Iran sets up court to try Israelis over Gaza

Iran sets up court to try Israelis over Gaza

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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has set up a court to try Israelis for its air attacks on Gaza and is ready to try in absentia any people who Tehran says have committed "crimes," a judiciary official said on Tuesday.
"The court is in a special branch in Tehran and entrusted with the task of dealing with the executors, planners and officials of this (Israeli) regime who have committed crimes," judiciary spokesman Alireza Jamshidi said.

He said the court was set up on the basis of a 1948 U.N. convent

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Well, maybe this is the message Iran wanted to give to the world`s leaders. However I am not sure how this will be ever accepted as Iran does not recognise Israel as a state ..

"Jamshidi called on all Palestinians who have been affected by the Israeli operation in Gaza to file complaints. The Israeli officials could be tried in absentia, he added."

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this reminds when that Israeli fled Britain straight away after landing as he was about to be arressted for war crimes,

Its about time that some country will take the initiative to do something like this, Israel see itself as a nation that is untouchable by international courts and that everyother nation including US just like to kiss their butts.

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well, what about Russia - did they not press militarry action against Georgia even if Georgia was another independent state with an ongoing inthernal conflict? I guess that was worse, as Georgia did not fire 3000 missles over Russia , yet Russia invaded Georgia..

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Hmmm - good point sty. I didn't think of that.

Maybe some country could press to try Russia for what happened in Georiga?

I'm guessing about as much would come out of that as comes out of this bid Iran.

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Russia recognises south (forget name)
which Gorgia attacked and killed civilians in
and shot down a Russian plane

abit diffrent from Israel

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Are you crazy? Israel has whole nation caged in like dogs for decades, stealing their land and denying them basic human rights and you bring up the Georgia conflict for comparison.

I recommend a history lesson for you!

Then the US should set up court to try the war criminal, Iran and Hamas.

Even for the horses arese, that is stupid.

Again, another idiot who only thinks one sided.

How dare Israel "COUNTER" attack the daily attacks from Hamas.

They should all just lay day and allow Hamas and Iran to murder every man, woman and child.

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No , Russia recognised South Ossetia after the invasion of Georgia. South Osetia was (is?) a part of Georgia , only recognised as independent country by Russia and Zimbabwe I think.. Iran did not recognise the new split republic..

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Are you oblivious to the fact that 700,000 Palestians were forcefully kicked out of their homes, villages, and farms in 1947/48; in some instances being murdered and raped, or is it that you just don't care?

well, Obaba does not look like a president that would change the way the things are.. here is a Reuters commentary on Gaza-Obama:

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CAIRO (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, with his silence on Israel's attacks in Gaza, has confirmed Arab expectations that foreign policy changes will come small and slow when he moves into the White House next month.

This is hilarious. Iran sets up a court to try the Israelis eh? These people really are idiots.

Originally posted by princeofpeace
This is hilarious. Iran sets up a court to try the Israelis eh? These people really are idiots.

Fully agreed.

Amusing...

Will Iran also be trying to bring their Muslim brothers to trial for killing 300,000 non-Muslims in Sudan or will they be stopping short and only blowing hot air about Israel?

300,000 or 300... um...

Well, no matter. They have no chance of actually bringing anyone to trial anymore.

I can't believe this silliness is even taken seriously for a split second.

Yeah... go Iran... fighters for Truth and Justice.

They should be on the UN Human Rights panel with Libya

Idiots
Running
A
Nation

What plan could they possibly come up with next?

This is funny, good or bad still funny.Not funny when others do it.
Iran has a sence of humor regardles of what people thinks of Iran.

The PTB World wide have been hinting at this Israeli - Iran issue for the last few months - with Joe Biden even making the statement about an event that would test the Obama presidency from the gate.

This is what they've been talking about people!

THAT... is why Obama remains silent.

What is it that Iran will do next? Once the Court's finding become law, Iran will press this issue within the U.N. Criminal Court system and gain the right to bring these criminals to justice BY FORCE...

HEELLLOOOO... =)

Pretty obvious, isn't it?

Who says Iran doesn't have a nuke?

I guess you are right, Iran can set up a "court" then apply military action to support the outcom of their courts ..
Obama is in big trouble, I do not see a reason for him to smile anymore. India and Pakistan is also not doing well - but all the media is focused on Israel now . Then we can have this scenario :

1) Israel attacks Palestine.
2)Iran declares war to Israel.
3)US attacks Iran
4)Israel attacks Syria (?)
5)India goes to war with Pakistan , hopefully not nuclear..
6) Russia suports all sides of all the wars by selling weapons.

The Iranians are doing this under the auspices of the 1948 convention on genocide to which both Israel and Iran are signatories. The full text can be found here.

I believe the relevant articles would be article II and article VI:

Article 2
In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:

* (a) Killing members of the group;
* (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
* (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
* (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
* (e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

The systematic destruction of infrastructure and killing of Hamas members could be taken to breach section 2(a)and 2(b). 2(a), 2(b), 2(c) and possibly 2(d) could also be taken as having been perpetrated against the palestinian people in the Gaza Strip as a whole.

Article 6
Persons charged with genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in Article 3 shall be tried by a competent tribunal of the State in the territory of which the act was committed, or by such international penal tribunal as may have jurisdiction with respect to those Contracting Parties which shall have accepted its jurisdiction.

Obviously the first part is not going to happen (tried in the territory in which the act was committed) so this would have to be an international penal tribunal which may have jurisdiction. Ironically it may well turn out to have been the Israeli courts which have settled the matter of jurisdiction in their trial of Adolf Eichmann. Eichmann's argument that the Israeli court had no jurisdiction was struck down by the Israeli court in favour of 'Universal Jurisdiction' authorised by international law.

One of the more controversial and difficult provisions says that genocide will be punished either by a competent tribunal of the territorial State, or by “such international penal tribunal as may have jurisdiction”. Little more than a decade after article VI was adopted, the Israeli courts dismissed Adolf Eichmann’s claim that the provision was an obstacle to the exercise of universal jurisdiction over genocide. It was held that despite the terms of the Convention, exercise of universal jurisdiction was authorised by customary international law.

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In reality it will turn out to be nothing more than an exercise as the Israelis will not accept any judgements against them and the UN will be powerless to enforce them with the US veto in force.