Israel/Palestine
Related: About this forumGroup of Congresspeople try to Liken Egyptian Gov. Violence with Israel Fighting Terrorists
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/patrick-leahy-senate-israel-egypt-state-221366In a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry dated Feb. 17, the lawmakers list several examples of suspected human rights abuses, including reports of extrajudicial killings by Israeli and Egyptian military forces, as well as forced disappearances in Egypt. The letter also points to the 2013 massacre in Egypt's Rabaa Square, which left nearly 1,000 people dead as the military cracked down on protesters, as worthy of examination.
Shame. I used to like Pat Leahy. How dare he liken or even put in the same sentence Israel's stopping terrorists and Egypt's lack of rule of law. I looked at who signed it: http://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000153-c56c-d662-a75b-cfecc6be0000
I will be donating lots of money to primary challengers of every single damn one of these people, especially Betty McCollum and Andre Carson. Luckily, nobody else from our party signed this. But the Dems really need to clean out the anti-Israel element creeping into the American left. Let it stay in the European left.
The people who signed this law stand against the mainstream of Democrats and Americans
Little Tich
(6,171 posts)Egypt.
Israeli forces kill Palestinian protesters in Gaza
Source: Al Jazeera, 09 Oct 2015
Read more: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/10/israel-opens-fire-palestinians-gaza-border-151009114132806.html
2011 Israeli border demonstrations
Source: Wikipedia
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Israeli_border_demonstrations
shira
(30,109 posts)....at the Gaza border.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/two-palestinians-killed-in-clash-with-idf-along-gaza-border/
Nice to see DU'ers here concerned about the human rights of grossly fascist rightwing Jew hating Hamas & Islamic Jihadi fanatics.
Oh, the humanity!
Little Tich
(6,171 posts)anyway?
If the IDF hadn't started shooting, isn't it possible that the protesters would just have left after they were finished rioting on the other side of the fence?
shira
(30,109 posts)leftynyc
(26,060 posts)would sign that piece of shit.
shira
(30,109 posts)Don't Jews know they have no right to protect themselves?
bemildred
(90,061 posts)to see if it grossly violates human rights, because that would violate a bill Leahy sponsored.
And I would suggest to you that attempting the attack Sen. Leahy is a bad idea.
King_David
(14,851 posts)Whatever it is , they guilty.