March 15, 2003
ISRAEL PREPARES FOR TRIAL:
'Pinpoint prevention' could end up in new International Court (Ha'aretz, 3/15/2003)Judge Advocate General Maj. Gen. Menachem Finkelstein predicted yesterday ... that the methods that might come under the [International Criminal] Court's purview include what Israel refers to as "pinpoint prevention," a euphemism for assassinating terrorists and terrorist commanders....The leading candidate for the job [of general prosecutor] is South African Justice Richard Goldstone....
Goldstone, a Jew, had recently appeared on Belgian TV and spoke in favor of putting Premier Ariel Sharon on trial for his alleged involvement in the Sabra and Chatila massacres of Beirut during Israel's occupation of the city in 1982....
Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein said Israel refuses to join the international criminal court treaty "because we have a responsibility toward the IDF, security officials and the political echelon to protect them against fabricated enforcement."
No wonder Goldstone's the leading candidate -- a Jew who wants to prosecute Jews, who could suit the ICC better. Maybe Britain should call for an anti-Semitism conference to follow the anti-Americanism one. Posted by Paul Jaminet at March 15, 2003 4:15 PM
Sharon should be prosecuted for Sabra and
Chatila.
As I understand Sabra, it was Lebanese Christians who were responsible for the massacre. Sharon intervened and stopped it.
Posted by: pj at March 16, 2003 9:20 AMHe stopped it? Sharon let the Lebanese into the camps knowing exactly what murderous scum they were, and knowing how much they hated the palestinians. That is why he lost his job.
Posted by: Wrighty at March 16, 2003 12:39 PM