Comments on: Reflections on a Successful Operation http://www.israelpolitik.org/2009/01/21/reflections-on-a-successful-operation/ Political blog of the Consulate General of Israel in New York Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:56:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Reflections on Operation Cast Lead « The Terror Journal http://www.israelpolitik.org/2009/01/21/reflections-on-a-successful-operation/comment-page-1/#comment-59633 Reflections on Operation Cast Lead « The Terror Journal Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:28:30 +0000 http://www.israelpolitik.org/?p=768#comment-59633 [...] Source: WSJ/Israel Politik [...] [...] Source: WSJ/Israel Politik [...]

]]> By: Peter Lorenzo http://www.israelpolitik.org/2009/01/21/reflections-on-a-successful-operation/comment-page-1/#comment-59414 Peter Lorenzo Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:04:56 +0000 http://www.israelpolitik.org/?p=768#comment-59414 Except Hamas still have the ability to fire rockets. The stated key aim was to stop that ability. Yet in killing women and children and laying themselves open to charges of war crimes - with the PM taking the curious step of not naming any senior commanders to try and sidestep the chances of arrest on foreign soil - Israel has a very tarnished reputation. One seeped in charges of crimes against humanity and breaches of the Geneva Convention and of firing on the UN. Nothing to do with Bush stepping down and the timing of the withdrawal nor the forthcoming election in Israel. Success? Hardly. Except Hamas still have the ability to fire rockets. The stated key aim was to stop that ability. Yet in killing women and children and laying themselves open to charges of war crimes – with the PM taking the curious step of not naming any senior commanders to try and sidestep the chances of arrest on foreign soil – Israel has a very tarnished reputation. One seeped in charges of crimes against humanity and breaches of the Geneva Convention and of firing on the UN.

Nothing to do with Bush stepping down and the timing of the withdrawal nor the forthcoming election in Israel.

Success? Hardly.

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