Arrest warrant: Ehud Barak For violations of the Rome Statute & 4th Geneva Convention

 

FOR WAR CRIMES AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

Ehud Barak In June 2007, the suspect imposed a siege on 1.5 million residents of Gaza. The siege, which is ongoing in 2009, is collective punishment according to International Law. The year and a half long siege caused severe food and fuel shortages, intermittent drinking water and electricity supply, disruption to sewage treatment plants and shortages of medicine and essential medical equipment, affecting the lives of 1.5 million people - a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention and Rome Statute. On 27 December 2008, the suspect ordered the aerial bombardment of Gazan population centers. The attacks involved hundreds of aircraft sorties, dropping hundreds of tons of bombs on Gazan neighborhoods At least 1,200 people - men, women and children were killed and 5,300 people were injured. The bombs damaged thousands of homes and turned hundreds of thousands of people into refugees. On 10 December 2008, a formal complaint was submitted by Lebanese lawyers to the International Criminal Court in the Hague, Netherlands, against Ehud Barak and four other Israeli: Ehud Olmert, Matan Vilnai, Avi Dichter and Gabi Ashkenazi on the suspicion that they had committed war crimes and crimes against humanity by ordering and maintaining a siege on Gaza. Description of the suspect: a white man, about 65 years old, lower than average height, graying hair, brown eyes, with glasses. Photo courtesy of the IDF Spokesperson Amir Peretz On 12 July 2006, the suspect ordered the aerial bombardment of villages and cities in Lebanon, targeting infrastructure essential to humans, such as water, food, fuel and electricity plants. The bombing also damaged hospitals, clinics and schools - all places expressly prohibited from attack under international law. As a result of the bombing, ground assault and artillery fire, more than 1,100 people were killed including hundreds of children and elderly people. On 8th November 2006, the suspect ordered the shelling of Beit Hanoun, a neighborhood in Gaza, in response to rockets fired toward Israel. For 15 minutes, residential neighborhoods were shelled, resulting in the deaths of 19 people, including 9 children and injuring at least 40. Firing shells deliberately and indiscriminately into civilian areas constitutes a war crime. In August 2006, an official complaint was filed to the High Court in Morocco on the suspicion Peretz had committed war crimes and crimes against humanity. The suspect holds Moroccan citizenship. The complaint was filed by 3 Moroccan Jews, all renowned for their human rights work. Description of the suspect: an olive-skinned man, about 60 years old, black hair, brown eyes, with a moustache. Photo courtesy of the New Histadrut Binyamin Ben Eliezer At the end of the ’67 war, the suspect was the head of the Sayeret Shaked IDF Unit. According to testimonies by Israeli and Egyptian soldiers, the suspect ordered the killing of 250 Egyptian or Palestinian fighters (exact nationality unclear) shortly after the war ended. Evidence indicates that the killings were carried out using helicopters flying low above the Sinai desert, hunting the retreating soldiers, some of whom were unarmed. Further eye-witness testimonies state that the suspect personally executed prisoners of war who did not obey instructions. The killing of soldiers after hostilities have ended, and the execution of prisoners of war are all expressly prohibited under international law and are classed as war crimes. Between March 2001 and November 2002 the suspect, acting as Minister of Defense, led a policy of extra judicial killings, collective punishment and the shelling of residential areas in the West Bank and Gaza. All of these actions are prohibited under international law and constitute crimes war and crime against humanity, and since July 2002 are prosecutable in the International Criminal Court, The Hague, Netherlands. In March 2007, the suspect, whilst still a Government Minister, canceled a trip to Egypt due to fear of arrest for his activities in the ’67 war. Description of the suspect: an olive-skinned man, about 70, black hair, larger than average build. Photo courtesy of the IDF Spokesperson Avi Dichter From July 1, 2002, on the day the International Criminal Court was established, until May 2005, the suspect was head of the Shabak, the Israeli intelligence service (GSS). As head of the Shabak the suspect ordered tortures to  be carried out  - an activity explicitly prohibited under the Geneva Conventions, the Rome Statute and the International Convention against Torture. Torture is a crime against humanity. In July 2002, the suspect was part of a group, which ordered the assassination of Salah Shehadeh, the commander of the Hamas military wing. The assassination was carried out by dropping a one-ton bomb on Shehadeh's house, causing the deaths of 15 people, including 9 children, and injuring dozens more. Extra-judicial executions are war crimes under international law. The bombing of residential neighborhoods is collective punishment. On 10 December 2008, a complaint was submitted to the International Criminal Court, The Hague, Netherlands, against the suspect and 4 other people – on the suspicion he had committed war crimes for authorizing the siege of Gaza. Prior to this, in July 2008, a complaint was filed to the High Court of Spain on the suspicion he had committed a war crime for ordering the execution of Salah Shehadeh. The Spanish court has formally issued a warrant for the suspect’s arrest. Description of the suspect: a white man about 55 years old, taller than average, white hair. The suspect speaks Hebrew, English and Arabic. Photo courtesy of the Government Information Office Carmi Gilon From 1995-1996, the suspect was head of the Israeli Internal Security services, also known as the Shabak (GSS). In this capacity, he ordered the torture of Palestinian detainees – an activity prohibited under international law and classed as a crime against humanity. Torture usually included: tying a person in painful positions continuously for hours, sometimes days; tying a noxious smelling hood over the person’s head, "shaking" the person; depriving the person of sleep and food; exposing him or her to freezing or high temperatures, chaining him or her to a small chair in a way designed to induce pain, playing loud music for hours, and isolating the person from the outside world, sometimes for months. According to interviews the suspect gave to various media after the end of his service, the suspect was personally involved in about 100 cases of torture of Palestinian prisoners, some of whom were released without a trial. In those interviews, the suspect said he supported torture and even called on the Israeli government and Supreme Court to continue the policy of torture. This is forbidden. Several human rights organizations in Israel and abroad, including Amnesty International, hold testimonies given by hundreds of Palestinians who were severely torture (out of thousand who were tortured but have not given testimonies). The tortures were carried out during the time that the suspect was head of the Shabak. In August 2001, a complaint about the suspect’s involvement in torture was made in Denmark by a group of lawyers for human rights and a group of Palestinians who had received asylum there. The complaint was rejected because the suspect had diplomatic immunity at the time since he was acting as the ambassador for Israel in Denmark. Description of the suspect: a white man, about 60 years old, wearing glasses. Photo courtesy of the Danish Embassy Dan Halutz On 12 July 2006, the suspect, as chief of staff, ordered air strikes on villages and cities in Lebanon, causing destruction and killing for 34 days - something prohibited under international law. Following the air strikes, which destroyed infrastructure and necessities for human life, nearly 900,000 people were forced to leave their homes or remain without shelter for weeks. Despite this, the suspect continued to order his pilots to bombard Lebanon repeatedly, wiping out entire neighborhoods. 4 years earlier, in July 2002, the suspect ordered a one-ton bomb to be dropped on a house in Rafah in Gaza, causing the deaths of 15 people including 9 children, and injuring dozens more. In July 2008, after collecting evidence, testimony and documents, a complaint was submitted to the High Court of Spain on suspicion that he had committed war crimes by ordering a one-ton bomb to be dropped on a house in Gaza. Description of the suspect: an olive-skinned man about 60 years old, of average height, graying hair, wearing glasses. Photo courtesy of the office of the chief of staff Doron Almog On 10 January 2002, as head of the Southern Command, the suspect ordered the demolition of 59 houses in Rafah, occupied Gaza, an act that is considered to be collective punishment under international law and therefore prohibited. On 22 July 2002, the suspect was part of a group who ordered a one-ton bomb to be dropped on a house in Gaza to eliminate the Palestinian Salah Shehadeh. The explosion killed 15 people, including 11 children. Dozens of people were injured. The demolition of homes, the expulsion of residents, the bombing of residential areas, the killing of innocent civilians as a policy of occupation are considered violations of International law and classified as a war crime. In July 2008, a claim was filed against the suspect in the High Court of Spain. In 2005, the suspect escaped arrest in Britain after a judge issued an arrest warrant for him on suspicion that he was involved in war crimes. Description of the suspect: a white man, about 65 years old, above average height, short graying hair, blue eyes. Also goes by his previous name Doron Avrutzki. Was seen recently in a company which invests money in the Israeli weapons industry - Athlone Global Security. Photo courtesy of the IDF Spokesperson Ehud Olmert On 12 July 2006, the suspect ordered the bombing of cities and villages in Lebanon. The 34-day bombing of residential areas broke international law. The aerial bombing and land assault ordered by the suspect, killed approximately 1,200 people and injured about 4,400. During the attack, the suspect also ordered several thousand cluster bombs to be dropped near residential areas in Lebanon, something forbidden under international conventions. In total, about a million small bombs were dropped, which led to the post war deaths of 30 people and the injury of 215, including 90 children. In the summer of 2007, the suspect ordered the blockade of 1.5 million people in Gaza, preventing them from receiving adequate food, water and electricity supplies and medication – something explicitly prohibited under international law. In December 2008, the suspect ordered an air, land and sea attack on the residents of Gaza, causing the rapid destruction of residential areas and the deaths of 1,200 people - hundreds of them children. On 10 December 2008, Lebanese lawyers submitted a formal complaint to the International Criminal Court, The Hague, Netherlands, against the suspect and others, on suspicion of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his part in the siege of Gaza. In March 2009, the suspect will lose his diplomatic immunity. Description of the suspect: a white man, about 60 years old, above average height, balding, with blue eyes and a taste for cigars. Photo courtesy of the Prime Minister's Office Eliezer Shkedy The facts: On 12th July 2006, the suspect was head of the Israeli Air Force and therefore responsible for thousands of fighter jet sorties, which bombed residential areas in Lebanon. The bombings, using hundreds of tons of explosives, damaged more than 100,000 homes. The Air Force, under his command, deliberately targeted water sources and electrical power stations, and wrecked schools, hospitals and clinics. The air strikes killed hundreds of people and caused hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes, becoming refugees without shelter. The deliberate bombing of residential neighborhoods, as well as the deliberate destruction of houses, water and electricity plants, and infrastructure essential to human beings is strictly prohibited under international law. Whoever violates these laws is considered to be a war criminal and guilty of crimes against humanity. Collective punishment and extra judicial executions are all forbidden under the Fourth Geneva Convention and violations can be heard before the International Criminal Court, The Hague, Netherlands. Description of the suspect: a white man, about 50 years old, above average height, ginger hair, wearing glasses. Photo courtesy of the IAF Spokesperson Gabi Ashkenazi On 27th December 2008, the suspect, as Chief of Staff, ordered the Israeli army to attack densely populated areas in the Gaza Strip. For three weeks, 1,500 tons of bombs were dropped from the air on residential neighborhoods in Gaza and tens of thousands of artillery shells were fired from tanks. For 3 weeks, the army damaged and destroyed houses, schools, hospitals, infrastructure, water and electrical plants, killed more than 1,200 people, hundreds of them children, and injured about 5,300 people. Hundreds of thousands of civilians were turned into refugees and had no shelter. Prior to this, the suspect was part of a group, which implemented a siege on 1.5 million people in the Gaza Strip, denying them a regular supply of food, water, medicine, fuel and electricity for 18 months. According to international law, it is absolutely prohibited to bomb residential areas in a way that interrupts the lives of civilians; to carry out executions without trial, to collectively punish; to destroy or damage hospitals, schools and homes. The prohibitions against collective punishment were enshrined in the Geneva Conventions after the behavior of the Nazis in Europe during World War II when they destroyed entire villages to punish residents for sheltering the resistance. 194 countries agreed with the prohibitions of the Fourth Geneva Convention. In December 2008, a complaint was filed in the Hague against the suspect, on suspicion that he had committed war crimes and crimes against humanity for ordering the siege of Gaza. Description of the suspect: male, about 55 years old, black hair, olive skin above average height. The suspect is armed and could be dangerous. Photo courtesy of the IDF Spokesperson Giora Eiland In July 2008, a claim was filed against the suspect in the High Court in Spain on suspicion that he was involved in war crimes and crimes against humanity for authorizing a one ton bomb to be dropped on a house in Gaza, which caused the deaths of 15 people including 9 children (July 2002). Bombing residential areas is collective punishment and constitutes a war crime. Extra judicial executions are prohibited under international law and since July 2002 are prosecutable in the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. Description of the suspect: a white man, 55 years of age, of average height, white hair. Photo courtesy of the IDF Spokesperson Matan Vilnai In July 2007, the suspect along with his accomplices ordered a siege on 1.5 million people in Gaza. The siege caused severe deprivation by preventing the regular supply of food, water, gas, electricity, and medication to the residents living there. The siege lasted for 18 months (is still ongoing) and included a naval, air and land blockade. In February 2008, the suspect said on Israeli army radio "the more the Qassam rocket fire intensifies and the rockets reach a longer range, (the Palestinians) will bring upon themselves a holocaust." Indeed, on 27th December 2008, the suspect was part of a cabinet decision to order air, naval and ground attacks on densely populated areas in Gaza - attacks that lasted for about 3 weeks. As a result of the attacks, entire buildings collapsed on residents and infants were found starving next to their dead parents. Wounded people were buried under rubble for many days because IDF soldiers denied medics access to rescue them. (According to reports by the Red Cross.) Some 1,200 people were killed, hundreds of them children. 5,300 were wounded. The air force bombs and tank shells hit hospitals, clinics, schools, infrastructure, electricity and water sources- leaving hundreds of thousands without the necessities for life. In December 2008, a lawsuit was filed against the suspect in the International Criminal Court, The Hague on suspicion that the siege of Gaza breached international law and was thus a war crime and crime against humanity. Description of the suspect: a white man, about 65 years old, shaven head, above average height. Photo courtesy of the IDF Spokesperson Moshe Bogie Yaalon On 18th April 1996, IDF troops fired 38 artillery shells measuring 155 mm at the UN compound in the village of Qana, Lebanon where 800 refugees were sheltering. They had fled their homes due to Operation Grapes of Wrath. The IDF attack was in response to Hezbollah fighters launching rockets at IDF forces from a place a few hundred meters from the compound. The IDF shelling killed 106 people and left dozens of survivors injured. During this time, the suspect was head of the Israeli army intelligence, and, together with others, was responsible for the shelling. Firing at a compound where civilians are sheltering from fighting is considered a war crime under international law. On 22 July 2002, as head of the Israeli army, the suspect ordered a one-ton bomb to be dropped on a residential house in Rafah, Gaza, in order to assassinate Salah Shehadeh. The bomb caused the deaths of 15 people including 9 children, and injured dozens more. Bombing neighborhoods where civilians live is forbidden under international law and is considered to be a war crime. In December 2006, while the suspect was making a private visit to New Zealand, a second lawsuit was submitted to a New Zealand court, regarding the suspect’s part in the assassination of Shehadeh. An Aukland district judge ordered his arrest. Pressure was however placed on the Attorney General by the Ministry of Justice to cancel the warrant. In July 2008, the suspect’s name was included in a list submitted to a Spanish court, for investigations into war crimes. Spain has an extradition agreement with all the countries in the European Union. Description of the suspect: a white man, about 60, large build, above average height, brown hair, wearing glasses. Photo courtesy of the Israeli Embassy Shaul Mofaz Between, October 2000 and June 2002 the suspect ordered a serious of actions against the Palestinian people, which included assassinations, torture, house demolitions and the deportation of civilians. In early 2001, the suspect, as Chief of Staff ordered the Israeli army to kill 70 armed Palestinians per day. On 29th March 2002 and for 6 weeks after, the suspect was in charge of a military operation called "Operation Defensive Shield" in which, according to the Red Crescent, the army killed 216 Palestinians and wounded 416. The operation involved the widespread destruction of homes, the denial of medical treatment for the wounded, especially in two Palestinian cities, Jenin and Nablus. These actions are classifiable as war crimes and crimes against humanity. The suspect continued these activities even after being appointed Israeli Defense Minister up to 2006. In 2002, a British lawyer presented a file to the UK Director of Public Prosecutions asking for the suspect to be investigated for war crimes such as targeted assassinations and the demolition of Palestinian homes. The suspect left the UK quickly upon hearing a file had been presented. Description of the suspect: an olive-skinned man, about 60 years old, of below average height, clean-shaven. The suspect is armed and may be dangerous. Photo courtesy of the Israeli Government Spokesperson Tzipi Livni On the 12th of July 2006, the suspect along with her accomplices ordered the aerial bombardment and artillery assault on residential areas in Lebanon. For 34 days she authorized troops to make 12,000 aerial sorties, to fire 100,000 artillery shells, damaging 350 schools and completely destroying 15,000 residential houses in Lebanon. 130,000 homes were partially damaged. The attacks destroyed water sources, hospitals, power stations and other infrastructure essential to human life. 900,000 people were forced to leave their homes and remain without shelter for many days. Some 1,200 people were killed, and 4,400 were wounded: approximately 30% of the dead, about 360, were children under the age of 13. On 27th December 2008, the suspect and her accomplices ordered an aerial, ground and naval attack on densely populated areas in the Gaza Strip. The attacks again damaged houses, hospitals, schools and important infrastructure, and killed more than 1,200 people, including hundreds of children. 200,000 people became refugees as a result of the suspects’ orders. Attacking innocent people, shooting indiscriminately into residential areas, causing injuries, destroying essential infrastructure such as water, electrical plants and hospitals are all prohibited under International law and are therefore defined war crimes and crimes against humanity. Description of the suspect: a white woman, 50 years old, above average height, blonde hair. Photo courtesy of the Israeli Foreign Office Anyone who has information about the suspect when he is outside of the Israeli borders, report immediately to: The Prosecutor POBox 19519 2500 Hague Netherlands Fax +31 70 515 8 555 otp.informationdesk@icc-cpi.int * All calls will be treated in confidence http://www.wanted.org.il/

Prof.C.E. Chitour


Voilà en quelques phrases la doctrine sioniste appliquée d’une façon magistrale aux Palestiniens. Pour comprendre comment des exterminations successives ont lieu, au vu et au su de tous les bien-pensants, il nous faut revenir à l'interprétation littérale de la religion et à l’idéologie du sionisme pour comprendre les fondements des massacres sans état d’âme, d’Israël. Méditons d’abord les deux psaumes tirés du Livre de Josué, pour montrer qu’en l’état, l’extermination fait partie de l’idéologie religieuse du Judaïsme. «...Et tout le butin de ces villes, et leur bétail, les fils d’Israël se le partagèrent, mais ils firent passer au tranchant de l’épée tous les hommes jusqu’à leur entière extermination, n’épargnant personne.» «Et dans ce même temps, Josué vint et extermina les Anakim de la montagne, d’Hébron, de Débir, d’Anab et de toute la montagne de Juda et de toute la montagne d’Israël, Josué les voua à l’interdit avec leurs villes.» Le Livre de Josué (14, 21)


Les horreurs de Gaza et de tant d’autres villes martyres palestiniennes trouvent de ce fait, leur «légitimation» dans l’application dogmatique de la religion. L’abbé Pierre, figure charismatique en France, en sait quelque chose. Il fut frappé par la lecture du Livre de Josué où il décèle cette volonté génocidaire qui explique un peu la stratégie mortifère d’Israël vis-à-vis des peuples sans défense. Ainsi à Bernard Kouchner, l’abbé Pierre dit: «Alors là, je trouverai le fond du problème de la sensibilité d’un Juif, en lui disant: toutes vos énergies se trouvent mobilisées par la réinstallation du grand temple de Salomon à Jérusalem, bref, de l’ancienne cité du roi David et du roi Salomon. Or, vous vous basez pour cela sur tout ce qui dans la Bible parle de Terre promise. Or, je ne peux pas ne pas me poser cette question: que reste-t-il d’une promesse lorsque ce qui a été promis, on vient de le prendre en tuant par de véritables génocides des peuples qui y habitaient, paisiblement, avant qu’ils y entrent? Les jours...Quand on relit Le Livre de Josué, c’est épouvantable! C’est une série de génocides, groupe par groupe, pour en prendre possession! Alors foutez-nous la paix avec la parole de Terre promise!»(1)

S’agissant du deuxième «moteur» d’Israêl, il faut revenir aux fondements du sionisme. Le sionisme est une idéologie politique prônant l’existence d’un État juif en Palestine. Le sionisme entend oeuvrer à redonner aux Juifs un statut: celui d’un peuple regroupé au sein d’un même État. Le mouvement sioniste est né à la fin du XIXe siècle, parmi les communautés ashkénazes d’Europe centrale et orientale à partir du lancement du Congrès sioniste par Theodore Herzl. Le sionisme s’est construit avec l’apport direct ou indirect des Juifs du monde entier quelle que soit leur nationalité. Beaucoup d’entre eux utiliseront leur argent pour arriver à la création de l’Etat d’Israël sur la Terre des Palestiniens. H. Friedmann, juif très riche, s’est démarqué de l’idéologie qu’il fut amené à combattre, il écrivait à propos des intrigues sionistes en Angleterre durant la Première Guerre mondiale: «Qu’est-il arrivé?» La Première Guerre Mondiale a éclaté en été 1914. A cette époque, la guerre fut faite d’un côté par la Grande-Bretagne, la France, et la Russie, et de l’autre par l’Allemagne, l’Autriche-Hongrie, et la Turquie. En deux ans, l’Allemagne avait gagné la guerre: pas seulement nominalement, mais gagné réellement. Les sous-marins allemands, une surprise pour le monde, avaient anéanti tous les convois de l’océan Atlantique. La Grande-Bretagne était sans munitions pour ses soldats, avec une semaine d’approvisionnements alimentaires - et après cela, les privations. À ce moment, l’armée française s’était mutinée. Elle avait perdu 600.000 de la fleur de la jeunesse française dans la défense de Verdun sur la Somme. L’armée russe désertait et l’armée italienne s’était effondrée. Pas un coup de feu n’avait été tiré sur le sol allemand. Ils offraient à l’Angleterre une paix négociée sur ce que les avocats appellent un statu quo sur base antérieure. Ce qui veut dire: «Mettre fin à la guerre, et tout laisser comme c’était avant». (...) Alors que la guerre continuait, les sionistes en Allemagne, qui représentaient les sionistes d’Europe de l’Est, allèrent au ministère de la Guerre britannique, ils dirent: «Ecoutez donc. Vous pouvez encore gagner la guerre. Vous ne devez pas abandonner. Vous ne devez pas accepter la paix négociée qui vous est offerte maintenant par l’Allemagne. Vous pourrez gagner cette guerre si les USA y entrent comme vos alliés.» Les USA n’étaient pas en guerre à cette époque. Nous étions dispos; nous étions jeunes; nous étions riches; nous étions puissants. Ils ont dit à l’Angleterre: «Nous garantirons l’entrée en guerre des USA à vos côtés, si vous nous donnez la Palestine quand vous aurez gagné la guerre.» À cette époque, l’Angleterre avait aussi peu le droit de promettre la Palestine à quelqu’un que les USA l’avaient de promettre le Japon à l’Irlande pour une quelconque raison. (...) Néanmoins, ils ont fait cette promesse en octobre 1916 [ce fut la déclaration de Balfour. NDT]. Et peu de temps après, les USA, pratiquement totalement pro-allemands, sont entrés en guerre, alliés à la Grande-Bretagne".(2)

Voilà pour l’une des multiples «stratégies machiavéliques» utilisées par les sionistes pour s’accaparer une terre qui ne leur appartient pas, arguant du fait que la Palestine est une terre pour un peuple sans terre, les Palestiniens ne comptent pas. Seule compte la promesse de Eretz Israël et de l’Alya; le retour vers la Terre promise une seconde fois par Balfour et une troisième fois par Bush...Cependant beaucoup de Juifs intellectuels et humanistes ont dénoncé dès le départ de la création de l’Etat sioniste, ces méthodes. Dans un article précédent du journal, nous avons cité l’un des plus illustres d’entre eux: le grand physicien Albert Einstein, le père de la théorie de la relativité, pour qui Begin était un terroriste qui s’est tristement illustré à DeirYassin. Nous voulons aussi citer, sans être exhaustifs, tous les juifs israéliens qui font honneur à la dignité humaine et qui n’arrêtent pas de dénoncer les crimes de l’Etat sioniste. Citons le Réseau international juif anti-sioniste dont les positions ne souffrent pas d’ambigüité.

Lisons: «Nous formons un réseau international de Juifs et de Juives qui s’engagent de façon inconditionnelle en faveur de la lutte pour l’émancipation des êtres humains. Nous considérons que la libération du peuple palestinien et de sa terre forme un volet essentiel de cette émancipation. Notre engagement porte sur le démantèlement du régime d’apartheid israélien, le retour des réfugiés palestiniens et la fin de la colonisation israélienne sur la Palestine historique. (...) Le nettoyage ethnique historique et toujours en cours perpétré par Israël à l’encontre du peuple palestinien sur sa propre terre vient contredire et trahir cette longue histoire de la participation juive à des mouvements collectifs de libération. En conséquence, le sionisme nous implique dans l’oppression du peuple palestinien et porte préjudice à notre propre héritage, à nos luttes pour la justice et à nos alliances avec nos semblables. Nous nous engageons à: nous opposer au sionisme et à l’État d’Israël. Le sionisme est raciste. Le sionisme n’est pas seulement raciste, il est aussi antisémite. Il reprend à son compte l’imagerie européenne et antisémite du ´´Juif de la diaspora´´ efféminé, cupide et faible, et y lui oppose celle d’un ´´Nouveau Juif´´, violent, militariste et sexiste. Par-là, le sionisme fait des Juifs des blancs, en adoptant un racisme de blancs à l’encontre du peuple palestinien (...)Pour que sur cette planète on puisse vivre dans la sécurité, la justice et la paix, il faut mettre fin au projet colonial israélien».(3)


Petit détour par le dernier massacre -trophée d’Israël- qui a fauché la vie de 1400 Palestiniens dont 400 enfants, plus de 5000 blessés et des dizaines de milliers traumatisés à vie. Deux médecins norvégiens, témoignent: ´´A l’hôpital Al-Chifa, nous avons vu des victimes de ce que nous avons toutes les raisons de penser être le nouveau type d’armes, expérimenté par les militaires américains, connu sous l’acronyme Dime - pour Dense Inert Metal Explosive´´, ´´A 2 mètres, le corps est coupé en deux; à 8 mètres, les jambes sont coupées, brûlées comme par des milliers de piqûres d’aiguilles´´. Outre les bombes au phosphore blanc, la population de Ghaza a le privilège d’expérimenter en grandeur réelle les nouvelles ´´bombinettes futées´´ (´´smart small bombs´´) GBU-39 mises au point par Boeing pour l’US Air Force. Le Sénat américain a approuvé, en septembre, la vente de 1000 bombes de ce type à 75.000$ pièce. Israël les a reçues juste début décembre et les a expérimentées avec des dégâts que l’on sait sur les enfants palestiniens. (4)

Peut-on alors, critiquer Israël? Assurément non! surtout en Europe. Pascal Boniface écrit: «Je trouve inadmissible le terrorisme intellectuel consistant à accuser d’antisémitisme toute personne qui critique le gouvernement israélien, accusation d’ailleurs qui devrait s’appliquer aux pacifistes israéliens et aux juifs français qui partagent ce point de vue.» Parmi les laudateurs attitrés d’Israël, on ne peut pas s’empêcher de citer Christian Barbier de L’Express. Concernant Ghaza, il fait fort. Plus de 1300 victimes palestiniennes, dont 400 enfants, le monde se révulse devant l’horreur. Pas lui. Il nous enjoint même de penser autrement. C’est par-delà l’horreur qu’il faut réfléchir. Dans son éditorial de cette semaine. «Une guerre juste, juste une guerre» - fallait oser, il l’a fait - il félicite Israël pour son courage. «Israël agit pour nous».(5)

«Une riposte excessive?», se demande faussement André Glucksmann, un philosophe qui a soutenu la guerre en Irak. L’ancien maoïste se lance dans la sémantique pour nous expliquer le sens de «disproportionné». «Quelle serait la juste proportion, écrit-il qu’il lui faudrait respecter pour qu’Israël mérite la faveur des opinions? L’armée israélienne devrait-elle ne pas user de sa suprématie technique et se borner à utiliser les mêmes armes que le Hamas, c’est-à-dire la guerre des roquettes imprécises, celle des pierres, voire à son libre gré la stratégie des attentats suicides, des bombes humaines et du ciblage délibéré des populations civiles? Ou, mieux, conviendrait-il qu’Israël patiente sagement jusqu’à ce que le Hamas, par la grâce de l’Iran et de la Syrie, "équilibre" sa puissance de feu?»(6)

"Ce n’est plus un philosophe mais un porte-parole de Tsahal. «Il n’est pas disproportionné de vouloir survivre», tranche-t-il. Le mot est lâché. Le combat est proportionné. «Libérer les Palestiniens du Hamas», telle est l’ambition de Bernard-Henry Lévy. Dans sa chronique hebdomadaire au Point, «le plus remarquable dans l’affaire, le vrai sujet d’étonnement, ce n’est pas la ‘’brutalité’’ d’Israël, c’est, à la lettre, sa longue retenue»".(5)

A côté des intellectuels communautaristes français, il se trouve et il faut s’en féliciter d’autres intellectuels, ceux-là, israéliens qui, plus soucieux de la dignité humaine n’hésitent pas à braver les foudres de leur Etat pour témoigner. A défaut de les énumérer tous citons André Noushi, juif natif de Constantine, qui a écrit cette lettre à l’adresse de l’ambassadeur d’Israël à Paris. «Monsieur l’ambassadeur. Pour moi, depuis plusieurs années, la colonisation et le vol israélien des terres palestiniennes m’exaspère. (...) Il n’est plus possible de se taire devant la politique d’assassinats et d’expansion impérialiste d’Israël. Vous vous conduisez exactement comme Hitler s’est conduit en Europe avec l’Autriche, la Tchécoslovaquie.Vous méprisez les résolutions de l’ONU comme lui celles de la SDN et vous assassinez impunément des femmes, des enfants; n’invoquez pas les attentats, l’Intifada. Tout cela résulte de la colonisation illégitime illégale et qui est un vol. Vous vous conduisez comme des voleurs de terres et vous tournez le dos aux règles de la morale juive. Honte à vous: Honte à Israël! (...) J’ai honte comme Juif, ancien combattant de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, pour vous. Que votre Dieu vous maudisse jusqu’à la fin des siècles! J’espère que vous serez punis.»(7).

« Ce qui se passe aujourd’hui à Ghaza et dans les territoires occupés nous concerne tout simplement parce que notre conscience nous interdit de nous taire. «Je suis juif, et aujourd’hui j’ai honte Je suis juif et j’entends ces bruits, ces bombes, ces souffrances qui hurlent.».(8). Il faut le dire et le répéter: ce n’est pas une guerre qui se déroule dans la bande de Ghaza, mais un carnage réalisé par la troisième force aérienne du monde contre une population civile sans défense. (..) A l’horreur du crime, il faut ajouter l’abject des motivations immédiates: dans moins de deux mois se dérouleront en Israël des élections neurales, et les victimes palestiniennes sont aussi des arguments électoraux.... ».(9).

Uri Avnéry, écrivain et journaliste israélien abonde dans le même sens: «La disparité entre les forces, entre l’armée israélienne - avec ses avions, ses vedettes, ses drones, ses bateaux de guerre, son artillerie, ses tanks -et les quelques milliers de combattants du Hamas dotés d’armes légères, est de l’ordre de 1 pour 1000, voire de 1 pour 1.000.000.(...) Presque tous les médias occidentaux ont d’abord répété la ligne officielle de la propagande israélienne. Ils ont presque entièrement ignoré le versant palestinien de l’histoire, sans parler des manifestations quotidiennes du camp de la paix israélien. Le point de vue de l’autre camp, que les qassams n’étaient que la réponse au siège qui affamait un million et demi d’habitants de la bande de Gaza, n’était mentionné nulle part».(10)
En définitive, le seul résultat tangible, c’est qu’après ce massacre, le sionisme d’Israël n’aura pas fait plier le peuple de Gaza. Sa suprématie ne peut rien devant la détermination d’un peuple. A bien des égards et malgré tous les reproches qu’on peut lui faire, le Hamas a sauvé ce qui reste de la dignité des Arabes et plus généralement de la dignité des hommes.



1.Michel A. Burnier, Cécile Romane: Le secret de l’ abbé Pierre. Mille et une nuits, 1996.

2.Benjamin H. Freedman: Un transfuge juif avertit l’Occident, Alterinfo 7 Juillet 2008

3.Charte du réseau international juif anti-sioniste. http://www.ijsn.net/atranslation/234/

4.Gaza: la ´´bombinette futée´´ GBU-39 SDB Agoravox 20 janvier 2009.

5.Ces intellectuels français va-t-en-guerre mardi 20 janvier 2009

6.André Glucksmann: Gaza, une riposte excessive?, Le Monde du 6.01.2009

7.André Noushi: Lettre à l’ambassadeur d’Israël en France janvier 2009

8.Serge Grossvak http://www.ujfp.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=476 07/01/09

9.Michel Warschawski à Jérusalem. Le carnage de Ghaza, criminel et abject. 1.01 .2009

10.Uri Avnéry Combien de divisions?, écrivain et journaliste israélien. 10.01.2009

Pr Chems Eddine CHITOUR (*)

Ecole Polytechnique Alger