Danny Ayalon
eight years, during which Hamas indiscriminately shelled Israeli civilians with rockets, the UN has been silent. Only when Israel after years of restraint, set out to put an end to terror, negotiated the Human Rights Council - by condemning Israel. This committee adopted a unilateral one-sided resolution that called for a one-sided investigation. Last month, the results of this "investigation" of Judge Richard Goldstone has been submitted to the Human Rights Council. But instead responsible ungsbewusst deal with the report, the Council members in a further anti-Israeli farce have gathered, the self-Goldstone perceived as biased.
There have been dozens of international studies on the Gaza operation, and Israel has worked with almost all of them fully, including that of UN Secretary-General. Only in cases where it was clear beyond doubt that an investigation of a political agenda - and not by concern for human rights - was motivated to Israel decided against cooperating. The fact-finding mission of the Human Rights Council was unfortunately such a case.
is sadly what Israel was clear from the start, only now become clear to Goldstone. He picks himself now on the results of his own actions to distance. Past Friday, he of the Swiss daily Le Temps reported his disappointment with the actions of the Human Rights Council ". The resolution text saddens me, because it contains only allegations against Israel and not a single sentence that condemned the Hamas"
We must now the Konseq Uenze be done. The acquisition of the Goldstone report presents in more ways than one, nothing less than a reward for terrorism dar. First perverted the resolution adopted on Friday the reality of Hamas accused of crime and the victim instead of the true perpetrator of war crimes in Gaza. For Human Rights It was irrelevant that Hamas had committed serious war crimes, by openly calling for Israel's destruction, deliberately fired thousands of rockets on Israeli civilians, vulnerable civilians in Gaza by firing from populated areas and kidnapped Gilad Shalit. was also irrelevant to the Human Rights Council that Israel bore responsibility for the Yellow z of its citizens and had done everything to avoid confrontation and civilian casualties.
The only relevant consideration for the Human Rights Council was the fact that an opportunity arose, Israel in the international Arena zu dämonisieren. Zweitens unterminiert die Resolution gemäßigte Palästinenser, die an einem Frieden mit Israel interessiert sind. Innerhalb der palästinensischen Gesellschaft geht ein Machtkampf vonstatten. Es ist ein Nullsummenspiel, in dem jeder Erfolg für den Extremismus auf Kosten der Unterstützung der Mäßigung geht. Wenn der „Schwanz“ der Hamas mit dem „Hund“ des Nahen Ostens wedeln darf, nimmt die palästinensische Straße sich das zu Herzen, und die gesamte Region nimmt das zur Kenntnis. In unserer Nachbarschaft liebt jeder den Gewinner. Wenn also ein internationales Gremium das brutale Verhalten der Hamas unterstützt und es abermals zum Israel-Bashing missbraucht, verliert die Palästinensische Autonomiebehörde von Mahmoud Abbas ihr Gesicht, verlieren die moderaten arabischen Staaten an Boden und gewinnt die Achse Hisbollah-Syrien-Iran an Stärke.
Drittens schafft die Resolution ein neues Hindernis im globalen Kampf gegen den Terrorismus. Eine neue Form der Kriegsführung hat sich entwickelt, in der Terrorgruppen „feindliche“ Zivilisten von hinter einem Schutzschild „freundlicher“ Zivilisten aus angreifen. Diese Resolution gewährt den Terroristen Immunität und hindert gesetzestreue Staaten daran, ihre Bürger zu beschützen. Mit dem Segen des Menschenrechtsrats wird diese Taktik von Terroristen auf der ganzen Welt wiederholt werden, zum Nachteil all the other democracies that are fighting against terrorism, millions of innocent civilians are in danger. Finally - and this is the most tragic - this whole episode has enticing Israelis to question the basic assumptions that have been conducted in their internal debate over the best way to peace. Most Israelis supported the willingness of their political leaders to take calculated risks to take in order to advance the peace process, on the assumption that the "world" to support such efforts and to protect it in all directions.
The Israelis assumed that if things after the closing of compromises did not work, at least the right to self defense would be maintained and the world would support them in their struggle. Now, however, is a nightmare come true. After we made a tangible risk to themselves, had to leave a disputed territory the sake of peace, Gaza became a lawless enclave run by Hamas and Iranian-supported terrorism. But when Israel was forced to defend itself, the world does not react with the support and understanding, but rather with allegations of "crimes against humanity." Damn, the same act or if they do not ask the Israelis now: "Was it worth the sacrifice?" While the Israelis consider their options, the Goldstone snowball gathering momentum. From Geneva, the matter has now been referred to the UN General Assembly in New York for further treatment. But it's still not too late. An international rejection of the handling of the Human Rights Council with the Goldstone report would signal to the Israeli public that the world supports their compromises for peace indeed.
Danny Ayalon, the Deputy Foreign Minister in Israel.
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