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INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT;
FATOU B. BENSOUDA,
ICC CHIEF PROSECUTOR
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THE HAGUE
THE NETHERLANDS;
LAURA VERICAT FIGAROLA
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CIMINAL COMPLAINT AGAINST KHALID MESHAAL,
LEADER OF TERRORIST ORGANIZATION HAMAS,
FOR GENOCIDE AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
JURISDICTION
THE ICC HAS JURISDICTION OVER GENOCIDE, CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND WAR CRIMES. THE ICC MAY BE ABLE TO PROSECUTE TERRORIST ACTS ONLY IF THEY FALL WITHIN THESE CATEGORIES.http://www.icc-cpi.int/en_menus/icc/about%20the%20court/frequently%20asked%20questions/pages/faq.aspx
Admissibility and Jurisdiction under Article 17 of Rome convention
Article 17
Issues of admissibility
1. Having regard to paragraph 10 of the Preamble and article 1, the Court shall determine
that a case is inadmissible where:
(a) The case is being investigated or prosecuted by a State which has jurisdiction
over it, unless the State is unwilling or unable genuinely to carry out the
investigation or prosecution;
(b) The case has been investigated by a State which has jurisdiction over it and
the State has decided not to prosecute the person concerned, unless the
decision resulted from the unwillingness or inability of the State genuinely
to prosecute;
(c) The person concerned has already been tried for conduct which is the subject
of the complaint, and a trial by the Court is not permitted under article 20,
paragraph 3;
(d) The case is not of sufficient gravity to justify further action by the Court.
Defendant, Khaled Meshaal is currently residing in Qatar and directing his terrorist activity from Qatar. Qatar is supporting terrorist organization Hamas, as well as other terrorist groups, and known for anti-Semitism and anti-Israel stance. The Emirat of Qatar never prosecuted Meshaal and due to its’ political stance will never prosecute Meshaal, as such prosecution by the International Criminal Court is not precluded by the prosecution in the country of residence.
Further, the case does not fall under Article 17 (D), as this is a case of sufficient gravity and relates to Genocide and Crimes against Humanity committed by Meshaal in attacling civilian population of Israel, women and children with over 2,000 rockets as well as using Palestinian women and children as shields by stashing rockets and other weapons in schools, including three UN schools, hospitals, mosques and residential buildings. This represents gravity within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.
STANDING UNDER ARTICLE 15
Prosecutor
1. The Prosecutor may initiate investigations proprio motu on the basis of information on
crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court.
2. The Prosecutor shall analyse the seriousness of the information received. For this
purpose, he or she may seek additional information from States, organs of the United
Nations, intergovernmental or non-governmental organizations, or other reliable
sources that he or she deems appropriate, and may receive written or oral testimony
at the seat of the Court.
3. If the Prosecutor concludes that there is a reasonable basis to proceed with an
investigation, he or she shall submit to the Pre-Trial Chamber a request for
authorization of an investigation, together with any supporting material collected.
Victims may make representations to the Pre-Trial Chamber, in accordance with the
Rules of Procedure and Evidence.
4. If the Pre-Trial Chamber, upon examination of the request and the supporting
material, considers that there is a reasonable basis to proceed with an investigation,
and that the case appears to fall within the jurisdiction of the Court, it shall
authorize the commencement of the investigation, without prejudice to subsequent
determinations by the Court with regard to the jurisdiction and admissibility of a
5. The refusal of the Pre-Trial Chamber to authorize the investigation shall not preclude.
For example, on 26 November 2009, the Prosecution sought authorization to open an investigation with regard to the post-election violence in Kenya. Pre-Chamber II granted the Prosecutor’s request on 31 March 2010.In addition, on 3 October 2011, pre-trial chamber iii granted the prosecutor’s request for authorization to open investigations proprio motu into the situation in Côte D’Ivoire.
As such plaintiff is submitting complaint at hand directly to the Chief Prosecutor FATOU B. BENSOUDA to be further investigated and submitted proprio motu to the court.
STATEMENT OF FACTS
HonorableSang Huyn-Song, Chief Judge of the International Court,
Khalid Meshaal, aka Khalid Mashal, aka Khalid Mash’al, (hereinafter Meshaal), is the leader of a terrorist organization Hamas. Meshaal is engaged in crimes against humanity and genocide in Israel and Gaza strip, while committing those crimes from the safety of Qatar. Meshaal resides in Doha, Qatar.
Former Emir of Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani and his son, the new Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Khamid al Thani (ascended to the throne in 2013) are ruling over the vastly rich emirate and are positioning themselves as rivals to the traditional super powers of the Muslim world, such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt. As such, the Al Thani royal family is supporting the most radical terrorist elements, which are either outlawed or not welcomed in traditional Muslim superpowers. In December 2012, The New York Times accused the Qatari government of funding the Al-Nusra Front, a U.S. government designated terrorist organization. (Editorial, Al Qaeda in Syria, 10 December 2012,http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/11/opinion/al-qaeda-in-syria.html) have noted the Emir’s visit to Gaza and meeting with Hamas, which houses a militant wing, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.( 23 October 2012 11:03 pm, Qatar emir in landmark trip to Gaza, By Simeon Kerr in Dubai and Vita Bekker in Jerusalem, http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0d0bb8de-1cf5-11e2-a17f-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2MxwMs81t). In January 2013, French politicians again accused the Emir’s government of giving material support to Islamist groups in Mali (location of current downing of Algerian airlines plane) and the French newspaper Le Canard enchaîné quoted an unnamed source in French military intelligence saying that “The MNLA, al Qaeda-linked Ansar Dineand MUJAO have all received cash from Doha”(Is Qatar fuelling the crisis in north Mali? , France 24, Latest update: 23 January 2013 , http://www.france24.com/en/20130121-qatar-mali-france-ansar-dine-mnla-al-qaeda-sunni-islam-doha). The Al Thani’s are also currently hosting five top Taliban terrorists released from GITMO by Barack Obama.
Currently Meshaal, the leader of Hamas, is receiving aid and comfort by the Al Thani’s. From the safety of Doha, Qatar, Meshaal launched over 2,000 rocket attacks on Israeli civilians: women, children and elderly in the most populated areas. Repeatedly, the government of Israel warned Meshaal and Hamas that Israel will not tolerate the attacks, will not allow its’ population to be terrorized and will engage in the counter attack. In spite of multiple warnings Meshaal continued crimes against humanity and continued showering kindergartens, schools and houses with rockets. Twice, Egypt offered to negotiate a peace settlement, which was accepted by Israel but rejected by Meshaal. Not only Meshaal rejected peace proposals and continued shelling Israeli children with rockets, he called on innocent Palestinian civilians, including women and children to act as human shields. Repeatedly Meshaal was caught hiding rockets in UN schools (Exhibit 1, 2). Furthermore, not only Meshaal has endangered civilians, among them multiple children, by hiding ammunition in schools and hospitals, he prevented civilians from leaving those buildings, keeping them entrapped and intentionally increasing the number of killed and wounded civilians.( Additionally, Meshaal has misappropriated funding, allocated to Gaza by multiple governments and humanitarian organizations and instead of using the funding to build schools and hospitals, he used it to build an elaborate network of some 50 tunnels. Some 700 tons of concrete was used in each tunnel. Each tunnel is full of weapons, syringes with tranquilizers, handcuffs and duck tape to be used for kidnapping and murder of innocent Israeli children. Just recently three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped and murdered.
ARGUMENT
KHALID MESHAAL IS GUILTY OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
1. SENDING 2,000 ROCKETS AT HEAVILY POPULATED AREA REPRESENTS GENOCIDE AND VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 8(2)(E)(I)
The mandate of the International Criminal Court is to try individuals rather than States, and to hold such persons accountable for the most serious crimes of concern to the international community as a whole, namely the crime of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and the crime of aggression, when the conditions for the exercise of the Court’s jurisdiction over the latter are fulfilled.
According to the Rome Statute, “genocide” means any of the following acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group:
killing members of the group;
causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
Hamas Charter Preamble states: ” Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it″. The goal of Hamas is the destruction of the whole nation and all of its’ people: including women, children and elderly. This is a genocide and a crime against humanity, which is canonized in Hamas charter.
Leader of Hamas, Khalid Meshaal, is following the genocidal charter of Hamas. Under his orders, over 2,000 rockets were sent into the densely populated areas of Israel, aimed to hit schools, kindergartens and hospitals. One kindergarten was, indeed, hit. Luckily, children were not there due to summer break. Luckily the damage was minimized by the success of the Iron Dome system, however rocket attacks continue with a clear goal of terrorizing, maiming and murdering the civilians. Such indiscriminate rocket attacks represent genocide and a crime against humanity.
Further, under the leadership of Meshaal, and with financial assistance of Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani and his son, current Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani, Hamas spent millions of dollars in building some 50 underground tunnels. Each of the aforementioned tunnels is reinforced with some 700 tons of concrete and equipped with, among others, weapons, tranquilizers, handcuffs, and duck tape in order to kidnap and murder Israeli civilians: women and children. This represents an attempted act of mass genocide.
2,000 COUNTS OF VIOLATION OF ARTICLE ARTICLE 8(2)(E)(I)
INTENTIONALLY DIRECTING AN ATTACK AGAINST A CIVILIAN POPULATION – ARTICLE 8(2)(E)(I)
Plaintiff incorporates all prior paragraphs as is fully pled herein.
As stated above, Meshaal, by and through his terrorist organization Hamas, sent over 2,000 rockets into densely populated areas of Israel. This represents 2,000 counts of flagrant violation of Article 8(2(E)(I). These actions by Meshaal are akin to actions of Joseph Koni which lead to indictment by ICC for intentionally directing an attack against a civilian population – article 8(2)(e)(i).
Meshaal should be indicted for violation of article 8(2)(e)(i).
2. ATTACKING CIVILIAN POPULATION OF ISRAEL WITH 2,000 ROCKETS REPRESENTS “CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY”, VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 7(A)(A) -MURDER
ICC definition of “Crimes against Humanity” includes:
persecution against an identifiable group on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious or gender grounds;
other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering or serious bodily or mental injury.
As stated above, under the leadership and under orders of Meshaal, Hamas terrorists shelled civilian population of Israel with 2,000 rockets in the last few weeks alone. These acts fall under ” persecution against an identifiable group on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious or gender grounds”. Meshaal and his accomplices in Hamas are persecuting the civilian population of Israel based on religious and ethnic grounds, specifically because they are Jewish.
Further, shelling civilian population of Israel with 2,000 rockets falls under ” other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering or serious bodily or mental injury.”
As such, acts of shelling Israel with 2,000 rockets falls under the crime of Genocide and “Crimes against Humanity” under the jurisdiction for prosecution by the International Criminal Court.
VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 7(1)(A) -MURDER- CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY
Plaintiff incorporates all prior paragraphs as if fully pled herein.
As previously stated, Meshaal sent over 2,000 rockets into the state of Israel. He is guilty of murder of civilians in Israel, who died as a result of rocket attacks.
3. USING SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, AND MOSQUES FOR STORING ROCKETS AND OTHER WEAPONS REPRESENT CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, GENOCIDE.
Further, under the leadership of Meshaal, Hamas stockpiled rockets and ammunition in hospitals and schools. This falls under the definition of genocide, as:
causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
Meshaal clearly knew that stockpiling of ammunition in hospitals and schools, including not one, but two UN schools would endanger Palestinians children and patients in the hospitals. Further, reports show that Hamas prevented Palestinians from leaving a number of such facilities and used them as human shields. Additionally, Hamas prevented Palestinian wounded from getting medical care at the field hospital set up by the Israeli government. such use of its own citizens: women, children and hospital patients as human shields, represents genocide and crime against humanity, which justifies trial of Khaled Meshaal by the International Criminal court and punishment consistent with punishment received by other perpetrators of genocide, namely life in prison and forfeiture of properties.
According to Rome charter ICC judges may impose a prison sentence, to which may be added a fine or forfeiture of the proceeds, property and assets derived directly or indirectly from the crime committed. The Court cannot impose a death sentence. The maximum sentence is 30 years. However, in extreme cases, the Court may impose a term of life imprisonment. http://www.icc-cpi.int/en_menus/icc/about%20the%20court/frequently%20asked%20questions/pages/faq.aspx.
Meshaal has amassed personal wealth reported to be between 2-5 billion dollars, which mainly was gained by diversion of funds designated for humanitarian purposes. Ruling of this court should reflect retribution to victims, use of Meshaal’s personal wealth to compensate victims and humanitarian institutions for damage inflicted on them by Meshaal’s stockpiling of weapons in these institutions.
USING OF GAZA SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS AND MOSQUES FOR STOCKPILING WEAPONS REPRESENT VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 8(2)(E)(I)
INTENTIONALLY DIRECTING AN ATTACK AGAINST A CIVILIAN
Plaintiff incorporates all prior paragraphs as if fully pled herein.
Hamas terrorists used hospitals, ambulances, mosques and residential buildings for storage of rockets and other ammunition.
UNRWA reported:
“Today, in the course of the regular inspection of its premises, UNRWA discovered rockets hidden in a vacant school in the Gaza Strip. As soon as the rockets were discovered, UNRWA staff were withdrawn from the premises, and so we are unable to confirm the precise number of rockets. The school is situated between two other UNRWA schools that currently each accommodate 1,500 internally displaced persons.
UNRWA strongly and unequivocally condemns the group or groups responsible for this flagrant violation of the inviolability of its premises under international law.
The Agency immediately informed the relevant parties and is pursuing all possible measures for the removal of the objects in order to preserve the safety and security of the school. UNRWA will launch a comprehensive investigation into the circumstances surrounding this incident.
UNRWA has reinforced and continues to implement its robust procedures to maintain the neutrality of all its premises, including a strict no-weapons policy and regular inspections of its installations, to ensure they are only used for humanitarian purpose.”
Khaled Meshaal by and through his terrorist organization, Hamas, has targeted civilian population, his own people, by placing weapons in schools, hospitals, mosques, ambulances and residential buildings in order to make civilians, women and children, targets of responsive attacks by the Israeli Defense Forces (hereinafter IDF) and making civilians into human shields.
Such actions by Meshaal represent flagrant violation of INTENTIONALLY DIRECTING AN ATTACK AGAINST A CIVILIAN POPULATION – ARTICLE 8(2)(E)(I).
Meshaal intentionally directed responsive attacks towards schools, hospitals and mosques by stockpiling weapons there. Meshaal’s actions lead to death of his own people and he should be indicted for violation of Article 8(2)(E)(I).
the case against Meshaal is akin to precedent of The Prosecutor v. Joseph Kony, Vincent Otti, Okot Odhiambo and Dominic Ongwen ICC-OTP-20040729-65, which is currently being heard before Pre-Trial Chamber II. In this case, five warrants of arrest have been issued against [the] five top members of the Lords Resistance Army (LRA).
“Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court opens an investigation into Nothern Uganda
ICC-OTP-20040729-65
Situation: Uganda
“The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Luis Moreno-Ocampo, has determined that there is a reasonable basis to open an investigation into the situation concerning Northern Uganda, following the referral of the situation by Uganda in December 2003. The decision to open an investigation was taken after thorough analysis of available information in order to ensure that requirements of the Rome Statute are satisfied.
The Prosecutor has notified the States Parties to the ICC and other concerned states of his intention to start an investigation, in accordance with article 18 of the Rome Statute.”
Actions of Khaled Meshaal and his terrorist group Hamas are akin to actions of Joseph Koni and his terrorist organization Lords Army. Kony was indicted by the Chief Prosecutor of the ICC in 2005 and has been evading capture, Kony has been subject to an Interpol Red Notice at the request of the ICC since 2006.
Khaled Meshaal is personally guilty under Article 25 of Rome statutes of the International Criminal court
Article 25
Individual criminal responsibility
1. The Court shall have jurisdiction over natural persons pursuant to this Statute.
2. A person who commits a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court shall be
individually responsible and liable for punishment in accordance with this Statute.
3. In accordance with this Statute, a person shall be criminally responsible and liable for
punishment for a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court if that person:
(a) Commits such a crime, whether as an individual, jointly with another or
through another person, regardless of whether that other person is criminally
responsible;
(b) Orders, solicits or induces the commission of such a crime which in fact
occurs or is attempted;
(c) For the purpose of facilitating the commission of such a crime, aids, abets or
otherwise assists in its commission or its attempted commission, including
providing the means for its commission;
(d) In any other way contributes to the commission or attempted commission
of such a crime by a group of persons acting with a common purpose. Such
contribution shall be intentional and shall either:
(i) Be made with the aim of furthering the criminal activity or criminal
purpose of the group, where such activity or purpose involves the
commission of a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court; or
(ii) Be made in the knowledge of the intention of the group to commit the
crime;
(e) In respect of the crime of genocide, directly and publicly incites others to
commit genocide;
(f) Attempts to commit such a crime by taking action that commences its
execution by means of a substantial step, but the crime does not occur
because of circumstances independent of the person’s intentions. However,
a person who abandons the effort to commit the crime or otherwise prevents
the completion of the crime shall not be liable for punishment under this
Statute for the attempt to commit that crime if that person completely and
voluntarily gave up the criminal purpose.
3 bis. In respect of the crime of aggression, the provisions of this article shall apply only to
persons in a position effectively to exercise control over or to direct the political or
military action of a State.
4. No provision in this Statute relating to individual criminal responsibility shall affect
the responsibility of States under international law.\
Meshaal is guilty under Article 25 1, 2 and 3 as he is the leader of Hamas terrorist organization and under his leadership, orders, control and incitement aforementioned crimes of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity were committed.
This satisfies Article 25 3(a) (a) Commits such a crime, whether as an individual, jointly with another or
through another person, regardless of whether that other person is criminally
This satisfies Article 25 3(b) Orders, solicits or induces the commission of such a crime which in fact
occurs or is attempted;
This satisfies Article 25 3(c) For the purpose of facilitating the commission of such a crime, aids, abets or
otherwise assists in its commission or its attempted commission, including
providing the means for its commission
This satisfies Article 25 3 (d) (d) In any other way contributes to the commission or attempted commission
of such a crime by a group of persons acting with a common purpose. Such
contribution shall be intentional and shall either:
This satisfies Article 25 (e)
(e) In respect of the crime of genocide, directly and publicly incites others to
commit genocide;
Additionally Meshaal is guilty under Article 25 (f). Attempts to commit such a crime by taking action that commences its
execution by means of a substantial step, but the crime does not occur
because of circumstances independent of the person’s intentions.
Meshaal’s actions of sending over 2,000 rockets into the heavily populated areas of Israel represent an attempted genocide and attempted murder of Israeli civilians. Luckily, most rockets were neutralized by the Israeli anti missile defense system, “Iron Dome”. However, under Article 25 (f) Meshaal is still liable as he “Attempted to commit such a crime by taking action that commences its
execution by means of a substantial step, but the crime does not occur
because of circumstances independent of the person’s intentions”.
Meshaal’s position as a head of the organization or government does not preclude his prosecution under Article 27 of Rome statute of ICC
Article 27
Irrelevance of official capacity
1. This Statute shall apply equally to all persons without any distinction based on official
capacity. In particular, official capacity as a Head of State or Government, a member
of a Government or parliament, an elected representative or a government official
shall in no case exempt a person from criminal responsibility under this Statute, nor
shall it, in and of itself, constitute a ground for reduction of sentence.
2. Immunities or special procedural rules which may attach to the official capacity of
a person, whether under national or international law, shall not bar the Court from
exercising its jurisdiction over such a person.
As such under article 27 Meshaal can be prosecuted by the ICC even if he claims to be a government official in Gaza territory.
CONCLUSION
International Criminal Court should try Khalid Meshaal for crimes against humanity and genocide. due to severity of crimes committed by Meshaal, ICC prosecutors should seek life in prison and forfeiture of all the properties.
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Hamas: We Will Hand 250,000 Hand Grenades to Our Children (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, July 21, 2014, 9:09 AM
A Hamas spokesman announced that Hamas had manufactured 250,000 hand grenades.
These would be given to Palestinian youth to use to fight Israel instead of rocks.
“The military industry of al-Qassam has manufactured a quarter million hand grenades which will be in the hands of our youth, and with which they will stone the occupation’s soldiers instead of with rocks.”
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.@UNRWA says rockets found on Tuesday at one of its schools in central Gaza, adds school was closed for the summer & not used as a shelter.
9:42 AM – 29 Jul 2014
Third rocket cache found at UNRWA school
UNRWA, the UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees, says it’s found another rocket arsenal stashed at one of its schools in the central Gaza Strip. This latest find is the third case of arms discovered at a UN-run school since the outset of Operation Protective Edge.
The UN agency says the school was closed for the summer and not in use as a shelter.
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Via the IDF Desk: 20 missiles found in UN-run school in Gaza
UNRWA apologizes to Israel, condemns a ‘flagrant violation of the inviolability of its premises’ and promises investigation; Israel calls on UN to ‘act strongly’
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Some 20 rockets were found Wednesday in a school in Gaza operated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the organization confirmed Thursday.
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The weapons were found in “the course of the regular inspection of its premises,” UNRWA said in a statement, adding that the school was vacant.
“UNRWA strongly condemns the group or groups responsible for placing the weapons in one of its installations. This is a flagrant violation of the inviolability of its premises under international law,” the statement read.
The discovery would seem to confirm Israel’s oft-repeated claim that Hamas and other Gazan terror groups use civilian infrastructure to hide weapons.
“Yet again, Gaza terrorists abuse UN facilities to carry out their violent activities. Hamas and other terror groups are determined to put civilians in harm’s way and will respect nothing in their violent frenzy,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Yigal Palmor told The Times of Israel. “We expect the UN and the international community to condemn and to act strongly against this brazen violation of international humanitarian law, which endangers children and UN humanitarian activities.”
UNRWA logo (photo credit: UN)
This incident was “the first of its kind in Gaza,” the organization said, adding that it “endangered civilians including staff and put at risk UNRWA’s vital mission to assist and protect Palestinian refugees in Gaza.”
UNRWA informed all officials immediately after discovering the rockets, and “successfully took all necessary measures for the removal of the objects in order to preserve the safety and security of the school.”
Officials from the agency, which has a reputation in Jerusalem of being exceedingly critical of Israeli policies vis-à-vis the Palestinians, have been summoned to the Foreign Ministry. They have apologized to Israel for the incident, Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman said.
UNRWA has launched a “comprehensive investigation” into the incidence, the statement said.
The agency, charged with taking care of the welfare of Palestinian refugees, has “strong, established procedures to maintain the neutrality of all its premises, including a strict no-weapons policy and routine inspections of its installations, to ensure they are only used for humanitarian purposes,” its statement read. “UNRWA will uphold and further reinforce its procedures.”
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Hamas Tells Supporters to Describe Terrorists as Innocent Civilians
Posted by Jim Hoft on Sunday, July 20, 2014, 9:07 PM
A Hamas rally in Gaza.
Hamas is telling all supporters and social media users to describe all of the victims in Gaza as innocent civilians and not terrorists.
IDF Blog reported:
Hamas is employing a new tactic to conceal its true terrorist nature from the world. It has begun asking Gaza’s social media users to disseminate lies throughout the West and the Arab world.
This news will come as no surprise to those familiar with the radical Islamist organization’s usual methods. However, now mainstream media outlets will have to think twice before blindly quoting reports from Hamas about what’s really happening in Gaza.
The Middle East Media Research (MEMRI) published Thursday a translation of a new Hamas internet campaign to provide guidelines for Gaza’s social media users. According to MEMRI, the Hamas Interior Ministry has instructed Gazans to use Facebook and Twitter to “play their part in strengthening the home front and properly convey information worldwide.” The guidelines in fact instruct social media users to mislead the public and propagate disinformation worldwide.
The interior ministry’s “Be Aware – Social Media Activist Awareness Campaign” centers around an instructional video and posters published on the ministry’s Facebook and Twitter pages. Gazans are taught, first and foremost, to refer to all terrorists as innocent civilians.
“Anyone killed or martyred is to be called a civilian from Gaza or Palestine, before we talk about his status in jihad or his military rank,” the guidelines state.“Don’t forget to always add ‘innocent civilian’ or ‘innocent citizen’ in your description of those killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza.” Mainstream media outlets would do well to remember this when quoting distorted reports from Gaza of civilian casualties.
Egyptian Media Applauds Netanyahu and Israeli Offensive in Gaza
Posted by Jim Hoft on Sunday, July 20, 2014, 3:34 PM
Thirteen Israeli soldiers were killed today in the Gaza offensive.
Several Palestinians were also killed overnight in a Hamas stronghold.
Egyptian media continued to applaud Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s offensive against Hamas in Gaza.
France 24 reported:
Since the beginning of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, much of the Egyptian media has laid the blame squarely on the Islamist group Hamas, which controls the tiny Palestinian enclave.
Some journalists have even said that all Palestinians are to blame for their current plight.
Israel’s escalating attack on the Gaza Strip has triggered worldwide debate. Egypt is no exception.
But there is little of the traditional Arab solidarity towards Palestinians to be found in the Egyptian media.
Adel Nehaman, a columnist for the Egyptian daily El-Watan, said bluntly: “Sorry Gazans, I cannot support you until you rid yourselves of Hamas.”
Azza Sami, a writer for government daily Al-Ahram, went so far as to congratulate Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Twitter: “Thank you Netanyahu, and God give us more men like you to destroy Hamas!”
Star presenter of the Al-Faraeen TV channel, Tawfik Okasha, an ardent supporter of Egypt’s military regime and known for his firm stance against the ousted Muslim Brotherhood, attacked the entire Palestinian population live on air.
“Gazans are not men,” he declared. “If they were men they would revolt against Hamas.”
His broadcast was even picked up by Israeli TV to demonstrate Egyptian support for Israel.
Hamas uses hospital facility to fire on IDF, army shoots back
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Hamas has used positions in the Al-Wafa hospital in Gaza to fire automatic weapons and anti-tank missiles on soldiers, and the IDF fired back in recent minutes, the army said Wednesday.
“The hospital was used for activating war rooms and command and control centers by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad,” the army said.
The IDF Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories has issued repeated and direct warnings to the hospital’s manager, and to other Palestinians involved in running the hospital, the army said.
“Firing on our soldiers has grown in recent hours and endangered forces. As a result, the IDF has decided to strike terrorists operating in the hospital complex,” it added.
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FOR SECOND TIME… UNRWA Finds Stash of Rockets at Gaza School
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, July 22, 2014, 5:46 PM
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For the second time in less than one week the United Nations found rockets hidden at one of its Gaza schools.
UNRWA reported:
Today, in the course of the regular inspection of its premises, UNRWA discovered rockets hidden in a vacant school in the Gaza Strip. As soon as the rockets were discovered, UNRWA staff were withdrawn from the premises, and so we are unable to confirm the precise number of rockets. The school is situated between two other UNRWA schools that currently each accommodate 1,500 internally displaced persons.
UNRWA strongly and unequivocally condemns the group or groups responsible for this flagrant violation of the inviolability of its premises under international law.
The Agency immediately informed the relevant parties and is pursuing all possible measures for the removal of the objects in order to preserve the safety and security of the school. UNRWA will launch a comprehensive investigation into the circumstances surrounding this incident.
UNRWA has reinforced and continues to implement its robust procedures to maintain the neutrality of all its premises, including a strict no-weapons policy and regular inspections of its installations, to ensure they are only used for humanitarian purpose.
Meanwhile, Gaza terrorists fled fighting today in an ambulance.
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Unreal: Third Hamas Rocket Stockpile Found Inside U.N. School In Gaza…
by Jordan Schachtel 29 Jul 2014,
The United Nations Relief & Works Agency For Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced Tuesday that another rocket stockpile has been found at one of its schools in Gaza. This instance marks the third time since the beginning of Operation Protective Edge that a weapons arsenal has been found at an UNRWA school in Gaza.
UNRWA has yet to place blame on any individuals or organizations for placing the weapons stockpile within a children’s school. The UN body refused to do so on the past two previous occasions as well.
The UN body, after both previous findings, has handed the rockets it had found back into the possession of “the local police,” otherwise known as the terrorist group Hamas.
This week, UNRWA supplies and building materials had been found in Hamas’s tunnel infrastructure, which has been used to smuggle weapons and carry out attacks on the State of Israel.
The UN agency has a well-documented history of using their US taxpayer-funded facilities to promote anti-Israel and anti-Semitic propaganda. It has in the past been accused of aiding and abetting radical Islamists in Gaza and elsewhere.
UNRWA was created in 1949 to provide relief and public works programs for displaced Arab refugees that had formerly inhabited the British mandate of Palestine. UNRWA is currently the largest agency-subdivision of the entire UN, employing over 30,000 staff. UNRWA has objectively failed in its primary goal of finding homes for those it has deemed “refugees”. From 1949 to present day, refugees recognized by UNRWA has grown from 750,000 to 5,000,000 people.
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What difference does it make, the UN will just give it back to Hamas like they have been doing.
Besides Sillary said that Gaza was small so it’s OK to use schools. Of course nobody challenged her thought process by saying well Iraq and Afghanistan are not small so how do you justify them doing the same thing there?
Most likely Hamas was planning on waiting til the place was filled with mothers, babies, little children and pregnant women to blow the place up and show how evil the Israelis are.
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Where else would these scumbags store missles? I’d start checking day care centers
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And Obama and Hillary support this!
Save America and vote these sick Democrats out!
“Hamas puts its missiles, its rockets in civilian areas. Part of it is that
Gaza’s pretty small and it’s very densely populated. The put their command and control of Hamas military leaders in those civilian areas.”-Hillary Clinton
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The problem is that anyone thinks the UN cares about this! There properties being used to hide rockets and the supplies meant to build schools being used to build tunnels…..
The UN could care less this is occurring! They will just ask for more money to do it again!
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The UN is complicit in war crimes because it is putting civilians in harms way by allowing its schools to be used as storage facilities for arms. Anybody for taking the UN to the ICC?
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The obsolete United Nations has failed its charter. WORLD PEACE! This is what was promised the USA when it first formed 70 years ago. We’ve given trillions to this failed group that is now full of thugs and thieves. It is time to stop our membership. In 70 years not one person in DC or politics can say they’ve ever seen an invoice or audit as to how the millions of annual dues of just the USA are spent. This do nothing group is only interested in perpetuating themselves for big salaries and fat pensions at the expense of USA membership. The UN is Unsustainable so withdraw our membership.
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Hamas barred evacuation of UNRWA school — IDF
Hamas prevented civilians from evacuating the UNRWA school-turned-shelter that was reportedly shelled by an IDF tank earlier today, killed at least 15 people, according to the IDF Spokesperson.
The IDF tweets that last night, it told the Red Cross to evacuate civilians from the Beit Hanoun shelter between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., and both UNRWA and the Red Cross got the message.
The military says that this morning, Hamas fired at IDF troops from a populated area near the shelter, and also prevented the evacuation of civilians from the area.
It adds that earlier today, “several rockets launched from Gaza toward Israel fell short and hit Beit Hanoun.”
The assessment in the IDF is that “apparently” a mortar shell went off course and hit the courtyard, says Channel 2′s Roni Daniel. At the same time, a Hamas rocket may also have hit the courtyard. Hamas was targeting IDF troops in the area, he adds.
Read more: 15 Palestinians said killed in Gaza school amid ‘serious combat’ in area | The Times of Israel http://www.timesofisrael.com/day-17-cabinet-mulls-expanded-gaza-op-hamas-again-rules-out-ceasefire-faa-extends-flight-ban/#ixzz38PePEROW
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