Netanyahu aide: Israel using Collective Punishment on children of Gaza because parents elected Hamas

From RT's Cross Talk,
Original Air Date: June 2, 2010
Guests:
Mitchell Barak, founder and CEO of KEEVOON Research Strategy & Communications
Norman Finkelstein, political scientist & author
Christopher Gunness, spokesperson for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)

Complete episode of "Cross Talk" available on RT's website
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EXCERPT:

CHRISTOPER GUNNESS: "Collective Punishment under international law is illegal and we all know that to be a fact... ...More than half of the Gaza strip are children. Why are they being collectively punished?"

MITCHELL BARAK: "Well maybe because their parents elected a terrorist organization to run their affairs and to represent them..."



By the way "Collective Punishment" is against international law and violates Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention. For more information see:

Collective punishment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_punishment
Fourth Geneva Convention
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Geneva_Convention
Israel's security cannot come at any price
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2915343.htm
Is Israel's blockade of Gaza lawful?
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2008/12/31/q-hostilities-between-israel-and-hamas#...
Gaza occupation and siege are illegal
http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/ht/display/ContentDetails/i/13281/pid/895
Gaza Closure Defined: Collective Punishment
PDF File: http://gisha.org/UserFiles/File/publications/GazaClosureDefinedEng.pdf

More info on Mitchell Barak's ties to Israel and it's political leaders:
http://www.keevoon.com/87423/Management

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[gglorius]

if i were on the panel, i would plainly say i would not waste time conversing with this rather strange idiot mitchell. punish the children because their parents voted for hamas. what a weird bastard.

[QQMarkPS2]

@latinonyc7 Amen TV shows, Movies, and Video Games have been warning us. people must wake up before it's too late.

[JohnnyRock2000]

Hamas was created as one of the current results of Israeli occupation. If they were to lay down their arms another massacre would begin. An then another one after that. Zionists want Palestinians to leave land that they want. They want the Arabs to leave GAZA and the West Bank. They don't call them Palestinians as they do not want to recognize them. They call them Arabs and sometimes Jordanians and they want them to leave to Jordan, if it takes them another 100 years.

[MrSuper2007]

this guy is a joke'' israel was the first hospital in haiti '' what the fuck does that mean you killed over 800 civilians with your precision bombing asshole

[232323C]

@MosterFrance this is true,.......I for one as an American scream out Time to make Israel accountable and force the blockade to cease...enough is enough.....they admit to collective punishment. They say they only want to stop arms coming in but they continue to build new settlements...Obvious lies

[232323C]

oh wow they were the first ones in for Haiti earthquake so that makes the concentration camp and the Flotilla etc ok then........such ridiculous defenses for their crimes

[232323C]

It's time for the USA to take a stand against the human rites violations and crimes against humanity their committing in Gaza...Enough is enough..They don;t even care..They are hardened and intent on this perpetuating this tragedy and will we stand by and do nothing? America step up..there is NO justification for whats going on there...the level of abuse

[SunnySide247]

The world was collectively punished when Israel was created by the Rothschilds.

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[vasia2000]

this mitchell person is A HORRIBLE representative for the state of Israel..babbling and not being to hold his ground with a single complete sentence! To any White European anti-zionist .. please do go and feed the Palestinians and see if you come back with hands intact. The Israelis are tired.

[vasia2000]

this mitchell person is A HORRIBLE representative for the state of Israel..babbling and not being to hold his ground with a single complete sentence! To any White European anti-zionist .. please do go and feed the Palestinians and see if you come back with hands intact. The Israelis are tired.

[odin422]

@gglorius this is the common reason given.

[dragonboy375]

@gglorius the palestinian people lnew that hamas will attack israel so obviosly they are also entierly responsible for counter attackes from the israeli side that can hert and kill their children. especially if they allow the hammas to use the childrens school as a rocket laucher location.