Ah. An actual war crime. It is illegal for Iran to transfer weapons to any other country, and certainly to a terrorist organization. Per Security Council resolutions. Note, unlike General Assembly resolutions, which are non-binding, and merely recommendations, and ICJ advisory rulings, which are merely advice, to be accepted or rejected as seen fit, Security Council resolutions are actually LAW. And those smart Israeli (read Jewish) lawyers know this.


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Nov 5, 2009 7:41 | Updated Nov 5, 2009 18:49
PM: UN Security Council should discuss Iranian 'war crime'
By JPOST.COM STAFF


Iran's attempt to smuggle hundreds of tons of weapons to Hizbullah is a "war crime," Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, adding that the UN would do better to investigate the evident arms flow to Syria and south Lebanon from Iran instead of holding its scheduled discussion on the Goldstone Report.

Speaking at a Thursday briefing attended by IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, OC Navy Admiral Eli Marom and Military Intelligence chief Maj.-Gen. Amos Yadlin, all of whom received his praise and acknowledgment for their part in the operation, the prime minister went on to stress the severity of the thwarted smuggling attempt.

"The ship was loaded with a huge quantity of weapons meant to reach Hizbullah. The purpose of the missiles was to kill as many civilians as possible. This is a war crime that the Iranian government planned to allow Hizbullah to execute, after [Hizbullah] has already fired thousands of rockets against our communities," Netanyahu said.

"It's a war crime on which the UN Security Council should have held an emergency special session, especially since we are talking about blatant violations of Security Council resolutions. This is a crime that the Iranian regime intends to repeat.

"This is what the international community should be concentrating on every day and on this day in particular. Instead, it has chosen to convene to condemn the IDF and the State of Israel and to undermine our legitimate right to self defense," Netanyahu said, referring to the discussion currently taking place on the Goldstone Report, which, he added "won't deter us."

"It won't prevent us from defending our citizens," the prime minister continued, "because Israeli citizens know the truth, that the IDF is a moral army. We know that what stands between war criminals and war crimes directed against Israeli citizens is the IDF and the Israeli security forces."

Ashkenazi praised the joint work of the navy, the military intelligence and the Mossad. "Without their ongoing, strenuous work, day after day, hour after hour, we wouldn't have had the intelligence enabling us to undertake such an operation," he said.

Yadlin added that besides the weaponry, there was a large amount of money on board the Francop which was meant to fund terror.

Tovah Lazaroff contributed to this report.

<Though in this instance I agree with you, Israel has a nasty history of orchestrating set ups:>

Have any others? Or, does this one make a "nasty habit"?

When your Pal heroes set up photo-ops all the time to make up an orchestrated set up for cameras to appear that someone was harmed, you don't react similarly to that.

When your Pal heroes orchestrate a set up in buildings with human shields, knowing that innocents will die, you don't react similarly to that.

When your Pal heroes orchestrate a set up near buildings knowing that the Israelis will attack that location and innocent civilians will die, you don't react similarly to that.

I could go on forever, they commit so many orchestrated set ups.

You though? Have ONE confusing issue, the Lavon Affair which happened over FIFTY YEARS AGO. Yes, a "nasty history" of half a century ago.

I wonder if you'll react so intently to this Iranian absolute war crime as you do to Israeli accusations of war crimes?