{"id":59400,"date":"2025-05-11T18:47:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T22:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=59400"},"modified":"2025-05-11T18:47:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T22:47:51","slug":"oddly-enough-war-is-supposed-to-have-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=59400","title":{"rendered":"Oddly Enough, War Is Supposed To Have Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to Britannica<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The development of the Geneva Conventions was closely associated with the <\/span>Red Cross<\/a>, whose founder, <\/span>Henri Dunant<\/a>, initiated international negotiations that produced the <\/span>Convention for the Amelioration of the Wounded in Time of War in 1864.<\/strong><\/p>\n

…Because some belligerents in World War II<\/a> had abused the principles contained in earlier conventions, an International Red Cross conference in Stockholm in 1948 extended and codified the existing provisions. The conference developed four conventions, which were approved in Geneva on August 12, 1949: (1) the <\/span>Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, (2) the <\/span>Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea, (3) the <\/span>Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, and (4) the <\/span>Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War.<\/strong><\/p>\n

These are supposed to be “the rules of war.” Hamas does not follow them, and humanitarian groups choose to overlook that fact.<\/p>\n

On Friday, The Washington Free Beacon<\/a> posted an article about an investigation, conducted by the Henry Jackson Society\u2019s Centre for the New Middle East.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

The United Nations and its network of international NGOs have systematically whitewashed Hamas\u2019s reliance on human shields in Gaza, sweeping aside mountains of evidence revealing how the terror group intentionally places civilians in harm\u2019s way to maximize bloodshed, a new report finds<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first-of-its-kind investigation, conducted by the Henry Jackson Society\u2019s Centre for the New Middle East, presents “the \u2018missing chapter\u2019 in all the U.N. and NGO reports” issued since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023. Its authors reveal in detail how the terror group transformed civilian residences and infrastructure into military outposts, all while evading international scrutiny.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article cites incidents such as placing mines among children’s toys and storing rockets in a child’s bed. Hamas has also reportedly hidden entrances to their tunnels in children’s bedrooms. The terrorist group has long been known to use civilians as shields. That is what makes it so difficult for Israel to fight Hamas without killing civilians.<\/p>\n

The article notes:<\/p>\n

Hamas members have admitted the terror group\u2019s attitude toward civilian casualties in Gaza. The day after Oct. 7, for instance, Hamas official Ali Baraka told<\/a> Russia Today TV that “the Israelis are known to love life. We, on the other hand, sacrifice ourselves. We consider our dead to be martyrs.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Terrorists\u2019 admissions of their own tactics have not prompted the U.N. to acknowledge them. In one notable display noted in the Henry Jackson Society compilation, a U.N. official said “word count” prevented the international body from noting Hamas\u2019s reliance on human shields in a June 2024 report<\/a> on “Children and Armed Conflict.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

…High-profile human rights organizations that work alongside the U.N. have also downplayed\u2014or outright ignored\u2014Hamas\u2019s intentional endangerment of civilians.<\/strong><\/p>\n

One such group, Amnesty International\u2014known for its hostility to Israel\u2014released a December 2024 report accusing the Jewish state of perpetrating a genocide in Gaza. The 296-page report, You Feel Like You Are Subhuman: Israel\u2019s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza<\/em>, barely mentions Hamas\u2019s battlefield tactics, the Henry Jackson Society\u2019s analysis shows.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Much like the ICJ\u2019s filing, Amnesty International “deliberately omits any discussion of Hamas\u2019s extensive tunnel network,” mentioning them only in the context of Israeli military operations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A 2024 report from Human Rights Watch contained similar accusations of genocide without any discussion of Hamas\u2019s tactics.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are a lot of causes for the irrational anti-Semitism that is rampant around the world right now. A media that fails to report the truth is one of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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