Barak: OK to Ethnically Cleanse Palestinians

Barak Ravid
Haaretz
March 4, 2008

Legal experts in the government say it is difficult to decide whether Israel can move Palestinian civilians from areas in the northern Gaza Strip where rockets are fired against Israel. They say international law is based on precedents, and in Israel’s case the matter is in many ways unprecedented.

Defense Minister Ehud Barak had requested legal advice from Attorney General Menachem Mazuz and the military advocate general on the possibility of moving Palestinian civilians from the rocket-launching areas.

The idea would be to give the Israel Defense Forces greater room to maneuver and target rocket crews without endangering civilians.

At the meeting were Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann, Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai, Deputy Attorney General Shai Nitzan, Brigadier General Avichai Mandelblit – in his role as military advocate general – and legal experts from the army and Foreign Ministry.

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This article was posted: Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at 4:33 pm

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