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Press Release: Canada UN Mission Repeatedly Refused Delivery Of Israeli Crimes Petition

Anonyme, Monday, August 21, 2006 - 01:54

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This Petition demands that The United Nations General Assembly immediately establish an International Criminal Tribunal for Israel (ICTI) as a ‘subsidiary organ’ under U.N. Charter Article 22 to prosecute the Israeli Prime Minister Olmert, Defense Minister Peretz, Chief of Staff Halutz and Israel’s other top generals and war criminals for their infliction of international war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide against the Peoples of Lebanon and Palestine.

[The Mission of Canada at the UN has repeatedly refused the delivery of our Petition. As of 21 August 2006 more than 4,000 signatories from 97 countries have endorsed the Petition.]

To: The United Nations General Assembly
www.petitiononline.com/un040806/petition.html

Petition

The brutal bombings and invasion of Lebanon and Gaza are acts of Israeli state terrorism. The U.S. invasion and occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq, and the present U.S.-Israeli threat to Syria and Iran indicate their ruthless struggle for hegemony in the oil-rich Middle East, which would escalate into a global war.

At least 900 people have been killed in Lebanon, more than one-third children, and 3,000 wounded. The number of refugees in Lebanon has already exceeded one million. Whole residential areas, roads, bridges, ports, power stations, factories and other infra-structure have been destroyed by Israeli precision bombing. Lebanon’s economic and infrastructure damage tops $2.5B as of 4 August 2006.

In Gaza hundreds have been killed. Homes, greenhouses, bridges, water and sewerage treatment plants and electricity generators have been destroyed in the latest acts of Israeli genocide sadistically code-named ‘Operation Summer Rain,’ which began on 27 June 2006. Israel continues its brutal air strikes on the Gaza Strip almost daily.

Israel must be prosecuted immediately for its war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide against the Peoples of Lebanon and Palestine to stop the war escalating into a global catastrophe. Frances A. Boyle, Professor of Law, University of Illinois, has asserted the legal framework for The United Nations General Assembly to immediately establish an International Criminal Tribunal for Israel (ICTI).

The United Nations General Assembly must immediately establish an International Criminal Tribunal for Israel (ICTI) as a ‘subsidiary organ’ under U.N. Charter Article 22. The ICTI would be organized along the lines of the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia (ICTY), which was established by the Security Council.

The purpose of the ICTI would be to investigate and prosecute Israeli war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide against the Peoples of Lebanon and Palestine--just as the ICTY did for the victims of international crimes committed by Serbia and the Milosevic Regime throughout the Balkans.

The establishment of ICTI would provide some small degree of justice to the victims of Israeli war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide against the Peoples of Lebanon and Palestine--just as the ICTY has done in the Balkans. Furthermore, the establishment of ICTI by the U.N. General Assembly would serve as a deterrent effect upon Israeli leaders such as Prime Minister Olmert, Defense Minister Peretz, Chief of Staff Halutz and Israel’s other top generals that they will be prosecuted for their further infliction of international crimes upon the Lebanese and the Palestinians.

Without such a deterrent, Israel might be emboldened to attack Syria with the full support of the Likhudnik Bush Jr. Neoconservatives, who have always viewed Syria as ‘low-hanging fruit’ ready to be taken out by means of their joint aggression.

“The Israeli press has just reported that the Bush Jr administration is encouraging Israel to attack Syria. If Israel attacks Syria as it did when it invaded Lebanon in 1982, Iran has vowed to come to Syria’s defense.

“And of course Israel and the Bush Jr administration very much want a pretext to attack Iran. This scenario could readily degenerate into World War III.

"For the U.N. General Assembly to establish ICTI could stop the further development of this momentum towards a regional if not global catastrophe."

We, the undersigned, demand that The United Nations General Assembly immediately establish an International Criminal Tribunal for Israel (ICTI) as a ‘subsidiary organ’ under U.N. Charter Article 22 to prosecute the Israeli Prime Minister Olmert, Defense Minister Peretz, Chief of Staff Halutz and Israel’s other top generals and war criminals for their infliction of international war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide against the Peoples of Lebanon and Palestine.

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Subject: 
International Criminal Court
Author: 
Michael Lessard...
Date: 
Mon, 2006-08-21 20:48

Who ever wrote this has decided to ignore the more convincing and important International Criminal Court (ICC), which was created to allow prosecution of individuals (since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is not allowed to do so).

Why not, instead, call upon the ICC (since the petition is already appealing to the UN anyhow). At worse, an ICC process would show its flaws (i.e. the UN Security Council can put on hold an ICC investigation).

In any case, there are numerous crimes against humanity and invasions and they will not be judged before international courts; so I won't waste my time on this petition.

Michaël Lessard [me laisser un message]
Militant pour les droits humains.
Siriel-Média: média libre sur les 'politiques de destruction massive'


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Subject: 
A bit more thought
Author: 
Michael Lessard...
Date: 
Wed, 2006-08-23 16:45

Greetings everyone,

My comment above mostly expresses how discouraged I am by the total lack of application of international laws. I began my activism in 1997 against the sanctions imposed on the entire people of Iraq and advocated respect of the UN Charter, human rights, etc. I even completed a MA in international relations because I wanted to push for international justice and encourage the people of Iraq to sue the Canadian government for its active complicity in the sanctions regime (1990-2003).

But I am forced to conclude that the entire international system are 'dead letters', often written by jurists and NGOs who had very good intentions.

All in all, I suggest progressive movements cease pretending that international law has any sense right now and, though it is fine to explain to people the principles that States should respect, we must mostly harshly struggle for the right of the people to bring to justice accused heads of State and their agents or soldiers. Otherwise said, we must fight for an international system of justice independent of govenrments.

Michaël Lessard [me laisser un message]
Militant pour les droits humains.
Siriel-Média: média libre sur les 'politiques de destruction massive'


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