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South African Nobel laureate and Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu on Sunday said Israel's air attacks on the Gaza Strip 'bears all the hallmarks of war crimes.' 'In the context of total aerial supremacy, in which one side in the conflict deploys lethal aircraft against opponents with no means of defending themselves, the bombardment bears all the hallmarks of war crimes,' Tutu said in a statement. The attacks would not contribute to the security of Israel, said the anti-apartheid icon who won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1984.
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Is there such a thing as terrorist crimes? What would you call lobbing rockets into civilian areas day after day after day? You can't call it war crimes. War crimes you put on a uniform and take ownership for your actions.
[ Reply | Options ]"In fact, there's a very clear correlation between the kind of human rights abuses that Israel commits in the West Bank and Gaza, and the Palestinian militant response to those abuses." - Peter Bouckaert, Human Rights Watch- A report that examined the background of 87 suicide attackers concluded: "Suicide bombers often experience personal trauma related to the Israeli forces prior to their volunteering, such as the death or injury of a family member."
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