Hi all; Israeli gov. talks about raising the stakes against the Palestinians, but bring up the subject of being prosecuted for war crimes:
Israel Promises Relentless Campaign to Crush Militants
FoxNews, March 26, 2002
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli planes, helicopters and warships pounded Gaza on Wednesday in one of the fiercest assaults of the Palestinian uprising. Twelve Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers were killed in violence in Gaza and the West Bank.
...
Citing the "terrible, terrible" recent days, Peres said Israel should demand from Arafat a clear-cut declaration that he would halt terror, but also have its own army do everything possible "not to escalate the situation."
Peres' bitter exchange with the infrastructure minister, Lieberman, was reported in the Yediot Ahronot newspaper and confirmed Wednesday by Lieberman's spokesman, Sagiv Rotenberg. According to the Yediot account, Lieberman urged that Palestinians be told to halt all terror activity or face wide-ranging attacks.
"At 8 a.m. we'll bomb all the commercial centers ... at noon we'll bomb their gas stations ... at 2 we'll bomb their banks," Lieberman reportedly told the meeting before Peres interrupted to say: "And at 6 p.m., you'll receive an invitation to the international tribunal in The Hague."
foxnews.com
-- Carl
P.S. Thanks to Westi on the RWET thread for the link: #reply-17162236 |
