Will Israel Be Put On Trial For War Crimes?

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12. You're defending Hamas against human shield & child militant war crimes....

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....while choosing instead to attack a western liberal democracy like Israel which has proven to be more careful WRT civilian lives than any other western liberal nation in combat. How pathetic.

Top Generals to U.N.: Israel Exceeded Legal Standards in Gaza War
http://www.worldjewishdaily.com/generals-israel-gaza-war.php

Israel exceeded legal standards during last year's war in Gaza, often endangering its own soldiers and civilians in order to protect Gaza citizens.

That is the conclusion of a report by a group of top former military commanders and government officials on the conduct of Israel's army during last year's Operation Protective Edge. Their report was submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council, which is soon expected to release a report on the Gaza war.

We examined the circumstances that led to the tragic conflict last summer and are in no doubt that this was not a war that Israel wanted. In reality Israel sought to avoid the conflict and exercised great restraint over a period of months before the war when its citizens were targeted by sporadic rocket attacks from Gaza. Once the war had begun, Israel made repeated efforts to terminate the fighting. The war that Israel was eventually compelled to fight against Hamas and other Gaza extremists was a legitimate war, necessary to defend its citizens and its territory against sustained attack from beyond its borders.

Our overall findings are that during Operation Protective Edge last summer, in the air, on the ground and at sea, Israel not only met a reasonable international standard of observance of the laws of armed conflict, but in many cases significantly exceeded that standard. We saw clear evidence of this from the upper to the lower levels of command. A measure of the seriousness with which Israel took its moral duties and its responsibilities under the laws of armed conflict is that in some cases Israel’s scrupulous adherence to the laws of war cost Israeli soldiers’ and civilians’ lives.

Never before has any other military been praised for its efforts to protect civilians.

Only Israel.

Be honest.