Category: In the Media
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Sir Gerald Kaufman MP: Israel “would be a rogue government” if Refuses to Prosecute Killer Soldiers
We Cannot Allow These Murders to Go Unpunished We can demand these homicidal Israeli soldiers be prosecuted for war crimes by Sir Gerald Kaufman MP http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0412-26.htm In a marvellous book of essays, “The Slopes of Lebanon,” the great Israeli novelist Amos Oz advanced an audacious thesis. He contended that the slaughter of six million Jews…
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MP’s call for sanctions against Israel over shootings
From The Telegraph Economic sanctions against Israel should be considered if the country refuses to put its soldiers before the courts in the UK over the death of two British peace activists, an MP has said. Sir Gerald Kaufman, Labour MP for Manchester Gorton, claimed there was an element in the Israeli military which was…
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Calls for UK to act over Britons shot dead in Gaza
From The Guardian The attorney general was last night called on to seek war crimes charges against five Israeli officers after an inquest jury found that a soldier under their command intentionally killed a British peace activist in Gaza. Tom Hurndall, 22, died after being shot in broad daylight by an Israeli soldier who later…
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Israel to boycott inquest into death of British peace activist shot in Gaza
From The Guardian Monday April 10, 2006 Israel will boycott an inquest opening today in London which will investigate the death of a British peace activist shot dead in broad daylight by an Israeli soldier. Tom Hurndall, 22, died after being shot in Rafah, Gaza, while trying to lead Palestinian children to safety after the…
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British peace activist was ‘intentionally killed’
From Guardian Unlimited Monday April 10, 2006 A jury has ruled that a British activist shot while acting as a human shield in the Gaza Strip was “intentionally killed”. Tom Hurndall, from north London, was wearing an orange jacket to mark him out as a peace activist. The 22-year-old had apparently been trying to move…