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human shields in Gaza for the IDF?
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Aziz Poonawalla
One of the central rationalizations for the permissibility of “collateral damage” in warfare is that the enemy uses “human shields” – that militants are deliberately hiding among civilian populations so as to force the attacker to kill innocents if they decide to attack. I’ve argued for some time that collateral damage should be disavowed as…
Pirates of the Mediterranean
By
Aziz Poonawalla
via Richard Silverstein of Tikkun Olam blog, the Israeli military has boarded and forcibly confiscated the crew and cargo of a humanitarian ship bound for Gaza, carrying medicine, toys and other supplies, in international waters. The list of passengers taken hostage include journalists, American film-maker Adam Shapiro, and former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, who made this…
Would an Ahmadinejad victory be good for Israel?
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Aziz Poonawalla
There are always those who prefer to see world events through the narrow lens of their own political interest rather than universal principles of freedom and justice. Case in point: the extremists running Israel, whose entire narrative about Iran is predicated on it being a “mad mullah” state intent on Israel’s destruction, rather than a…
Iran as Amalek: Netanyahu pulls an Ahmadinejad
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Aziz Poonawalla
The threat is painted in stark terms: a rogue nation, flouting international law and human rights of its minorities, with nuclear capability, led by an ultra-nationalist leader who invokes religious symbolism and who makes existential threats against its regional neighbor, tapping into deep racial and religious paranoias. Iran? yes, – but Israel is following close…
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