illegal - Israel, along with United States, Russia, China, Myanmar, United Arab Emirates, Cuba, Egypt, India, Israel and Iran have all refused to sign a treaty banning them - Israel is listed as among the worst offenders – in fact many Middle Eastern countries use them.
To describe invading soldiers stepping on a landmine as "a war crime" is crassness in the extreme, even for you, thought to continue to avoid the fact that this probably deliberately timed internationally illegal incursion into a sovereign territory, along with the continued building of illegal settlements during peace talks, is par for the course for you and you rabid buddies.
Take another holiday – the last one obviously wasn't long enough.
Jim Carroll