Today's asinine headline from the Ass. Press:
Palestinian schoolchildren express support for Arafat.
But this is not as much an "expression of support" as it is child abuse and state-sponsored truancy:
The Ministry of Education asked teachers in Ramallah to bring students to Arafat's office yesterday, which is normally a full day of classes.That is also a violation of the Geneva Conventions' prohibition on human shields"With our souls and our blood we defend Abu Ammar," the children shouted, using Arafat's nom de guerre.
The presence or movements of the civilian population or individual civilians shall not be used to render certain points or areas immune from military operations, in particular in attempts to shield military objectives from attacks or to shield, favour or impede military operations.Where are the international human rights monitors when Palestinian children need them most?
'international human rights monitors'
reserved to criticize USA and Israel (mostly)
Posted by: marek on September 14, 2003 02:13 PMWhere are the international human rights monitors when Palestinian children need them most?
Most likely, performing such invaluable work as lobbying the Beserkley city council.
Posted by: wm. tyroler on September 14, 2003 05:25 PMyour scheer debunkings are a valuable service, but I beg of you to do the same for Thomas Friedman's articles. IT simiply makes me scratch my head how sharon can be blamed for the violence against the jews. it must be debunked - read his 9/11/03 article.
Posted by: jannol on September 14, 2003 08:48 PM