Israel And Sri Lanka Leading In War Crimes 

And Crimes Against Humanity

By Eelaventhan Manickavasakar -August 29, 2014

Eelaventhan Manickavasakar

There need not be any shred of doubt to compare Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister of Israel and President Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka as their hands are bloodied with the blood of their victims, innocent women, children, infants, young and old alike.

Their total disregard, disrespect and defiance of all international norms of conduct, humanism and United Nations conventions, human rights, laws relating to war is shocking and disgraceful to the World community at large.

Israel is a state created in 1948 by the UN for the Jews who were made refugees during the second World War. Palestinians who were also inhabiting the present Israel were displaced but allowed to function as a State in the partitioned lands adjacent to Israel. The Palestinians and the Arab countries rejected this UN Plan and vowed to liberate Palestine form Israel and also refused to recognize Israel as an Independent State. Since then Arabs and Palestinians waged wars against Israel and lost while Israel annexed the West Bank and Gaza territories, even the Sinai peninsula belonging to Egypt during the 1967 war. However, various peace talks and conferences between the parties in conflict under UN and US mediation led to the withdrawal of Israeli forces from West Bank, Sinai and Gaza while controlling the security and allowing the Palestinians to administer the territories

However Palestinians have not jet got an independent Sovereign State. Israel is also still not recognized by some Arab States. Elections in Gaza strip in 2007 brought Hamas an extreme militant group to administer the Gaza territory which has a population of 1.7 million. Hamas still believes in violent struggle against Israel and does not accept Israel as a State. It’s goal is to liberate the whole occupied lands from Israel’s control and even the present Israeli territory. Hamas is not an ally of P.L.O or the Fatah movement founded by Yasser Arafat. Hamas does not get along well with the P.L.O leadership ruling in West Bank under Abbas, though efforts are being made to form a unified front between Hamas and P.L.O’s Abbas. Hamas is considered as terrorist organization believing in violence to achieve their goal of an Independent Palestinian State. As such International Community has almost isolated it and does not extend political or economical support and assistance to their administration in Gaza Strip. Israel is maintaining a Naval blockade virtually cutting off all supplies, exports or imports helped by Egypt which has also closed its borders with Gaza to prevent arms smuggling and infiltration by Hamas militants.                                         Read More