British Muslim MP calls for arrest of British citizens who serve in the IDF
If you're an Israeli of British origin, you may soon have to think twice about going back to the old country for a visit.A British Muslim MP has called for the arrest of any British citizen who has served in the IDF immediately upon his arrival in Britain (Hat Tip: The Opinionator).
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 complains of a 'double standard' in that Jews are not prosecuted for 'terrorism' and 'killing innocent civilians' abroad while Muslims are. Of course, the IDF is not involved in terrorism and - unlike the 'Palestinian' terror groups - does not target or hide among civlians - but that is apparently lost on Lord Ahmed.
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.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:49 PM
6 Comments:
Why not use this tactic against the terrorists and their supporters? File international arrest warrants against any and all Hamas, PIJ, and others belonging to or aiding and abetting terrorists or groups of terrorists. Once they land somewhere, haul their sorry carcasses back to Israel for a trial.
Stop playing tit-for-tat with these hamas-h***s, borrowing Aussie Dave's term, and make them start to feel significant pain.
The only way Israel is going to defeat these idiots is to get them to cry uncle and have everyone accept that they did.
Take the gloves off already.
Why has this odious terrorism apologist not been stripped of his peerage, his citizenship, and his residency in what still purports to be a civilized country?
(BTW, white phosphorus is NOT illegal).
Kranky, excellent idea! File them as well against the "good" terrorists from Fatah as well as againat Israeli leftists who back the terrorists. The watch all hell break loose. They'll stop trying to intimidate Israel with "lawfare" if they are on the receiving end of it. In other words, blackmail and hold them accountable for using legal tools to undermine Israel. It needn't be a one-way street!
That's what I was thinking kranky. Start with Lord Ahmed. He's a supporter and financier of Hamas.
Ahmed brings in the huge muslim vote for the Labour party - I presume he paidTony Blair and his cohorts masses of money to buy his peerage. Interestingly enough he is up for sentencing later this month for dangerous driving (causing the death of another motorist by texting whilst driving). An English woman has just been jailed for 21 months for exactly the same thing - one wonders what Ahmed will get and if the woman driver received such a short sentence because the judiciary already knew that Ahmed was coming up on the same charge shortly after the woman was sentenced to this paltry jail term.(probably out in a couple of months).
Why are you not showing the complete interview.... This is Goons and deceptive blog. you are only fooling yourselves!!
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