Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly asked John Kerry to publicly state that Israel does not carry out extrajudicial killings, after a group of U.S. lawmakers asked the secretary of state to investigate such claims.
Meanwhile, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the lead lawmaker making the request, rebuked Netanyahu for his initial response to the revelation of the letter, saying the Israeli leader misunderstood the relevant law, which requires defunding military units underwritten by U.S. government funds should they be found in violation of U.S. human rights norms.
The Times of Israel reported that Netanyahu made the call to Kerry Friday.
Netanyahu said in a statement Wednesday that the February letter by Leahy and 10 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives calling for an investigation of alleged human rights abuses by his nation’s military should instead be directed at Palestinian inciters.
“Israel’s soldiers and police officers defend themselves and innocent civilians with the highest moral standards against bloodthirsty terrorists who come to murder them,” said the statement.
“Where is the concern for the human rights of the many Israelis who’ve been murdered and maimed by these savage terrorists? … This letter should have been addressed instead to those who incite youngsters to commit cruel acts of terrorism.”
Leahy, responding Thursday to Netanyahu, said there was no parallel, because the United States does not fund Hamas and other terrorist groups targeting Israel.
“The Prime Minister of Israel knows – and it should go without saying – that the United States does not provide weapons or other aid to Hamas or any other terrorist group, and that no nation more strongly condemns and works to eradicate terrorism worldwide than does the United States,” he said in a statement.
“There are multiple laws prohibiting such aid to Hamas and other such groups, and one reason Israel is the largest recipient of U.S. military aid is to help defend against terrorist attacks.”
Leahy also said the law underpinning the letter’s request, which he authored and is named after him, targets specific military units, not entire countries, and only when it is established that the government in question has not adequately investigated the alleged abuses.
“The Leahy Law, which has existed for nearly 20 years, applies uniformly, worldwide – no country is exempt – and it applies to specific military personnel and units, not to general security forces, when U.S. aid is involved,” he said.
“It has led to the suspension of U.S. aid to military personnel and units found to have committed abuses in many countries when governments fail to punish those responsible, and only when those governments themselves have failed to act … This is only fair to U.S. taxpayers, and it is necessary in upholding the rule of law that our country stands for.”
First reported by Politico, the February letter from lawmaker to Kerry cites Amnesty International reports alleging the “extrajudicial killings” of at least four Palestinians, men and women. Among those named are Fadi Alloun, who stabbed a 15-year-old Jewish teen in Jerusalem and was shot and killed during the chase to apprehend him; Saad Al-Atrash, who was shot and killed as he tried to stab a soldier in the West Bank city of Hebron, and Hadeel Hashlamoum, a Palestinian woman who was shot to death after arriving at a Hebron checkpoint with a knife.
The letter also asks Kerry to investigate similar allegations in Egypt.
6 thoughts on “Bibi Orders Kerry To Declare Israel Doesn’t Commit Extrajudicial Killings”
“Israel’s soldiers and police officers defend themselves and innocent civilians with the highest moral standards”
“Socrates: Have you noticed on our journey how often the citizens of this new land remind each other it is a free country?
Plato: I have, and think it odd they do this.
Socrates: How so, Plato?
Plato: It is like reminding a baker he is a baker, or a sculptor he is a
sculptor.
Socrates: You mean to say if someone is convinced of their trade, they have no need to be reminded.
Plato: That is correct.
Socrates: I agree. If these citizens were convinced of their freedom, they would not need reminders.”
PJ, where is this taken from?
Hmmm
Where oh where is the “Human rights champion” Bernie Sanders? on this issue? Why isn’t Bernie Sanders publicly denouncing Israel for the fact that it has refused to accept a single refugee. And right now as I write this they are deporting thousands of Jewish immigrants….because they are black. In fact, where the hell is Bernie Sanders on any human rights issues? The only “rights” he seems to care about these days involve protecting illegal aliens pouring into America. More importantly for America and Americans, is where the hell is the US media regarding Israel’s ongoing human right violations, war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and apartheid? The short answer is simple: Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are part of the zionist/neocon cabal that illegally taken control of America. Donald Trump is the only candidate in the field that has stood up against them. He is the only candidate in the field to publicly state that he is neutral on Israel, and would treat them like any other country. He is the only candidate in the field that continues to state that his job as President would be to protect America and Americans first last and always.This display of patriotism for America and Americans and his unwillingness to sacrifice them for Israel is the reason why the entire zionist controlled world wide media apparatus has been attacking Trump for over a year now.
@Sabba
I got it from Goodreads quotes
They source it as ― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
It is requoted numerous times sometimes with accreditation to Buchianeri and sometimes not (The Leader, quoteaddicts, tickld et al.)
Can’t find it in my Aristotle – Plato books.
it may well be “Arguments, like men, are often pretenders.”
Not correct. Trump is another Zionist ! Who own’s the USA media ? Six CEO Jew’s OWN 96% of the USA media ! So………..Do You really think that any non-Zionist’s allowed to speak on the soapbox ?? Ron & Rand Paul was NOT allowed to speak, Ron got 89 Sec’s 4 yrs ago, while He got the most google clicks by far !! Trump is another first Israel !!
Is Trump a Populist or a Pro-Zionist Spoiler?
https://americanfreepress.net/is-trump-a-populist-or-a-pro-zionist-spoiler/
ed note–Like JFK before him, Trump may make certain noises that create the image he is a ‘zionist’, but the simple test of where he stands is how the Jews themselves view him, and given that there is an all-out/full court press effort to destroy him, all can be assured that he has already been ‘found wanting’ as far as Israel is concerned.
To me Donald Trump is just telling the American people what we want to hear. I know he is a Zionist and hate the Palestinian people and he just said that at the meeting at APE-PAC. Donald trump is unpredictable and he will never accomplish what he is promising to Americans, the wall, the America great Again, the jobs back from China and Mexico etc,,, All its been done by his masters the Jews, they own all the corporations that have left the USA to china, south Korea, India, Mexico etc,,, I have a feeling that Trump will be like OBUNGA. We don’t have a choice.
“Israel’s soldiers and police officers defend themselves and innocent civilians with the highest moral standards”
“Socrates: Have you noticed on our journey how often the citizens of this new land remind each other it is a free country?
Plato: I have, and think it odd they do this.
Socrates: How so, Plato?
Plato: It is like reminding a baker he is a baker, or a sculptor he is a
sculptor.
Socrates: You mean to say if someone is convinced of their trade, they have no need to be reminded.
Plato: That is correct.
Socrates: I agree. If these citizens were convinced of their freedom, they would not need reminders.”
PJ, where is this taken from?
Hmmm
Where oh where is the “Human rights champion” Bernie Sanders? on this issue? Why isn’t Bernie Sanders publicly denouncing Israel for the fact that it has refused to accept a single refugee. And right now as I write this they are deporting thousands of Jewish immigrants….because they are black. In fact, where the hell is Bernie Sanders on any human rights issues? The only “rights” he seems to care about these days involve protecting illegal aliens pouring into America. More importantly for America and Americans, is where the hell is the US media regarding Israel’s ongoing human right violations, war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and apartheid? The short answer is simple: Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are part of the zionist/neocon cabal that illegally taken control of America. Donald Trump is the only candidate in the field that has stood up against them. He is the only candidate in the field to publicly state that he is neutral on Israel, and would treat them like any other country. He is the only candidate in the field that continues to state that his job as President would be to protect America and Americans first last and always.This display of patriotism for America and Americans and his unwillingness to sacrifice them for Israel is the reason why the entire zionist controlled world wide media apparatus has been attacking Trump for over a year now.
@Sabba
I got it from Goodreads quotes
They source it as ― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
It is requoted numerous times sometimes with accreditation to Buchianeri and sometimes not (The Leader, quoteaddicts, tickld et al.)
Can’t find it in my Aristotle – Plato books.
it may well be “Arguments, like men, are often pretenders.”
Not correct. Trump is another Zionist ! Who own’s the USA media ? Six CEO Jew’s OWN 96% of the USA media ! So………..Do You really think that any non-Zionist’s allowed to speak on the soapbox ?? Ron & Rand Paul was NOT allowed to speak, Ron got 89 Sec’s 4 yrs ago, while He got the most google clicks by far !! Trump is another first Israel !!
Is Trump a Populist or a Pro-Zionist Spoiler?
https://americanfreepress.net/is-trump-a-populist-or-a-pro-zionist-spoiler/
ed note–Like JFK before him, Trump may make certain noises that create the image he is a ‘zionist’, but the simple test of where he stands is how the Jews themselves view him, and given that there is an all-out/full court press effort to destroy him, all can be assured that he has already been ‘found wanting’ as far as Israel is concerned.
To me Donald Trump is just telling the American people what we want to hear. I know he is a Zionist and hate the Palestinian people and he just said that at the meeting at APE-PAC. Donald trump is unpredictable and he will never accomplish what he is promising to Americans, the wall, the America great Again, the jobs back from China and Mexico etc,,, All its been done by his masters the Jews, they own all the corporations that have left the USA to china, south Korea, India, Mexico etc,,, I have a feeling that Trump will be like OBUNGA. We don’t have a choice.