In July 1995, Netanyahu led a mock funeral procession featuring a coffin and hangmanâs noose at an anti-Rabin rally where protesters chanted, âDeath to Rabinâ.[10][11] The chief of internal security, Carmi Gillon, then alerted Netanyahu of a plot on Rabinâs life and asked him to moderate the protestsâ rhetoric, which Netanyahu declined to do.[8][12] Netanyahu denied any intention to incite violence.[2][3][13]
Numbers are too high if a fraction of the numbers quoted.
Israel could have set their embargo on Gaza by shutting off supplies claiming it was a response to Hamas and at least civilians could have blamed Hamas.
Carpet bombing areas with scant regard for innocent civilians does nothing but inspire hatred and further boost Hamas following.
Israel was rightly outraged at the loss of life on their side but eye for eye behaviour has never nor will achieve anything.
Israel says it has refused visa to UN official to âteach them a lessonâ
Israel says it has refused a visa to UN humanitarian affairs chief Martin Griffiths as a result of comments at the UN by secretary-general AntĂłnio Guterres.
Israeli media reports that Israelâs ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan said on army radio:
Due to his remarks we will refuse to issue visas to UN representatives. We have already refused a visa for under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs Martin Griffiths. The time has come to teach them a lesson.
Israel has called on UN secretary general Guterres to resign after he said that theâappalling attacksâby Hamas against Israel on 7 October cannot justify the âcollective punishment of the Palestinian peopleâ, and spoke of âthe clear violations of international humanitarian law that we are witnessing in Gaza.â
Guterres had said âNothing can justify the deliberate killing, injuring and kidnapping of civilians â or the launching of rockets against civilian targets. All hostages must be treated humanely and released immediately and without conditions.â
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UN chief expresses concern over âclear violations of international lawâ in Gaza â video
Addressing the UN, the secretary-general then went on to say the attack on Israel did not happen âin a vacuumâ and followed â56 years of suffocating occupationâ for the Palestinian people by Israel, adding âThey have seen their land steadily devoured by settlements and plagued by violence; their economy stifled; their people displaced and their homes demolished. Their hopes for a political solution to their plight have been vanishing.â
Israelâs ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, said Guterres should resign, calling the speech âshockingâ, saying that âhe views the massacre committed by Nazi Hamas terrorists in a distorted and immoral mannerâ.