Did Israel use illegal chemical weapons to deal with terrorists?

Arnold/Frimet Roth
This Ongoing War: A Blog
13 August '10

For those of us troubled by the way norms accepted by the global community are tramped underfoot by a well-connected, highly-ideological central government, there's a truly horrible story emerging today via the German media. It involves breaches of international law beyond, it has to be said, any reasonable doubt about who did what to whom.

Yet again, a weak but determined minority find their efforts to assert a fragile independence crushed via the brutality of an arrogant government willing to go to any lengths. Der Spiegel magazine's current edition lays it out in simple but sickening terms:

"German experts have confirmed the authenticity of photographs that purport to show Palestinian fighters killed by chemical weapons. The evidence puts increasing pressure on the Israeli government, which has long been suspected of using such weapons against Palestinian militants. German politicians are demanding an investigation... It would be difficult to exceed the horror shown in the photos, which feature burned, maimed and scorched body parts. The victims are scarcely even recognizable as human beings."

Read the whole appalling piece here. When you do, you may quickly realize that the story does not concern Palestinians or Israelis, despite the slightly doctored text and illustration above.

Now that you know the real elements of this horrifying abuse of power and breach of international norms, let's ask a few questions:

Where is the international outrage? Is the BBC covering this? The New York Times? CNN? [As of now, the answer is no.]

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