Question on 08/09 Gaza War to Tony Blair at UB

Tony Blair was the speaker in the second lecture of University at Buffalo's 23rd Distinguished Speaker Series on October 7th. Senior Political Science major, Nicolas Kabat, asks him about the Gaza War during the lecture's question and answer session:

"UN investigation found that Israel and Hamas committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in the recent Gaza conflict. Yet the US and Israel insist that the report was biased, and proceeding with the Committees recommendations would be harmful to the peace process. Why is international law not applied in this case, when the evidence exists? And please explain, as Quartet Envoy, why the application of international law would be harmful to the overall peace process, and furthermore, why the siege on Gaza is not similarly deemed harmful to the peace process. Thank you."

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Key extracts from UN statements: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8257446.stm

Full UN report on Gaza war: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/specialsession/9/docs/UNFFMGC_...

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[jimholstun]

Note: the undergraduate questioner presents scholarly arguments based in international law, while the ex-Prime Minister sounds rattled and sophomoric. What a racist monster Tony Blair is: boo hoo for one Israeli POW, and not a word for 10,000 Palestinian men, women, children, and babies kidnapped and thrown into Israeli dungeons.

1400 Palestinians murdered by the IOF, and what does Tony talk about? The fact that he can now get a nice hotel room in Nablus.

[Justincasey2]

If it looks like a rat, sounds like a rat, and behaves like a rat... then it's probably Tony Blair.

[cm6405]

@chrizsyy its Israels land and that's internationally recognized. Palestinians are radical thugs hell bent on killing hence their rallies for bin laden's death. Palestinians haven't lived in Israel for 60 years!!! They can get to fuck

[vinnieg100]

He resigned the top office in UK and thought he was best qualified to be the new EU President. Fortunately Gordon Brown had other ideas and for once did something right, got him excluded. So his big buddy GWB got him a job as a peace envoy. Can you imagine the guy who took us into two wars is a peace envoy! Proof indeed that the lunatics are taking over the asylum

[vinnieg100]

Let me tell you about the 'envoy' Tony Blair. This is the man who took the UK

into an illegal war with Iraq and Afghanistan. And, whilst we were still in this illegal war he then realised that the European Union was going to need a President so what did this piece of dirt do? His ego wouldn't allow him to just be Prime Minister of GB and get us out of the crap he took us into, oh no, he wanted the top prize. he wanted the bigger prize - President of the EU

[chrizsyy]

besides, if Israel didnt strike first, Gaza wouldnt have stiked back! you cant expect a country to just stand there whilst their being bombed??? for no reason!

[chrizsyy]

TONY BLAIR YOUR A LIAR!!!!! WHAT ROCKET ATTACKS ON ISRAELI TOWNS????? ROCKET ATTACKS ON ILLEGAL ISRAELI OCCUPIED TOWNS WHICH ARE OWNED BY PALESTINIANS!!!!! YOU POLITICIANS IN THE US & UK ARE ALL THE SAME! PRO ISRAEL! NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO, YOU STILL SUCK ASS!

[baitcat]

@jimholstun boo hoo the Palestinians can't have a sandwich because of the blockade, but not a word about all the women and children who die because of the rocket attacks, and suicide bombers. YOUR A FUCKING RACIST!!!!!!!!

[pingurama]

Staggering to think since then all he's done for Gaza is to try and get Tesco into it, the peace envoy profiteer, Tony Blair Associates Ltd (+£92 million since pm, 1 of his 3 companies!!). World Health Organisation estimates over 1 million Iraqi dead as a consequence of his and Bush's illegal war, thats over half an Auschwitz (1/1.16 or 62.5% Auschwitz infact), imagine Tony @ the Nurenburg Trials- cooly dropping suntanned gurned phrase like- calculus of risk- and getting away with it - NEVER!

[833P]

Fuck off Blair, you twat!

[loveisall1000]

TONY BLAIR IS A WAR CRIMINAL.