|
UN expert stands by Nazi comments
Tim Franks
BBC
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
The next UN investigator into Israel conduct in the occupied
territories has stood by comments comparing Israeli actions in
Gaza to those of the Nazis.
Speaking to the BBC, Professor Richard Falk said he believed
that up to now Israel had been successful in avoiding the criticism
that it was due.
Professor Falk is scheduled to take up his post for the UN Human
Rights Council later in the year.
But Israel wants his mandate changed to probe Palestinian actions
as well.
(Article continues below)
Professor Falk said he drew the comparison between the treatment
of Palestinians with the Nazi record of collective atrocity, because
of what he described as the massive Israeli punishment directed
at the entire population of Gaza.
He said he understood that it was a provocative thing to say,
but at the time, last summer, he had wanted to shake the American
public from its torpor.
Full
article here.
|
INFOWARS:
BECAUSE THERE'S A WAR ON FOR YOUR MIND
|
|
