Is the Gaza Catastrophe Really About Natural Resources?
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The establishment of ICTI would provide some small degree of justice to the victims of Israeli war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide against the Peoples of Lebanon and Palestine -- just as the ICTY has done in the Balkans. Furthermore, the establishment of ICTI by the U.N. General Assembly would serve as a deterrent effect upon Israeli leaders such as Prime Minister Olmert, Foreign Minister Livni, Defense Minister Barak , Chief of Staff Ashkenazi and Israel's other top generals that they will be prosecuted for their further infliction of international crimes upon the Lebanese and the Palestinians.
So here’s something you can do to make the establishment of an ICTI a real possibility -- write to the UN General Assembly President, demanding the creation of an Israeli war crimes tribunal under UN Charter Article 22.
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