More thoughts on Israel
Now the BBC won’t broadcast an appeal for aid for the people of Gaza. They claim that broadcasting the appeal will jeopardise their impartiality. Given that Gaza has recently been invaded by a far more powerful, well-armed nation, its people are desperately in need of help. If they weren’t, the aid agencies wouldn’t be trying to get the appeal broadcast. The BBC’s decision not to broadcast is, in fact, a sad indictment of their partiality towards an aggressive regime that happens to yield considerable influence in Europe and the US!
Ehud Olmert has announced that Israel will protect any individuals charged with war crimes by the UN. Surely, this is in itself a war crime. Why does Israel persist in thinking that it is above the rule of international law? Probably because the UN and most of its member states continually let them get away with it. When Israel wanted individuals charged with war crimes relating to the holocaust brought to book, they quite happily sent Mosad agents out to track them down. If Israel harbours war criminals, it will be incumbent on the UN to organise their extraction!
