(english / francais)
Due campagne per sanzionare Israele per i crimini di guerra commessi
1. From Ramsey Clark: Join me in the Campaign for Accountability for
U.S./Israeli War Crimes
2. Les crimes de guerre commis au Liban doivent être jugés par la
Cour pénale internationale !
=== 1 ===
August 20, 2006
From Ramsey Clark:
Join me in the Campaign for Accountability for U.S./Israeli War Crimes
Dear Friends,
On August 30, 2006 the International Action Center will launch a
major campaign to require accountability by the United States and
Israel for their wars of aggression and assaults on the equal
sovereignty of nations, which are crimes against peace, and their war
crimes which include excessive force, indiscriminate bombing,
targeting civilians and civilian facilities and collective
punishments of entire populations.
Reparations are required for more than a thousands deaths, many
thousands of injures and an estimated $10 billion for destruction of
civilian facilities in Lebanon in one month alone; and thousands of
deaths and injuries in Palestine since the Oslo Accords, the
systematic destruction of the government of Palestine, the
kidnapping of half the cabinet and the speaker of the Palestinian
Parliament, the assassination of leaders and indiscriminate killing
of others, and the destruction of the offices of President Arafat,
the Foreign Ministry and civilian facilities throughout Gaza and the
West Bank.
If the present ceasefire does not hold, bolder action must be taken.
There must be absolute assurance from the U.S. and Israel that they
will honor the equal sovereignty of Lebanon, Syria, and Iran and
recognize and honor the sovereignty of the State of Palestine,
cruelly delayed for 58 years.
Individuals in the U.S. and Israeli governments must be held
accountable by prosecution for their criminal acts, and responsible
leaders must be removed from office by impeachment in the U.S. and
appropriate legal action in Israel.
The new tragedy of Lebanon has brought death to hundreds of
civilians, children, women and men. Hundreds of thousands,
approaching one-fourth the population of four million, are fugitives
from their homes within and outside of their country. Destruction of
the infrastructure will require decades to rebuild, if and when peace
comes. Rage at Israel and the U.S. dominate all other emotions in
Lebanon and throughout the Muslim world. New anger is spreading over
every continent.
If the capture of two soldiers, or one in the case of Palestine,
justifies assaults against whole nations and peoples, as Israel has
done, then there is no law, no alternative to war, no hope for peace.
Only a person with a memory no longer than three weeks could believe
the capture of three Israeli soldiers began the present violence. Was
not cross-border violence between Israel and Lebanon commonplace for
decades? Had not Israel kidnapped half the Palestinian cabinet,
destroyed its Foreign Ministry offices and other government buildings
and engaged in summary executions throughout Palestine, the West Bank
and Gaza, since the elections this year of the Hamas majority in the
Palestinian parliament? Was there not a continuum of assaults at will
against the Palestinian people over decades?
We must ask whether the forced withdrawal of Syrian peacekeepers from
Lebanon earlier this year by the U.S., and Israeli political pressure
after the murder of former Lebanon Prime Minister Hariri, were the
preludes of a plan for Israel to assault Lebanon and reoccupy
territories up to the Litani river in Southern Lebanon. While Syrian
forces were present in Lebanon, such an assault did not occur.
And we must ask whether the fierce assault on Lebanon and Palestine
are the prelude to broader actions against Syria and Iran. President
Bush has made it abundantly clear that he would like nothing better
than regime change in Iran and Syria and has attempted to lay
responsibility for violence in Lebanon and Palestine at their door.
As Iraq descends into uncontrollable sectarian war, President Bush
needs new threats to distract the attention of people in the U.S.
from what his Shock and Awe policy has brought for Iraq, for us, and
for the world. War in Lebanon helps divert attention temporarily and
may serve to widen the conflict to include Syria and/or Iran. If not,
there are always Cuba, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Venezuela and
others to act against.
As with Iraq, in Lebanon we have seen a war of aggression, the
supreme international crime; an attack on the equal sovereignty of
Lebanon, violating the First Principle of the United Nations Charter;
excessive force of a major magnitude, with Israeli planes striking a
nation defenseless against aerial assaults; indiscriminate bombing;
targeting of civilians; and collective punishment, in which everyone
in Lebanon suffers.
The future of Palestine remains the central issue for peace in the
Middle East. That future is more endangered than at any time since
the Oslo Accords. Everyone in Palestine suffers from the violence
unleashed on its people by Israel’s renewed Roadmap to War.
President George Bush supports every act of Israel, every strike
against Lebanon and Palestine, alone among international heads of
government. And Condoleezza Rice congratulates the Prime Minister of
Lebanon for his courage while telling him there must be further
destruction of his nation and government--an insult to every human
being who cares about peace and understands that the world cannot be
made safe for hypocrisy.
By permitting President Bush to pursue his policy of domination
through threat and lawless force, we risk ever widening international
violence.
I hope to see you at the UN Church Center on August 30th . This
historic meeting will be the first in a series of national and
international mass public gatherings in a Campaign for Accountability
for U.S./Israeli war crimes in Palestine and Lebanon. We need your
support, participation, and donations.
I hope that you will lend a hand to this campaign as best you can. We
must persevere until peace prevails.
Sincerely,
Ramsey Clark
P.S. By making a donation, you will support the August 30th event
and the ongoing work of the Campaign of Accountability, including
videos and podcasts, international dissemination of testimony given
at that event and other information giving the truth about U.S./
Israeli war crimes.
How you can help:
Donate - http://www.iacenter.org/acctabilitydonate.shtml
Download Fliers and help get the word out - http://iacenter.org/
images/aug302006.pdf
Endorse - http://www.peoplejudgebush.org/acctabilityendorse.shtml
### AUGUST 30 - Wednesday 6 - 9 pm
United Nations Church Center
777 UN Plaza - 44th St. & 1st Ave, NYC ###
=== 2 ===
http://www.protection-palestine.org/article.php3?id_article=3406
Israël doit être jugé !
publié le samedi 26 août 2006.
Les crimes de guerre commis au Liban doivent être jugés par la Cour
pénale internationale ! Appel lancé par Jean-Claude Lefort (député
français) pour rassembler toutes les individualités et sensibilités
respectueuses des droits humains afin de saisir la Cour pénale
internationale. Nos signatures valent plaintes ...
Communiqué de presse, 16 août 2006
Les crimes de guerre commis au Liban doivent être jugés par la Cour
pénale internationale ! Citoyennes et Citoyens du monde, attachés aux
valeurs universelles qui fondent la civilisation et au respect absolu
de la Charte de Nations unies ainsi qu’à d’autres Conventions
internationales qui énoncent les principes majeurs qui doivent
impérativement être respectés par tous les Etats de la planète sous
peine d’un recul tragique des droits humains, nous exprimons notre
vive condamnation contre les crimes perpétués par l’armée israélienne
à Cana, qui ont entraîné la mort volontaire de dizaines de civils
libanais, en particulier d’enfants et de bébés. Ces crimes,
qualifiables de « crimes de guerre », ne peuvent et ne doivent pas
rester impunis pas plus que d’autres qui se révéleraient. Il en va du
respect de la justice humaine sur cette planète et de l’avenir des
relations internationales.
Citoyennes et Citoyens du monde, nous considérons comme un devoir et
un droit imprescriptibles de traduire les responsables de ces crimes,
en particulier le Premier ministre israélien, M. Ehud Olmert, devant
la Cour pénale internationale absolument qualifiée pour en juger. La
Cour pénale internationale peut être saisie de diverses manières et
non pas seulement sur décision du Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU. En
particulier, le Procureur de la Cour pénale internationale peut en
décider sur la base et au vu des plaintes déposées qui lui sont
transmises.
Estimant que les autres voies de saisine de la Cour pénale
internationale se révèlent actuellement bouchées du fait d’un blocage
prévisible de la part de certaines grandes puissances et de
l’impossibilité pour le Liban de la faire actuellement, alors qu’il
n’est pas partie du traité instituant cette Cour, nous décidons de
prendre fermement le relais des défaillances des institutions
actuelles et de rassembler, au niveau mondial, toutes celles et tous
ceux qui ont à cœur et veulent défendre la justice et le droit mais
aussi porter un coup d’arrêt aux politiques de force aveugle et
brutale en les sanctionnant.
Cet « Appel de Paris » est lancé à travers le monde. Il se veut
rassembleur de toutes les individualités et sensibilités
respectueuses des droits humains et décidées à apporter leur
contribution à leur pleine réalisation sur terre. Pour que l’avenir
ne répète à l’infini pas ce triste et insupportable passé, qui s’est
déroulé à Cana mais aussi à Gaza, la Cour pénale internationale doit
être saisie et doit juger.
Nos signatures valent plaintes. Elles seront déposées et transmises
au Procureur de la Cour dès que leur nombre sera significatif pour
que notre démarche citoyenne soit efficace.
Il y a urgence. Sans attendre nous décidons de former une chaîne
humaine sur les cinq continents pour exiger justice et réparation.
Justice et droit pour le Proche-Orient !
P. S : cet Appel sera traduit en 10 langues. Il est suggéré de le
reproduire et de le faire circuler le plus largement possible sous
forme papier ou électronique. Les signatures, avec les noms, prénoms,
coordonnées, titres de chaque signataire et le pays d’origine de
chacune et chacun sont nécessaires.
Elles doivent être rassemblées à l’adresse électronique suivante
solidariteliban@...
Un site Internet global sera ouvert et porté à la connaissance de
tous. Des sites nationaux peuvent aussi voir le jour. Chacun
s’organisera comme il souhaitera. Un maximum d’initiatives
individuelles ou collectives s’impose pour aboutir.
Jean Claude Lefort (Député français)
Due campagne per sanzionare Israele per i crimini di guerra commessi
1. From Ramsey Clark: Join me in the Campaign for Accountability for
U.S./Israeli War Crimes
2. Les crimes de guerre commis au Liban doivent être jugés par la
Cour pénale internationale !
=== 1 ===
August 20, 2006
From Ramsey Clark:
Join me in the Campaign for Accountability for U.S./Israeli War Crimes
Dear Friends,
On August 30, 2006 the International Action Center will launch a
major campaign to require accountability by the United States and
Israel for their wars of aggression and assaults on the equal
sovereignty of nations, which are crimes against peace, and their war
crimes which include excessive force, indiscriminate bombing,
targeting civilians and civilian facilities and collective
punishments of entire populations.
Reparations are required for more than a thousands deaths, many
thousands of injures and an estimated $10 billion for destruction of
civilian facilities in Lebanon in one month alone; and thousands of
deaths and injuries in Palestine since the Oslo Accords, the
systematic destruction of the government of Palestine, the
kidnapping of half the cabinet and the speaker of the Palestinian
Parliament, the assassination of leaders and indiscriminate killing
of others, and the destruction of the offices of President Arafat,
the Foreign Ministry and civilian facilities throughout Gaza and the
West Bank.
If the present ceasefire does not hold, bolder action must be taken.
There must be absolute assurance from the U.S. and Israel that they
will honor the equal sovereignty of Lebanon, Syria, and Iran and
recognize and honor the sovereignty of the State of Palestine,
cruelly delayed for 58 years.
Individuals in the U.S. and Israeli governments must be held
accountable by prosecution for their criminal acts, and responsible
leaders must be removed from office by impeachment in the U.S. and
appropriate legal action in Israel.
The new tragedy of Lebanon has brought death to hundreds of
civilians, children, women and men. Hundreds of thousands,
approaching one-fourth the population of four million, are fugitives
from their homes within and outside of their country. Destruction of
the infrastructure will require decades to rebuild, if and when peace
comes. Rage at Israel and the U.S. dominate all other emotions in
Lebanon and throughout the Muslim world. New anger is spreading over
every continent.
If the capture of two soldiers, or one in the case of Palestine,
justifies assaults against whole nations and peoples, as Israel has
done, then there is no law, no alternative to war, no hope for peace.
Only a person with a memory no longer than three weeks could believe
the capture of three Israeli soldiers began the present violence. Was
not cross-border violence between Israel and Lebanon commonplace for
decades? Had not Israel kidnapped half the Palestinian cabinet,
destroyed its Foreign Ministry offices and other government buildings
and engaged in summary executions throughout Palestine, the West Bank
and Gaza, since the elections this year of the Hamas majority in the
Palestinian parliament? Was there not a continuum of assaults at will
against the Palestinian people over decades?
We must ask whether the forced withdrawal of Syrian peacekeepers from
Lebanon earlier this year by the U.S., and Israeli political pressure
after the murder of former Lebanon Prime Minister Hariri, were the
preludes of a plan for Israel to assault Lebanon and reoccupy
territories up to the Litani river in Southern Lebanon. While Syrian
forces were present in Lebanon, such an assault did not occur.
And we must ask whether the fierce assault on Lebanon and Palestine
are the prelude to broader actions against Syria and Iran. President
Bush has made it abundantly clear that he would like nothing better
than regime change in Iran and Syria and has attempted to lay
responsibility for violence in Lebanon and Palestine at their door.
As Iraq descends into uncontrollable sectarian war, President Bush
needs new threats to distract the attention of people in the U.S.
from what his Shock and Awe policy has brought for Iraq, for us, and
for the world. War in Lebanon helps divert attention temporarily and
may serve to widen the conflict to include Syria and/or Iran. If not,
there are always Cuba, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Venezuela and
others to act against.
As with Iraq, in Lebanon we have seen a war of aggression, the
supreme international crime; an attack on the equal sovereignty of
Lebanon, violating the First Principle of the United Nations Charter;
excessive force of a major magnitude, with Israeli planes striking a
nation defenseless against aerial assaults; indiscriminate bombing;
targeting of civilians; and collective punishment, in which everyone
in Lebanon suffers.
The future of Palestine remains the central issue for peace in the
Middle East. That future is more endangered than at any time since
the Oslo Accords. Everyone in Palestine suffers from the violence
unleashed on its people by Israel’s renewed Roadmap to War.
President George Bush supports every act of Israel, every strike
against Lebanon and Palestine, alone among international heads of
government. And Condoleezza Rice congratulates the Prime Minister of
Lebanon for his courage while telling him there must be further
destruction of his nation and government--an insult to every human
being who cares about peace and understands that the world cannot be
made safe for hypocrisy.
By permitting President Bush to pursue his policy of domination
through threat and lawless force, we risk ever widening international
violence.
I hope to see you at the UN Church Center on August 30th . This
historic meeting will be the first in a series of national and
international mass public gatherings in a Campaign for Accountability
for U.S./Israeli war crimes in Palestine and Lebanon. We need your
support, participation, and donations.
I hope that you will lend a hand to this campaign as best you can. We
must persevere until peace prevails.
Sincerely,
Ramsey Clark
P.S. By making a donation, you will support the August 30th event
and the ongoing work of the Campaign of Accountability, including
videos and podcasts, international dissemination of testimony given
at that event and other information giving the truth about U.S./
Israeli war crimes.
How you can help:
Donate - http://www.iacenter.org/acctabilitydonate.shtml
Download Fliers and help get the word out - http://iacenter.org/
images/aug302006.pdf
Endorse - http://www.peoplejudgebush.org/acctabilityendorse.shtml
### AUGUST 30 - Wednesday 6 - 9 pm
United Nations Church Center
777 UN Plaza - 44th St. & 1st Ave, NYC ###
=== 2 ===
http://www.protection-palestine.org/article.php3?id_article=3406
Israël doit être jugé !
publié le samedi 26 août 2006.
Les crimes de guerre commis au Liban doivent être jugés par la Cour
pénale internationale ! Appel lancé par Jean-Claude Lefort (député
français) pour rassembler toutes les individualités et sensibilités
respectueuses des droits humains afin de saisir la Cour pénale
internationale. Nos signatures valent plaintes ...
Communiqué de presse, 16 août 2006
Les crimes de guerre commis au Liban doivent être jugés par la Cour
pénale internationale ! Citoyennes et Citoyens du monde, attachés aux
valeurs universelles qui fondent la civilisation et au respect absolu
de la Charte de Nations unies ainsi qu’à d’autres Conventions
internationales qui énoncent les principes majeurs qui doivent
impérativement être respectés par tous les Etats de la planète sous
peine d’un recul tragique des droits humains, nous exprimons notre
vive condamnation contre les crimes perpétués par l’armée israélienne
à Cana, qui ont entraîné la mort volontaire de dizaines de civils
libanais, en particulier d’enfants et de bébés. Ces crimes,
qualifiables de « crimes de guerre », ne peuvent et ne doivent pas
rester impunis pas plus que d’autres qui se révéleraient. Il en va du
respect de la justice humaine sur cette planète et de l’avenir des
relations internationales.
Citoyennes et Citoyens du monde, nous considérons comme un devoir et
un droit imprescriptibles de traduire les responsables de ces crimes,
en particulier le Premier ministre israélien, M. Ehud Olmert, devant
la Cour pénale internationale absolument qualifiée pour en juger. La
Cour pénale internationale peut être saisie de diverses manières et
non pas seulement sur décision du Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU. En
particulier, le Procureur de la Cour pénale internationale peut en
décider sur la base et au vu des plaintes déposées qui lui sont
transmises.
Estimant que les autres voies de saisine de la Cour pénale
internationale se révèlent actuellement bouchées du fait d’un blocage
prévisible de la part de certaines grandes puissances et de
l’impossibilité pour le Liban de la faire actuellement, alors qu’il
n’est pas partie du traité instituant cette Cour, nous décidons de
prendre fermement le relais des défaillances des institutions
actuelles et de rassembler, au niveau mondial, toutes celles et tous
ceux qui ont à cœur et veulent défendre la justice et le droit mais
aussi porter un coup d’arrêt aux politiques de force aveugle et
brutale en les sanctionnant.
Cet « Appel de Paris » est lancé à travers le monde. Il se veut
rassembleur de toutes les individualités et sensibilités
respectueuses des droits humains et décidées à apporter leur
contribution à leur pleine réalisation sur terre. Pour que l’avenir
ne répète à l’infini pas ce triste et insupportable passé, qui s’est
déroulé à Cana mais aussi à Gaza, la Cour pénale internationale doit
être saisie et doit juger.
Nos signatures valent plaintes. Elles seront déposées et transmises
au Procureur de la Cour dès que leur nombre sera significatif pour
que notre démarche citoyenne soit efficace.
Il y a urgence. Sans attendre nous décidons de former une chaîne
humaine sur les cinq continents pour exiger justice et réparation.
Justice et droit pour le Proche-Orient !
P. S : cet Appel sera traduit en 10 langues. Il est suggéré de le
reproduire et de le faire circuler le plus largement possible sous
forme papier ou électronique. Les signatures, avec les noms, prénoms,
coordonnées, titres de chaque signataire et le pays d’origine de
chacune et chacun sont nécessaires.
Elles doivent être rassemblées à l’adresse électronique suivante
solidariteliban@...
Un site Internet global sera ouvert et porté à la connaissance de
tous. Des sites nationaux peuvent aussi voir le jour. Chacun
s’organisera comme il souhaitera. Un maximum d’initiatives
individuelles ou collectives s’impose pour aboutir.
Jean Claude Lefort (Député français)