r/InternationalNews Jul 08 '24

International Matthew Miller shows State Department hypocrisy when journalist asks about Russian airstrike on Ukraine hospital vs Israel airstrikes on hospitals in Gaza

https://youtu.be/SGz9smr5ePk
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u/zhivago6 Jul 09 '24

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International investigated Israeli claims of Hamas using human shields (that provide no shielding) to explain the high number of civilian deaths in the 2008-2009 Israeli war on Gaza and in the 2014 Israeli war on Gaza, and found no evidence to support those claims. During the current genocide of Gaza, Israel has not provided any proof that any independent group has confirmed of the use of human shields by Hamas. None.

All 432 Israeli attacks on Gaza hospitals must be considered war crimes in breach of the Geneva Conventions until a separate investigation for each and every attack is carried out. Every individual Israeli attack is required to prove that these hospitals were actively being used by a Palestinian military force for combat operations, or the Israeli government must begin trials for the war criminals who carried out those attacks.

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u/AdventureBirdDog Jul 09 '24

Thanks so much for this info. The journalists should bring up this exact point!

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u/zhivago6 Jul 09 '24 edited Jul 09 '24

Human Rights Watch report on the 2008–2009 Gaza War

~https://www.hrw.org/report/2009/08/13/white-flag-deaths/killings-palestinian-civilians-during-operation-cast-lead~

Amnesty International report on 2008–2009 Gaza War

~https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde15/015/2009/en/~

Amnesty International Q and A on the 2014 Gaza War

~https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2014/07/israelgaza-conflict-questions-and-answers/~

Every hospital attack is a violation of these international laws of war:

Article 2 of the 1864 Geneva Convention, Article 9 of the 1906 Geneva Convention, Article 9 of the 1929 Geneva Convention, Article 23 and 24 of the 1949 Geneva Convention I, Article 14 and 15 of the 1949 Geneva Convention IV, Article 8(c) and 15(1) of the 1977 Additional Protocol I,  and Article 9(1) of the 1977 Additional Protocol II of the Geneva Convention. 

~https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v2/rule25~

~https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v2/rule35~

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u/hydroxypcp Estonia Jul 09 '24

I have nothing constructive to add, but thank you. These are the receipts

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u/Kiboune Jul 09 '24

Must be, but in reality Russia is under heavy sanctions, because as great european and american leaders said, sanctions are supposed to stop or slow down bloodshed, while Israel is freee to do whatever they want without anyone trying to stop them.

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