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UN's Falk: Israel committed war crimes in Gaza
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Published: 19.03.09, 22:04
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1. He can shove his report where the sun don't shine
US   (03.19.09)
2. Who give a damn about Falk
Smith   (03.19.09)
3. #1: what about Auschwitz-Birkenau?
CaptAhab   (03.19.09)
can we shove the report on that concentration camp in the same place?
4. Hen am levadad yishkon
Besalel ,   Kew Gardens, NY   (03.19.09)
Breaking News Now: UN is partial against the Jews. Stay tuned for our other top breaking stories- the world is round and water is wet.
5. "....war crime of the greatest magnitude..." DARFUR maybe?
Genuine Tosefta ,   Tveria   (03.19.09)
still not one word that Darfur even exists from the "special rapporteur" Falkie
6. Falk off!
Talula ,   Israel   (03.19.09)
7. Israeli Army conventions and Geneva conventions don't fit,what to do?
Ibrahim ,   Kazan-RUSSIA   (03.19.09)
8. Israel is stupid,targeting schools and mosques don't change result of war,so why to target them?
ben Avraham ,   Hungary   (03.19.09)
9. War crimes
Sarah ,   New York City, USA   (03.19.09)
There is no statute of limitations on war crimes. So in theory, any minute now, native Americans will seek redress in the International Court in The Hague for the war crimes perpetrated ever since European colonizers arrived in the Americas. France could bring suit against Germany for the massive civilian losses suffered by the French during World War I. Germany could bring suit against the Allies for what the Allies did to Dresden during the Second World War. Pretty much half the world could bring suit against the British for war crimes down through the centuries. Mr. Falk is the consummate horse's ass. And he makes no mention of Dharfur .... or the Congo .... or Banda Ace .... or China .... or what is happening to the Kurds at the hands of Turkey, Iraq and Iran. No mention of China/Tibet; no mention of Nigeria; no mention of the Ivory Coast, or Somalia .... Is it any wonder that no one takes the United Nations seriously?
10. HOW DARE YOU, FALK?
ODED   (03.19.09)
TO PREACH TO US WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF ARAB ONSLAUOGHT FOR MORE THEN 100 YEARS IN OUR BIRTH PLACE? HOW DARE YOU, FULK, QUATING TO US FROM THE GENEVA CONVENTION , WHEN THE NAZI-HAMAS BARRAGES SCHOOLS AND CIVIVLIAN CENTERS FOR YEARS NOW? ANY OTHER ARMED FORCES WOULD HAVE RAZED ALL OF GAZA, AND THE DEATH TOLL WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE TOHUSANDS...HYPOCRACY AND LUNACY GO HAND IN HAND!
11. Just like in the case of Al Bashir....
Marco ,   Spain   (03.19.09)
Arrest warrants should be in order for criminal Israeli leadership, both in the Military and the executive branch.
12. Falky report
temporary in israel ,   usa/israel   (03.20.09)
you are worried that palestinians couldn't escape because of the closed borders? Why didn't you airlift all of them to Europe? Or is it because they as wanted in Europe as everywhere else?
13. #8 Ben Avraham
Marco ,   Spain   (03.20.09)
I agree with you that Israel is stupid, period!
14. we must treat him as the merd he is.
ralph   (03.20.09)
15. #12, but Egypt allowed Palestinians to be evacuated
Danny   (03.20.09)
but Hamas prevented them
16. Given he was claiming this before
Danny   (03.20.09)
the war can we really be shocked he is continuing to?
17. out of his mind
Leonard ,   LA usa   (03.20.09)
I heard of s*#t before but this guy is an idiot. A pure liberal why of thinking. The Pal's shoot rockets into Israel for years mind you and that is not a war crime. Come on, this guy and people like him just hate Jews. They are anti Israel and should live in Iran. Egypt closed the border too, what about them?
18. #8 & 13
jb ,   Canada   (03.20.09)
You guys have empty space between your ears! The reason to target mosques A-hole is because your friends Hamas hide rockets and other assorted Jew-killing weapons there. Even an empty head like yours can't understand a "no-brainer" As for schools, imbeciles...they didn't target schools. Even the UN, your friends admitted that. When your Hamas friends were firing from outside the school, Israel retaliated against them, another no brainer. But you like your friends at the UN reflexly scream "ITs the Jews..they're evil..get those Jews! As for you Marco, the total intelligence of your disgraceful little country wouldn't fit in one Jewish fingernail. How's your Arabic coming along Marco? You'll soon have to change your name to Mohamed when Al-Andalus is reconquered by your friends!
19. Sarah, you are forgetting about International Bigotry
Aaron ,   SF, USA   (03.20.09)
No matter what is going on in the rest of the world, Israel's standards are 487562643 higher than the other countries and we're a racist nation out to conquer more land. NEVERMIND that Palestinian Terrorists have killed that same amount of civilians in the past 15 years and Hamas stores weapons in schools and shoots rockets from on top of hospitals - they are in a "resistance" movement. therefore, anything they do can be seen as driving out an oppressing force which left wingers LOVE. The same people condemn the French for their occupation in Algeria but when the resistance blows up citizens.....it is all in the name of something larger. Gee, kind of like suicide bombers who blow themselves up in the name of Allah. Unfortunately, These bigots think they know reality by focusing on the number of deaths and military actions, rhetoric and sympathy, while leaving out key components to the circumstances.
20. Falk is only doing his job, which is to trash Israel
Zvi   (03.20.09)
Falk was hired by Israel's enemies to be a pit bull against Israel. He has consistently attacked Israel and has never shown that he cares at all about the Israelis under rocket bombardment. In fact, he's not allowed to care about the Israelis. His mandate is simply to attack Israel. End of story.
21. How could you?
Jared ,   Stillwater   (03.20.09)
According to a IDF testimonies (snipers killing a mother and her 2 children), (holding a family in 1 room for 3 days then let them out into a sniper’s gun sight to be killed). If this does not amount to war crime, I do not know what does. It seems to me that from some of these comments, some people have forgotten what happened to Jews 70 years ago. Mercy!
22. However Spaniards don't care about their war crimes
Genuine Tosefta ,   Tveria   (03.20.09)
and genocides of millions not in a war of existence like Israel, but to steal natives gold the world over No one is bringing up war crime charges against the Conquistadores so maybe Israel should start doing the job the rest of the world doesn't and we have not forgotten the expulsion of Jews from Spain and the murder of tens of thousands who refused to convert Today Spaniards do again the same to Basque people. Spaniards never change but they like to point the finger at others to divert attention from their own crimes
23. To Falk: Hamas committed war crimes in Gaza
Maria ,   MD   (03.20.09)
The world is afraid to offend the oil rich or Muslims countries.The world knows that the Arab Muslims hate Israel and its people,that why the people from all over the world keep bashing Israel to make Muslims happy.
24. Ben Avraham and Marco , you're both blind
Maria ,   MD   (03.20.09)
you're blinded by Muslims.Why do they cover their face when they fight? I guess they can't stand the LIGHT because their deed is evil!
25. Talk About A Short Memory!
Heather Czerniak ,   Milwaukee, WI, USA   (03.20.09)
Mr. Falk is obviously hoping the world will forget about UN complicity with Hamas. The UN allowed Hamas to use their ambulances to shuttle fighters and weapons around Gaza, among other covert wartime activities. If Hamas and the Palestinians don't have to be careful not to harm innocent Israeli civilians, why should Israel exercise the same caution? It's a war, Mr. Falk! It's what you and the UN wanted and got! We Jews have already been through one Holocaust in the last 100 years. We're not going to suffer through another one just for you. What part of "Never Again!" do you not understand?
26. Falk has a looong record of Israel bashing &Iran loving
Alan ,   SA   (03.20.09)
27. To #3
D.C.   (03.20.09)
Maybe you haven't noticed, but the world don't cares about your past, especially things that are happened two generations ago, when you're commiting crimes in the present against the current generation.
28. Marco
Mark ,   Lodz, Poland   (03.20.09)
Are you suggesting that Israel, a sovereign state, shouldn't act in self -defence....... ??? Anyway, here's a little treat for you.... Spanish newspaper article on Judiasm (In English)] All European life died in Auschwitz By Sebastian Vilar Rodrigez(*) I walked down the street in Barcelona, and suddenly discovered a terrible truth - Europe died in Auschwitz . We killed six million Jews and replaced them with 20 million Muslims. In Auschwitz we burned a culture, thought, creativity, talent. We destroyed the chosen people, truly chosen, because they produced great and wonderful people who changed the world. The contribution of this people is felt in all areas of life: science ,art, international trade, and above all, as the conscience of the world. These are the people we burned. And under the pretence of tolerance, and because we wanted to prove to ourselves that we were cured of the disease of racism, we opened our gates to 20 million Muslims, who brought us stupidity and ignorance, religious extremism and lack of tolerance, crime and poverty due to an unwillingness to work and support their families with pride. They have turned our beautiful Spanish cities into the third world, drowning in filth and crime. Shut up in the apartments they receive free from the government, they plan the murder and destruction of their naive hosts. And thus, in our misery, we have exchanged culture for fanatical hatred, creative skill for destructive skill, intelligence for backwardness and superstition. We have exchanged the pursuit of peace of the Jews of Europe and their talent for hoping for a better future for their children, their determined clinging to life because life is holy, for those who pursue death, for people consumed by the desire for death for themselves and others, for our children and theirs. What a terrible mistake was made by miserable Europe. Buenas
29. We should ignore the abject condemnation of the Jew-haters.
Robert Bernier ,   Tel Aviv   (03.20.09)
Israel is the only country which continues to provide electricity and basic services to its enemies and routinely treats thousands of Palestinians in its own hospitals, even those who have Israeli blood on their hands. And yet it is the only country which, in the court of public opinion, is condemned for behaving ‘disproportionately’ when it uses targeted military means to defend itself, and is accused of causing the very ‘Nazi’ or ‘apartheid’ atrocities of which it itself is the victim. The world has lost its correctness as explained at: http://xrl.us/kkxrc
30. Richar Falk would find Israel guilty even if he observed it
Jehudah Ben-Israel ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (03.20.09)
from the moon. The man is inherently anti-Jewish racist - although he claims to come from a Jewish background, and throughout our very long history we have known such self-hated Jews! - in that he sonsistently and obsessively singls out the Jewish people and its nation-state to be viewed critically, and to drag its name in the mud, demonize it and de-legitimize it. Indeed, I question whether this man recognizes Israel's right to be all together. Sadly, there enough out there, including members of our own people, mostly abroad, who can't see reality for what it is and are not able to place matters in thier proper context in order to appreciate that which people like Falk attempt to do in collaboration with those who clearly call, day in and day out, to wipe Israel off the face of earth, and that includes Fatah, Hamas, Iran and actually, come to think of it, I am yet to know of a Muslim-Arab leader who has been willing to recognize Israel's right to exist - although they do recognize by now the fact that it does - as the nation-state of a people, of the Jewish people.
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