Israel to be tried for war crimes?

Don't worry - this will never happen... It would be like trying to bring the U.S. to the Hague to answer for our torturing of our enemies. It just won't happen. We're too much of an empire and Israel is our protectorate.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/14/2189504.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/14/2189133.htm

Israel has a policy of genocide against the Palestinians ever since they were founded. Their parliment wants nothing more than to end their very existance. But if another group has a similar view of Israel they get bombed, attacked, and have UN resolutions brought against them. Luckily for Israel, they have the US to veto every - and I mean EVERY - act the UN has tried to cast against them.

The only people to welcome with open arms the jews from Germany during WW2 was Palestine. They said openly that they had a large area of land and that the jews were welcome to come into their country and live together around the holy lands of many groups. (as did, by the way, the Orthodox Christians well back to the begining of Orthodoxy - see side note below).

Shortly after their arrival, the Israelis were trying to found their own nation - to this, the Palestinians stated that they could take the unused half of the nation and they could share the holy cities. That wasn't good enough and Israel took over. The UN stepped in and stated that Jerusalem would be an UN city and that there would be two nations with clearly outlined boundaries. The world was great with the idea, especially after the US unilaterally stated that Israel was a nation and Palestine was no longer... The US vetoed this action outright.

At several other points over the years, peacekeepers were to be sent to monitor the situation and treaties, etc. We vetoed all of them - that way when someone threw a rock at a tank patrolling illegally in the Palestinian areas, the Israelis could say it was justified to invade and kill many.

Several times in the history, the Israelis have also invaded neighbors with little thought other than to kill off as many refugees as possible. To this day they invade the refugee camps throughout their "nation" and will not let the refugees leave certain camps, becuase (1) they are considered militants, (2) they would legally settle in lands that the jews want to illegally settle in, and (3) they would no longer be able to be considered a threat.

Shortly after the election of Hamas to the leadership of the Palestinians, they vowed to remove the "removal of Israel" statements from their policy and ideals. They also wanted to meet with Israel with open arms. All was well until last year the wall went up, and a few months ago Israel blockaded all shipments into and out of the Palestian territory. Medical, food, electrical power, fuel, everything was blockaded. Many suffered with no clear-cut reason given by the force that started the blockade...

Oh well, just a miniUS pushing their weight around.

Side Note: These Orthodox Christians fought against the invading Catholics, they fought against the Ottoman Empire and against the Romans. Today they consider themselves Palestinian-Israelis. To this day, the Christians in Israel are spat upon, and treated horribly - not as bad as the other Palestinians, but pretty bad. One has to remember that Arab leaders from all over attend the Christian services for holy days in the holy land and have done so for a thousand or more years. Jesus was more than a prophet to them - he was an attempt to see how the son of god would be treated if indeed he did come to the world - not very well. That is why Mohammad was sent to tell the world that there will be no coming of the son-of-god and that these are the steps necessary to make up for the "sins" and "slaughter."