It turns out that the Intel Pentium 4 Fab is built over the foundations of a Palestinian village, that was ethinically cleansed of Palestinians when they were driven out by force of arms in 1948, al-Faluja is or should I was the name of the village.
The simpla facts ar that Israel?s settlement policy and practices clearly contravene international law. Article 49, paragraph 6 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states that ?the occupying power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territories it occupies.? Moreover, the confiscation of land for settlement construction is in violation of the rules contained in the 1907 Hague Regulations protecting public and private property in occupied territory.
Therefore while the US govt is bankrolling the Israeli state to the tune of $25 billion a decade it is complicit in war crimes, itself. Also we mustn't forget as well as breaking the Geneva convention Israel is refusing to comply with 2 UN security council resolutions, regarding the right of refugees to return home (there are currently arround 4 million Palestinians in refugee camps & some have been there over 50 years) & regarding the return of lands & homes stolen from there rightful owners. Now when you consider the US policies of pushing for sanctions & embargos against such places as South Africa, Serbia & Iraq, yet using its veto powers to block every sanction & embargo resolution that has come up in the Security Council against Israel, its no wonder that Arabs reffer to the US as the 'land of hypocracy' & don't consider it an honest broker of peace.
Are Americans proud that the US is complicit in war crimes?
The simpla facts ar that Israel?s settlement policy and practices clearly contravene international law. Article 49, paragraph 6 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states that ?the occupying power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territories it occupies.? Moreover, the confiscation of land for settlement construction is in violation of the rules contained in the 1907 Hague Regulations protecting public and private property in occupied territory.
Therefore while the US govt is bankrolling the Israeli state to the tune of $25 billion a decade it is complicit in war crimes, itself. Also we mustn't forget as well as breaking the Geneva convention Israel is refusing to comply with 2 UN security council resolutions, regarding the right of refugees to return home (there are currently arround 4 million Palestinians in refugee camps & some have been there over 50 years) & regarding the return of lands & homes stolen from there rightful owners. Now when you consider the US policies of pushing for sanctions & embargos against such places as South Africa, Serbia & Iraq, yet using its veto powers to block every sanction & embargo resolution that has come up in the Security Council against Israel, its no wonder that Arabs reffer to the US as the 'land of hypocracy' & don't consider it an honest broker of peace.
Are Americans proud that the US is complicit in war crimes?