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		<title>By: kalidas</title>
		<link>http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/01/international-law-and-israels-war-on-gaza/#comment-37369</link>
		<dc:creator>kalidas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Speaking of quotes, here&#039;s what the CHIEF JUSTICE of the UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, Harlan Fiske Stone, at the time of those &quot;trials,&quot; had to say about Nuremberg ...

In private, Stone was vituperative; writing to a long-time friend, he said:

    &quot;Jackson is away conducting his high-grade lynching party in Nuremberg. . . . I don&#039;t mind what he does to the Nazis, but I hate to see the pretense that he is running a court and proceeding according to common law. This is a little too sanctimonious a fraud to meet my old-fashioned ideas.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Speaking of quotes, here&#8217;s what the CHIEF JUSTICE of the UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, Harlan Fiske Stone, at the time of those &#8220;trials,&#8221; had to say about Nuremberg &#8230;</p>
<p>In private, Stone was vituperative; writing to a long-time friend, he said:</p>
<p>    &#8220;Jackson is away conducting his high-grade lynching party in Nuremberg. . . . I don&#8217;t mind what he does to the Nazis, but I hate to see the pretense that he is running a court and proceeding according to common law. This is a little too sanctimonious a fraud to meet my old-fashioned ideas.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: giorgio</title>
		<link>http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/01/international-law-and-israels-war-on-gaza/#comment-37358</link>
		<dc:creator>giorgio</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here is a quote from a guy who has insider knowledge of Judaism:

Our civilization can only survive in a climate of freedom of thought and respect for fundamental human rights. All religions, ideologies and political systems should not deny an opposition the right to exist. 

The totalitarian Zionism of today is the only ideology that systematically wants to make the very existence of an opposition a criminal offence! 

Before we can coexist, we must first be able to exist. That right is denied those who are opposed to the Jewish domination. This fanaticism and obscurantism is a serious threat against our civilization and against world peace. 

Each one of us should do something concrete to defend freedom! 

-  Professor Israel  Shahak
Author of  &quot;Jewish History, Jewish Religion
The Weight of Three Thousand Years&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is a quote from a guy who has insider knowledge of Judaism:</p>
<p>Our civilization can only survive in a climate of freedom of thought and respect for fundamental human rights. All religions, ideologies and political systems should not deny an opposition the right to exist. </p>
<p>The totalitarian Zionism of today is the only ideology that systematically wants to make the very existence of an opposition a criminal offence! </p>
<p>Before we can coexist, we must first be able to exist. That right is denied those who are opposed to the Jewish domination. This fanaticism and obscurantism is a serious threat against our civilization and against world peace. </p>
<p>Each one of us should do something concrete to defend freedom! </p>
<p>-  Professor Israel  Shahak<br />
Author of  &#8220;Jewish History, Jewish Religion<br />
The Weight of Three Thousand Years&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Bob</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sieg Heil!!!!!

(Hail victory)
(over the Jews that is!)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sieg Heil!!!!!</p>
<p>(Hail victory)<br />
(over the Jews that is!)</p>
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		<title>By: Bob</title>
		<link>http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/01/international-law-and-israels-war-on-gaza/#comment-37356</link>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sieg Heil!!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sieg Heil!!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: bozh</title>
		<link>http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/01/international-law-and-israels-war-on-gaza/#comment-37350</link>
		<dc:creator>bozh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>whether we like to admit or not, there is just one specie of humans.
so what, then?
we are part of nature and nature can be extremely cruel and also very good.
so, present war criminals are extremely brutal and most of them may die before nature turns ugly against their descendants.
we can be certain retribution is coming! 
be good to nature and nature will be good to you!thnx</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>whether we like to admit or not, there is just one specie of humans.<br />
so what, then?<br />
we are part of nature and nature can be extremely cruel and also very good.<br />
so, present war criminals are extremely brutal and most of them may die before nature turns ugly against their descendants.<br />
we can be certain retribution is coming!<br />
be good to nature and nature will be good to you!thnx</p>
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		<title>By: giorgio</title>
		<link>http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/01/international-law-and-israels-war-on-gaza/#comment-37335</link>
		<dc:creator>giorgio</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jewish eth(n)ics

Gaza war rabbinical edict draws protest in Israel

01.26.2009 &#124; Reuters

JERUSALEM, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Israel&#039;s chief military chaplain distributed a booklet to soldiers fighting in the Gaza conflict containing a rabbinical edict against showing mercy to enemies, an Israeli human rights group said on Monday.

The group, Yesh Din, which says it is dedicated to defending human rights in territory occupied by Israel, called on Defence Minister Ehud Barak to dismiss the chief chaplain, Rabbi Avichai Rontzki, who holds the rank of brigadier general.

A booklet handed out by Rontzki during the offensive in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip quotes an ultra-nationalist Israeli rabbi saying that showing mercy towards a &quot;cruel enemy&quot; was &quot;terribly immoral&quot; and advising soldiers they were fighting &quot;murderers&quot;.

Yesh Din said the rabbi&#039;s message could have been interpreted by soldiers as a call to act outside the confines of the international laws of warfare.

International calls to investigate Israel over alleged war crimes during its 22-day offensive against Gaza prompted Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday to promise military personnel state protection from foreign prosecution.

Israel faced global criticism over its assaults in densely populated areas of Gaza, where medical officials put the Palestinian death toll at 1,300, including some 700 civilians.

Ten Israeli soldiers and three civilians were killed during the campaign Israel launched with the declared aim of ending Hamas rocket attacks on its south.

Hamas clerics have often called for Israeli blood to be spilled. The Islamist militant group carried out dozens of suicide bombings in Israel before and during a Palestinian uprising that erupted in 2000.

An Israeli spokesman had no immediate comment on the booklet, written by Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, a main figure in the Jewish settler movement in the occupied West Bank. A photo of its title page, appeared in Israel&#039;s left-leaning Haaretz newspaper on Monday. (Writing by Joseph Nasr, Editing by Katie Nguyen)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jewish eth(n)ics</p>
<p>Gaza war rabbinical edict draws protest in Israel</p>
<p>01.26.2009 | Reuters</p>
<p>JERUSALEM, Jan 26 (Reuters) &#8211; Israel&#8217;s chief military chaplain distributed a booklet to soldiers fighting in the Gaza conflict containing a rabbinical edict against showing mercy to enemies, an Israeli human rights group said on Monday.</p>
<p>The group, Yesh Din, which says it is dedicated to defending human rights in territory occupied by Israel, called on Defence Minister Ehud Barak to dismiss the chief chaplain, Rabbi Avichai Rontzki, who holds the rank of brigadier general.</p>
<p>A booklet handed out by Rontzki during the offensive in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip quotes an ultra-nationalist Israeli rabbi saying that showing mercy towards a &#8220;cruel enemy&#8221; was &#8220;terribly immoral&#8221; and advising soldiers they were fighting &#8220;murderers&#8221;.</p>
<p>Yesh Din said the rabbi&#8217;s message could have been interpreted by soldiers as a call to act outside the confines of the international laws of warfare.</p>
<p>International calls to investigate Israel over alleged war crimes during its 22-day offensive against Gaza prompted Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday to promise military personnel state protection from foreign prosecution.</p>
<p>Israel faced global criticism over its assaults in densely populated areas of Gaza, where medical officials put the Palestinian death toll at 1,300, including some 700 civilians.</p>
<p>Ten Israeli soldiers and three civilians were killed during the campaign Israel launched with the declared aim of ending Hamas rocket attacks on its south.</p>
<p>Hamas clerics have often called for Israeli blood to be spilled. The Islamist militant group carried out dozens of suicide bombings in Israel before and during a Palestinian uprising that erupted in 2000.</p>
<p>An Israeli spokesman had no immediate comment on the booklet, written by Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, a main figure in the Jewish settler movement in the occupied West Bank. A photo of its title page, appeared in Israel&#8217;s left-leaning Haaretz newspaper on Monday. (Writing by Joseph Nasr, Editing by Katie Nguyen)</p>
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		<title>By: Sajjad Hasan</title>
		<link>http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/01/international-law-and-israels-war-on-gaza/#comment-37307</link>
		<dc:creator>Sajjad Hasan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well about the collective punishment of Gazans, Zionists are not different from Nazis. Why not call a new Nuremberg. Yes Zionists have international media, EU and US Government in their pocket. And thanks to media coverage, people in west see Israel as the victim, not the Palestinians. May be Henry Ford was right.  And then we are asked,

&quot; Why do you hate us?&quot;
Why we hate them this much?
They didn&#039;t give us a single reason to love them.

And as a reaction our peoples see tyrants like &quot;You Know Who&quot; (People with the EYE will know) as their heroes and saviors.  What a wonderful world we live in.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well about the collective punishment of Gazans, Zionists are not different from Nazis. Why not call a new Nuremberg. Yes Zionists have international media, EU and US Government in their pocket. And thanks to media coverage, people in west see Israel as the victim, not the Palestinians. May be Henry Ford was right.  And then we are asked,</p>
<p>&#8221; Why do you hate us?&#8221;<br />
Why we hate them this much?<br />
They didn&#8217;t give us a single reason to love them.</p>
<p>And as a reaction our peoples see tyrants like &#8220;You Know Who&#8221; (People with the EYE will know) as their heroes and saviors.  What a wonderful world we live in.</p>
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		<title>By: Red Rick</title>
		<link>http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/01/international-law-and-israels-war-on-gaza/#comment-37302</link>
		<dc:creator>Red Rick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There are many illusions loose in the world. One such is that the days of colonial empire are behind us, they are not. Today we have an empire of economic forces rather than strictly military occupation to bend nations to the will of the industrialised few.

Another such illusion is that organisations such as NATO, the UN or any such are actually able to sway the intent of an Israel. These organisations, and especially the UN certainly are capable of performing humanitarian efforts and doing so well. Yet they are not constituted to oppose the intentions of the West but to assist in their success.

Israel ,being central to the Middle East oil and unrest, is a tool, a very willing one to be sure but a tool nevertheless. To believe that there exists pressure enough to sway US foreign policy and Israeli compliance in that policy is, in my opinion, naive.

There will, of course, always be strong voices and people of good faith and conscience speaking out against the treatment of such as the Palestinian people. I do not imply that we are a bad people, only that we live under a bad system. The will of the corporation trumps the compassion of those who seek justice. Unless and until we understand that , in order to bring justice to the disenfranchised and the homeless, we first must understand that we ourselves have only the illusion of justice, even here in the land of the free and the home of the brave.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are many illusions loose in the world. One such is that the days of colonial empire are behind us, they are not. Today we have an empire of economic forces rather than strictly military occupation to bend nations to the will of the industrialised few.</p>
<p>Another such illusion is that organisations such as NATO, the UN or any such are actually able to sway the intent of an Israel. These organisations, and especially the UN certainly are capable of performing humanitarian efforts and doing so well. Yet they are not constituted to oppose the intentions of the West but to assist in their success.</p>
<p>Israel ,being central to the Middle East oil and unrest, is a tool, a very willing one to be sure but a tool nevertheless. To believe that there exists pressure enough to sway US foreign policy and Israeli compliance in that policy is, in my opinion, naive.</p>
<p>There will, of course, always be strong voices and people of good faith and conscience speaking out against the treatment of such as the Palestinian people. I do not imply that we are a bad people, only that we live under a bad system. The will of the corporation trumps the compassion of those who seek justice. Unless and until we understand that , in order to bring justice to the disenfranchised and the homeless, we first must understand that we ourselves have only the illusion of justice, even here in the land of the free and the home of the brave.</p>
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		<title>By: Andres Kargar</title>
		<link>http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/01/international-law-and-israels-war-on-gaza/#comment-37295</link>
		<dc:creator>Andres Kargar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Someone needs to tell the European Union that their &#039;International Criminal Court&#039; and all the other so-called &#039;international bodies&#039; in the Hague are nothing but a joke, nothing but a tool to carry out the politics of a few Western countries. 

Unless they have the moral spine to bring charges against the head war criminals such as George W Bush et al and the corrupt and criminal Zionist leaders of Israel, no one in the rest of the world is going to take them seriously.

Yes, there was a time when the colonies of these countries had no power or other option to question these Western myths of &#039;civilization&#039; while they committed their Holocausts, Hiroshimas, and Nagasakis, but wake up gentlemen -- the party is over and the sun has already set on your empires.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Someone needs to tell the European Union that their &#8216;International Criminal Court&#8217; and all the other so-called &#8216;international bodies&#8217; in the Hague are nothing but a joke, nothing but a tool to carry out the politics of a few Western countries. </p>
<p>Unless they have the moral spine to bring charges against the head war criminals such as George W Bush et al and the corrupt and criminal Zionist leaders of Israel, no one in the rest of the world is going to take them seriously.</p>
<p>Yes, there was a time when the colonies of these countries had no power or other option to question these Western myths of &#8216;civilization&#8217; while they committed their Holocausts, Hiroshimas, and Nagasakis, but wake up gentlemen &#8212; the party is over and the sun has already set on your empires.</p>
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		<title>By: giorgio</title>
		<link>http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/01/international-law-and-israels-war-on-gaza/#comment-37290</link>
		<dc:creator>giorgio</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;We must do to Israel what the U.N. General Assembly has done to the....  criminal apartheid regime in South Africa!&quot;

What a laugh! It does not take a rocket scientist to see that there is a world of difference between Israel and South Africa.
Israel dominates most of the western world media, has the USA by its &#039;shorts and curlies&#039;  whereas South Africa did not even have anything in the US resembling AIPAC. Europe eventually turned against SA, not so much for any humanitarian reasons but simply because it saw that SA was the last White dominated country in Africa and had to end, sooner rather than later, like every other colonial regimes did.   Even so the USA, Britain and Europe supported SA for as long as it could until it became such an embarrassment that they had to dump it, and, thank God, that there was a Nelson Mandela around to help make the transition go as smoothly as it did. 
 
Is Israel such an embarrassment today? Not in the least! It’s seen by most western governments as a superstar, an heroic nation, born like the Phoenix from the ashes of the Holocaust… Who would, in his right mind,  dare question the morality of a nation with such ‘impeccable’ credentials?  Not even  Pope Ben Rat  XVI, who like his predecessor, remains as silent  as mouse...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;We must do to Israel what the U.N. General Assembly has done to the&#8230;.  criminal apartheid regime in South Africa!&#8221;</p>
<p>What a laugh! It does not take a rocket scientist to see that there is a world of difference between Israel and South Africa.<br />
Israel dominates most of the western world media, has the USA by its &#8216;shorts and curlies&#8217;  whereas South Africa did not even have anything in the US resembling AIPAC. Europe eventually turned against SA, not so much for any humanitarian reasons but simply because it saw that SA was the last White dominated country in Africa and had to end, sooner rather than later, like every other colonial regimes did.   Even so the USA, Britain and Europe supported SA for as long as it could until it became such an embarrassment that they had to dump it, and, thank God, that there was a Nelson Mandela around to help make the transition go as smoothly as it did. </p>
<p>Is Israel such an embarrassment today? Not in the least! It’s seen by most western governments as a superstar, an heroic nation, born like the Phoenix from the ashes of the Holocaust… Who would, in his right mind,  dare question the morality of a nation with such ‘impeccable’ credentials?  Not even  Pope Ben Rat  XVI, who like his predecessor, remains as silent  as mouse&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: marc</title>
		<link>http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/01/international-law-and-israels-war-on-gaza/#comment-37284</link>
		<dc:creator>marc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Zionists are no more vermin than Afrikaaners are, that kind of language is counterproductive.

Americans need to demand the disarming of the Israeli state because without our dollars, they could not perpetrate war crimes on such an appalling scale and with our tax dollars, we are complicit.

One good step to take would be to bring Rahm Emanuel&#039;s dual citizenship up as an issue.  Most Americans would want the president&#039;s chief of staff to have but one sovereign allegiance.

It makes sense to pursue the path suggested in the article through the UN as well as to pivot the discussion towards a single state solution.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Zionists are no more vermin than Afrikaaners are, that kind of language is counterproductive.</p>
<p>Americans need to demand the disarming of the Israeli state because without our dollars, they could not perpetrate war crimes on such an appalling scale and with our tax dollars, we are complicit.</p>
<p>One good step to take would be to bring Rahm Emanuel&#8217;s dual citizenship up as an issue.  Most Americans would want the president&#8217;s chief of staff to have but one sovereign allegiance.</p>
<p>It makes sense to pursue the path suggested in the article through the UN as well as to pivot the discussion towards a single state solution.</p>
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		<title>By: RH2</title>
		<link>http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/01/international-law-and-israels-war-on-gaza/#comment-37272</link>
		<dc:creator>RH2</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Professor Boyle,

We have learned from South Africa that you can conquer apartheid without bullets. Your solution steps above can only be achieved, if the Americans gather unarmed in mass demonstrations time and again, time and again, time and again in front of the doors of the White House (since January 20th the Black House) and demand cleansing the administration from Zionist vermin, serving their interests at home (labor, de-miseducation, health … etc.) and cutting down imperial plots and dominance claims.

What about the rest of NATO? Well, if the Americans obtain the required change, the Europeans will be obliged to dance softly to the new music. But if the Americans stay at home watching Fox News and eating popcorn, which they will probably keep doing, then the future for many, many people on earth including Palestinians is indeed not nice at all.

Thank you</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Professor Boyle,</p>
<p>We have learned from South Africa that you can conquer apartheid without bullets. Your solution steps above can only be achieved, if the Americans gather unarmed in mass demonstrations time and again, time and again, time and again in front of the doors of the White House (since January 20th the Black House) and demand cleansing the administration from Zionist vermin, serving their interests at home (labor, de-miseducation, health … etc.) and cutting down imperial plots and dominance claims.</p>
<p>What about the rest of NATO? Well, if the Americans obtain the required change, the Europeans will be obliged to dance softly to the new music. But if the Americans stay at home watching Fox News and eating popcorn, which they will probably keep doing, then the future for many, many people on earth including Palestinians is indeed not nice at all.</p>
<p>Thank you</p>
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