Some have claimed that Hezollah and Israel are both guilty for killing “innocent civilians” and “comitting war crimes.” No, that is inaacuarte. As I explained to one of our readers:
Israel did not commit one war crime as some claim it did in Qana. As I stated previously it is clear that Hezbollah, by contrast, along with Iran and Syria have. In Qana, Israel fired toward a building to stop Hezbollah from shooting rockets into its cities. The aircrafts did not intentionally target civilians, but Hezbollah rockets were intentionally targeted at civilians- a clear war crime under Geneva Convention Protocol 1, under the International Crimminal court Statute, and customary international law. It was Hezbollah, not Israel, who is directly responsible for the innocent Lebanese who died because Hezbollah intentionally embedded themselves among civilian populations using civilians, in essence, as human shields- a clear war crime. Furthermrore, Israel warned civilians to leave Qana and Israeli’s official investigation concluded that they attacked based on info that there were no civillians inside. The law of war recognizes that mistakes are inevitable and does not crimminalize soldiers who seek in good faith seek to avoid them- which Israel did. I challenge anybody to cite one country who warns civilains prior to using military force? Has Hezbollah? No, in fact they intentionally target innocent men, women, and children.
Israel has every right to defend herself against Hezbollah when the leader of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah said “our motto is Death to Israel.” and has called for its total annhilation. Israel’s defense of its own coutry from terrorist attacks of 10,000 katayushas being fried indiscriminately among cilvilian populations and seeking to enforce UN security Res 1559 to disarm Hezbollah was perfectly within Israel’s right of self-defense.
Proportional, appropriate, and legal under international law. International law favors Israel.
Now, let’s list all of the War Crimes committed by Hezbollah and Iran.
Violation #1. Hezbollah’s and Iran’s persistent calls for the destruction of Israel violates the international genocidal treaty’s “prohibition of direct and public incitement to commit genocide.”
Violation #2. Iran who directly finances Hezbollah, is developing a nuclear arsenal to obliterate Israel, violates the Nuclear nonproliferation Treaty.
Violation #3. Iranian and Syrain support for Hezbollah vilates UN security res 1373 which requires staes to “refrain from providing any form of support, active or passive, to entities and persons involved in terrorist acts.”
Violation #4. Hezbollah began the armed conflict with rocket attacks on Israeli small towns and the abduction of Israili soldiers which is an unprovoked act of war violating an internatinally recognized border.
Those are war crimes committed by Hezbollah and their allies/sponsors (Iran and Syria). Israel, by contrast, committed NO War Crimes.
For the record.