Israel Trying to Get Civilians Out of Lebanon, Hezbollah Trying to Keep Them In
Hezbollah:
The IDF has found that Hizbullah is preventing civilians from leaving villages in southern Lebanon. Roadblocks have been set up outside some of the villages to prevent residents from leaving, while in other villages Hizbullah is preventing UN representatives from entering, who are trying to help residents leave... Hezbollah: the party of human shields.
Israel:
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Amir Peretz and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni approved late Thursday the establishment of a "humanitarian corridor" between Lebanon and Cyprus in order to relieve the humanitarian crisis that was claimed to be present in Lebanon... Also on Friday, some 500 Canadians who were evacuated from Lebanon arrived at a Mediterranean Turkish port, the Canadian Embassy said. The first group of Canadian evacuees arrived in the port of Mersin by ship late Thursday and were flown home from the nearby city of Adana, the embassy said.
The UN is preparing to charge Israel with war crimes for taking actions that may count as "foreseeable and unacceptable targeting of civilians". Israel, not Hezbollah. Because when civilians get killed after Hezbollah traps them in their village/Hezbollah military base, that's not forseeable. So no war crime charges there because really, how could you see that coming? On the other hand, when Hezbollah sets up a rocket launcher in someone's front yard, Israel is supposed to use magic powers and divine whether there's still a family inside the house.
The IDF has found that Hizbullah is preventing civilians from leaving villages in southern Lebanon. Roadblocks have been set up outside some of the villages to prevent residents from leaving, while in other villages Hizbullah is preventing UN representatives from entering, who are trying to help residents leave... Hezbollah: the party of human shields.
Israel:
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Amir Peretz and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni approved late Thursday the establishment of a "humanitarian corridor" between Lebanon and Cyprus in order to relieve the humanitarian crisis that was claimed to be present in Lebanon... Also on Friday, some 500 Canadians who were evacuated from Lebanon arrived at a Mediterranean Turkish port, the Canadian Embassy said. The first group of Canadian evacuees arrived in the port of Mersin by ship late Thursday and were flown home from the nearby city of Adana, the embassy said.
The UN is preparing to charge Israel with war crimes for taking actions that may count as "foreseeable and unacceptable targeting of civilians". Israel, not Hezbollah. Because when civilians get killed after Hezbollah traps them in their village/Hezbollah military base, that's not forseeable. So no war crime charges there because really, how could you see that coming? On the other hand, when Hezbollah sets up a rocket launcher in someone's front yard, Israel is supposed to use magic powers and divine whether there's still a family inside the house.
