| November 19, 2012 | Eli E. Hertz |
It
would be a denial of reality to assume that only a small group of
terrorists could be involved in the thousands of documented acts of
terror in the past 10 years by Palestinian Arabs. In the seven years
since Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, Hamas has launched thousands of
rockets directly at civilian populations in Israel. It would be
reckless to assume that these acts of terror are isolated, undertaken
independently, without the direct involvement of the Palestinian
populace and the leadership they opt to elect.
Israel
often is portrayed in the media, by Western leaders, human rights
activists and the many different organs of the United Nations as
inflicting disproportionate and collective punishment on many
Palestinians for the deeds of a few terrorists.
Ironically,
the prohibition of imposing "collective penalties [punishment] ...
intimidation and terrorism" that Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva
Convention [1] talks
about, should be applied in this case to the millions of innocent men,
women, and children of Israel that are collectively being punished
day-in and day-out by Arab terrorists for "offenses" they never
"personally committed." As to the "terrorism" Article 33 speaks about;
it is the Israelis that fight to prevent Palestinian terrorism, and not
the other way around.
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