Red Cross hiding three Hamas terrorists in 'east' Jerusalem
The Red Cross reacts with silence when they are not allowed to visit kidnapped IDF Corporal Gilad Shalit, but it is providing refuge to three Hamas terrorists in 'east' Jerusalem according to a report on the Arutz Sheva website. The terrorists are not identified. Media reports say the Red Cross is providing sanctuary to three leading Hamas terrorists in East Jerusalem. A group of concerned Israelis are planning to protest the affair Monday evening. They say the government is turning a blind eye to terrorists located only 100 meters away from National Police headquarters.A later report indicates that the Red Cross is justifying its actions.
The protest is being organized by David Ish Shalom, a former leftwing protest leader who switched sides following the Oslo terror wave.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has given “asylum” to three Hamas leaders who fear that the Israeli police might arrest and/or deport them. The three have been there for 40 days. Israel is clearly hesitant to arrest them on Red Cross premises, for fear of “how it will look” – and the standoff continues.Those of you who are long-time readers may recall that this is not the first time that the Red Cross has shielded terrorists in our region.
Meanwhile, the three have opened a type of headquarters at the Red Cross, with visitors and journalists constantly coming and going. Hamas took responsibility for last week’s terrorist murders of four Jews near Hevron and for an attempt to kill two more the next night.
Israel National News (INN) spoke to stand-in ICRC spokesperson Cecilia Goin, who explained, “We have made it clear that if the police come to arrest them, we do not have extra-territorial status and we will do nothing to stop the police.”
Asked, “Why, then, are you letting them live on your premises?” Goin explained that the ICRC considers eastern Jerusalem “occupied territory” and that the three Hamas men "are considered protected persons under international humanitarian law, as stated in Article 4 of the Fourth Geneva Convention."
“Interpretation of that article is a matter of dispute," INN noted, “but why is the ICRC not consistent with its interpretation and protecting the Hamas men from what it feels would be an illegal arrest by Israel?” Goin reiterated that the ICRC could not/would not prevent the Israeli police from arresting them.
I wonder who they are. I'd bet on three Hamas legislators who were released from Israeli prisons a couple of months ago.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 3:47 PM
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Prophesy says when mashiach comes, Israel will be a disgrace among the nations...looks like we should be hearing from mashiach any day now
I commented as follows elsewhere:
This is a sick country:
Red Cross Justifies Hosting Hamas Leaders
Before I give a damn about the RC’s responsibility, I want to know who in the Israeli government, judiciary, and police are going to hang for allowing this situation to last more than 10 minutes.
Wanted: armed citizens to mow down terrorists holed up right now in the Jerusalem offices of the RC. Bonus points for taking down RC employees who try to get in the way. I’ll pay a cash reward for every one of them who permanently bites the dust. If Ahmadenajad can offer rewards, so can we!
You should mention that this protest was organized after someone gave Ish Shalom a copy of my original report from 6 weeks ago regarding this matter. Until I wrote about it and spoke with the ICRC to get their views, only Ma'an and Al-Jazeera had covered this and Haaretz buried it in the middle of an article in the back pages. I have spent weeks trying to get other journalists to cover this and examine the relationship between the Red Cross and Hamas with little luck until Ish Shalom decided to act.
My original story can be found at http://www.5tjt.com/international-news/7743-icrc-harbors-hamas-fugitives
The response from the government regarding their inaction is also there.
I must add, and this is not in my article, that some of the MPs go to get coffee at the same cafe that many cops drink at every day and that is near the local police station. The fact is that they do not even need to go into the ICRC headquarters to arrest them.
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