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This disgrace for a politician should be thrown out of the country. But the Dhimmified Britain will see it as “only fair since Israel has been committing terrorism on the Palestinian people”. Of course we all know that isn’t true. Israel does not and has never targeted civilians, and actually warns civilians before they attack. the same thing cannot be said for the terrorists in Gaza who deliberately target Israeli citizens with their rockets as well as use their own women and children as human shields.
Press TV: Lord Nazir Ahmed, you raised question in Parliament about the legal implications of British Jews serving in the IDF. What was the response?
Lord Ahmed: I asked Her Majesty’s government if they were aware of British citizens who may have been involved with the war crimes committed by the Israeli Defense Force and Israeli Defense Reserves. Her Majesty’s government did not have any figures because dual nationals do not have to inform the government. However, there are reports in the Daily Mirror and The Sun with the names of British citizens who have been fighting in Gaza.
The point I was making is that war crimes have been committed, white phosphorous has been used and if there are people who have broken the 4th Geneva Convention, then whoever they are, when they return to this country, they should be arrested and charged – unlike the Major General who escaped in 2005.
Press TV: Are you certain these are up to date reports about British citizens serving in Israel?
Lord Ahmed: These are very new reports, dated January 2009, of British citizens who have gone out to fight against the Palestinian people as part of the IDF. Their names and ages are mentioned in these reports.
We know that there are student unions that have been actively recruiting young people in Britain to join the Israeli Defense Force and we also know that there are young Jewish students who go and serve on the kibbutz and also in schools, who are also then doing national service in Israel.How many of those have been involved in war crimes? How many of those have broken the Geneva Convention? When they come back to this country, we want our government to take some legal action against them.
Press TV: Will our government take such action?
Lord Ahmed: Yes – if there is evidence and if the United Nations is strong enough. At the moment they have not even decided how they are going to conduct this independent investigation into the use of white phosphorous and other weapons prohibited by the United Nations.
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Press TV: Were you surprised by the response from the government?
Lord Ahmed: I am not surprised at all. Lord Malloch-Brown did actually say that if there is any evidence of the 4th Geneva Convention being breached, and it doesn’t matter whether they are British citizens or whether they are other nationalities, these people will be arrested and they will be tried in this country.
Press TV: How do you think the British Jewish community will react to such a move?
Lord Ahmed: Well the reaction was very obvious. One of their lordships got up and started to praise the British citizens who were fighting in Gaza. He said: shouldn’t we be proud of the fact they are fighting against terrorists who are hell bent on trying to destroy Israel.
But they are not fighting against a terrorist organization as such. The IDF and those who serve in it have been involved in the massacre of civilians, including hundreds of Palestinian children and attacks on the United Nations and even the American school. There is just no excuse for anyone to get away from these war crimes this time.
hattip: Carl in Jerusalem
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