tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29459499.post5444741846297567473..comments2024-01-29T21:39:07.526+02:00Comments on This Ongoing War: A Blog: 18-Jun-13: They want their children to become killers and they say why. The rest of us are left with questionsOz_in_Zionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13661581252423495040noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29459499.post-80611297282044940262013-06-18T23:20:33.220+03:002013-06-18T23:20:33.220+03:00Also, let's not fail to give equal time to the...Also, let's not fail to give equal time to the educationalists of Hamas whose achievements in exploiting, manipulating and terrorizing the children living in their regime are... extraordinary.<br /><br />We wrote about their unforgettable contribution twice in recent months:<br /><br />24-Jan-13: Sacrificing the lives of an entire generation of adolescents on their altar of hatred, the thugs of Hamas boast of plans to create a children's army<br />http://thisongoingwar.blogspot.co.il/2013/01/24-jan-13-sacrificing-lives-of-entire.html<br /><br />29-Apr-13: Hamas demonstrates importance of solid education. Stand by for vigorous response from Amnesty, UNICEF et al<br />http://thisongoingwar.blogspot.co.il/2013/04/29-apr-13-hamas-demonstrates-importance.htmlThis Ongoing Warhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00071059442104716833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29459499.post-68433279297657794112013-06-18T23:12:41.326+03:002013-06-18T23:12:41.326+03:00Shoshana, there is no shortage of international la...Shoshana, there is no shortage of international laws, including the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 37 (1989). <br /><br />Also the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Article 8(2)(b)(xxvi), which provides that "Conscripting or enlisting children under the age of fifteen years into the national armed forces or using them to participate actively in hostilities" is a war crime.<br /><br />Then there is Child Soldiers International [http://www.child-soldiers.org] which "seeks to end the military recruitment and the use in hostilities, in any capacity, of any person under the age of 18 by state armed forces or non-state armed groups".<br /><br />But as we have all noticed, there are huge vested-interest groups which see to it that international legal provisions are useless as tools to influence this sort of hate-driven behaviour. <br /><br />Why does the UN not have a convention outlawing terrorism? Same reason.This Ongoing Warhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00071059442104716833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29459499.post-5928625921451149302013-06-18T21:54:40.847+03:002013-06-18T21:54:40.847+03:00It is extraordinary to think that organizations ca...It is extraordinary to think that organizations calling themselves "pro-child" don't protest. There is also a UN convention against child soldiers and US law against it as well. Is it that no one actually cares about Palestinian children, or that no one has the nerve to stand up to Palestinian adults? We should do better here.bryen.shoshana@gmail.comnoreply@blogger.com