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Tiptoeing between lawsuits: Senior officials stay in Israel
Roni Sofer
Published: 05.10.09, 12:14
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1. A national disgrace!
Gilad ,   London UK   (10.05.09)
This is a national disgrace! Go find the budget for a team of 100 lawyers! Cut the crap! Israel cannot be allowed to become a pariah state where it's officials are scared to travel. This is exactly what Israel's enemy wants, to make Israel appear as an isolated pariah that is less safe for Jews. Stop handing them 1000 victories by Israeli incompetence, arrogance and more. Get it together and deal with this issue already. I live in the UK, I've written to my MP about this recently (waiting for a response), however that doesn't mean that the Israeli government, years after this phenomenon has begun, can still be so impotent and incompetent so as not to have made a team and a strategy beyond "Don't go anywhere outside of Israel, it's now the ultimate ghetto".
2. And what if they Prosecute the Lawyers?
London England ,   London England   (10.05.09)
3. avoid hostile countries
Charles   (10.05.09)
and their leaders, UK Jews can come home to Israel
4. prosecute Arab countries too
(10.05.09)
5. Unbelievable.
vered ,   israel   (10.05.09)
6. The more weakness Israel is showing the more it will be
m   (10.05.09)
ATTACKED!
7. DO the same
EYS ,   Montreal, Canada   (10.05.09)
Prosecute in Israel every european leader who supported the hamas. Prosecute also every UN officers in Israel for supporting the hamas and the hizbullah. So they could feel the same thing when landing in Ben Gurion.
8. Situation intolerable?
ZORRO   (10.05.09)
UK, Spain, Scandinavia, Arab countries of course, and a few others waiting in the wings for an excuse to join the club. Israel made it for the past 60 years using 'steel' for it's survival. It looks like ' paper and pencil 'are in order today to combat modern ' thugs ' in tailored suits with flashy ' cravats '. Still, keep the 6 shooter oiled and at the ready. A reliable Insurance is always a must in a desert full of 'mirages '
9. This is part of the war. Israel needs to invest more in it.
Australian Guy ,   Australia   (10.05.09)
Like the media war , Israel is well behind. More must be done to counter these vexatious litigants who use the legal system to plague. Pretty hopeless state of affairs. Israelis must be able to travel normally. Counter-suits would be good too. I mean , even the most hardened Israel basher surely wouldn't have us believe that its all Israel's fault? Their "friends" are always "completely innocent".
10. We have the most lawyers per capita on Earth...
Chaim   (10.05.09)
But can't afford to scrounge up a legal team to defend our government from lawsuits? Why does EVERYTHING have to be learned the hard way in this country? What will it take before you get serious -- the arrest and conviction of a minister because he didn't have adequate representation? As a law student about to start his international law course I'd be happy to do some pro bono work performing basic research tasks - and I'm sure I'm not the only one. But the government needs to take initiative and utilise the resources in our country. Failing to do so is just asking for a disaster.
11. Zionists feel nervouse ha ?????? MF !! :P
(10.05.09)
12. All criminals must be put in jail !!!! NO WAY TO SCAPE !!
(10.05.09)
13. Bastards, Did you think you will get away with your crimes!?
(10.05.09)
14. #5 .Time for accoutability will come sooner or later ,the
George ,   Canada   (10.05.09)
Yes, it is believable ,very believable, shelling 2 millions civilian locked up in the most crowded piece of land in the world with phosphoric bombs from tanks ,Apaches and F-16 it is a war crime. Israeli generals openly advertised their strategy of excessive unproportional use of force as factor of deterrent but a what price? This comes later who care. history is crual. Hey, we throw for them warning leaves to flee the combat scene and their homes that will be bombed. Oh, yeh we warned them, so legally we are irresponsible but flee to where? To the sea?! American cover up for Israel will come to an end some day.
15. #10 to my future international lawyer with regards
George ,   Canada   (10.05.09)
To my newbie lawyer, your country committed an international crimes against the humanity in Gaza by killing over 1600 civilian locked up in very crowded territory with no option to avoid or escape the war zone most of them are women and children .More than 5000 wounded and 400,000 were left without running water, while 4,000 homes were destroyed or badly damaged, leaving tens of thousands of people homeless; 80 government buildings were hit including the UN facilities that were full of refugees and this is well known to the whole world.. I hope when you finish your international law courses, your mind will open up and understand better the international law. Israel always neglects international laws and never signs up any human right or war treaty as far as I know. Don’t you ask your self why? As far as the American veto is there and ready at the UN so who care about international law. These laws are for weak countries like Sudan, Somalia etc… Israel is above the law, Israel is special. Good luck with your search this might prevent future disaster.
16. #14 George - God bless you .
(10.05.09)
17. #10
George ,   Canada   (10.05.09)
The history has shown nation and country that rely only on steel to survive, didn’t make for long. You can come to power by the saber but you cannot sit on it for long.
18. the lawyers are well known
Charles   (10.05.09)
Machover & co
19. Not to worry Ya'alon.Just hook up via satellite link & you
can have your meet- ,   ing anyways.   (10.05.09)
20. COWARDS !!!!! Why are you afraid to face the court of law ?
(10.05.09)
you only show your braveness when you kill children ha ????? SCUMS.
21. # 14
J.K. ,   Brooklyn USA   (10.06.09)
George ! You believe that Jews have a duty, to satisfy palestenian lust, to kill ?,the Jews just have to lay down on their back and let the kasams rain on them.You and your ilk are no different from the Germans,who claimed,that it was poland,who attacked Germany in September 1 1939,just keep lying,and the stupid world will believe you,Israel will continue to do what it has to do,despite the phony bleeding hearts.
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