Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: CRI: "Il muro israeliano viola la legge internazionale"

Last Update: 18/02/2004 11:14
Red Cross says West Bank barrier violates world law
By Reuters
GENEVA - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on
Wednesday that Israel's West Bank barrier in its current form is a violation
of international humanitarian law.
"The ICRC's opinion is that the West Bank Barrier, in as far as its route
deviates from the 'Green Line' into occupied territory, is contrary to IHL
(international humanitarian law)," the ICRC said in a statement from its
Geneva headquarters.
Lapid: Israel could gain more by going to ICJ hearing
Israel would have gained more from attending next week's World Court
hearings on the West Bank separation fence than by deciding to stay away,
Justice Minister Yosef Lapid told Reuters on Tuesday.
The Hague-based International Court of Justice begins hearings on February
23 to rule on the legality of the obstacle of wire and concrete that Israel
says keeps out suicide bombers, but Palestinians call a land grab.
"This is basically a worldwide tribunal where your opinions should be
broadcast and reported everywhere in the world," said Lapid. "If you do not
put up an argument you will not have publicity for your views."
Israel questions the court's right to rule on the barrier and is backed in
this position by the United States and European Union - though they
criticize a route that takes it deep into the West Bank around settlements.
Israel sent a position paper to the court ahead of the hearings, but decided
not to participate further.
Lapid said that even if Israel was not represented at the hearings: "We may
support demonstrations against what we consider is a move in support of
terror, the whole Hague procedure."
He reiterated a call for the route of the barrier to be moved closer to the
1967 Green Line border.
Officials say the route could shift to make it easier to sell to Washington
and ease Palestinian living conditions. They have not suggested cuts as big
as the 200 km (125 miles) that Lapid wants lopped off the planned 728 km
(452 mile) route.
"We should not interfere with the right of Palestinian farmers to work their
land, with the ability of children in villages to reach their schools, with
the everyday normal life of Palestinians in the West Bank," Lapid said.
Palestinians say the real aim of the barrier is to set a de-facto border
that would deny them the viable state they seek in the West Bank and Gaza
Strip.
Lapid said Israel needed to head off the possibility that the Palestinians
could try to win international approval for the same kind of boycott tactics
that helped end South Africa's apartheid regime.
"What the Palestinians are striving for is to have a condemnation from The
Hague court which they then want to use in the United Nations General
Assembly in order to create some sort of boycott against either Israeli
goods or Israeli institutions or Israeli representatives," Lapid said.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/395324.html
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Che Israele violi le elggi è risaputo.
Si potrebbe scrivere un libro di migliaia di pagine con tutte le sue
violazioni tutte molto più gravi di quelle fatte da altri stati
dittatoriali.
Ora bisogna vedere quando ci sara un intervento risolutivo da parte di una
forza di pace per fermare questa banda di criminali.

dittatoriali.
Se lo dici tu... :)
-Stefano

 Il problema e' solo dimostrarlo.
http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/iwpList74/F06BB484D900B227C1256E3E0
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18-02-2004  Press Release 04/12
Israel/Occupied and Autonomous Palestinian Territories: West Bank Barrier
causes serious humanitarian and legal problems
Geneva (ICRC) - The ICRC is increasingly concerned about the humanitarian
impact of the West Bank Barrier on many Palestinians living in occupied
territory.
Where it deviates from the "Green Line" into occupied territory, the Barrier
deprives thousands of Palestinian residents of adequate access to basic
services such as water, health care and education, as well as sources of
income such as agriculture and other forms of employment. The Palestinian
communities situated between the "Green Line" and the Barrier are
effectively cut off from the Palestinian society to which they belong. The
construction of the West Bank Barrier continues to give rise to widespread
appropriation of Palestinian property and extensive damage to or destruction
of buildings and farmland.
The ICRC has repeatedly condemned deliberate attacks against Israeli
civilians and stressed that all acts intended to spread terror among the
civilian population are in clear violation of international humanitarian law
(IHL). It recognizes Israel's right to take measures to ensure the security
of its population. However, these measures must respect the relevant rules
of IHL.
The ICRC's opinion is that the West Bank Barrier, in as far as its route
deviates from the "Green Line" into occupied territory, is contrary to IHL.
The problems affecting the Palestinian population in their daily lives
clearly demonstrate that it runs counter to Israel's obligation under IHL to
ensure the humane treatment and well-being of the civilian population living
under its occupation. The measures taken by the Israeli authorities linked
to the construction of the Barrier in occupied territory go far beyond what
is permissible for an occupying power under IHL. These findings are based on
the ICRC's monitoring of the living conditions of the Palestinian population
and on its analysis of the applicable IHL provisions. The Israeli
authorities have been regularly informed about the ICRC's humanitarian and
legal concerns.
The ICRC therefore calls upon Israel not to plan, construct or maintain this
Barrier within occupied territory.

contrary to IHL.
E' *OPINIONE*
Forse  Namib questo pezzetto non l'aveva letto.
-Stefano