Israel lawyers up for Gaza lawfare attacks
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday assembled a special team, headed by Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann, to deal with an anticipated onslaught of international lawsuits against Israeli officials alleging war crimes against the Gaza population during Operation Cast Lead.I think Falk has been willfully ignorant on the much more egregious war crimes of Hamas. The Israelis should consider bringing a war crimes case against the death cult.The team will be comprised of representatives from the Prime Minister's Office and the ministries of Foreign Affairs, Defense and Justice, and will include experts on international law. The decision came in the wake of an assessment by Attorney-General Menachem Mazuz that Israel would have to deal with a slew of lawsuits.
Friedmann was expected to convene the panel in the coming days.
Mazuz's prediction seemed increasingly pertinent Thursday evening, when Richard Falk, an independent UN rights expert, said there was compelling evidence that Israel breached basic humanitarian rules and the laws of war by conducting a large-scale military operation "against an essentially defenseless population."
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Let's hope it is willful ignorance on Falk's part. There is no cure for stupidity.
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