A reasonable person has the right to expect that the two organizations’ responses to the Israeli attack on the Bureij refugee camp in Gaza on the first day of the Muslim holiday, on Dec 07, would be equal, if not more assertive; after all, the Tel Aviv bombings were carried by two individuals, while the Bureij attack was carried out by over 50 tanks, Apache helicopters and hundreds of soldiers. Also, the Palestinian leadership condemned the killings of Israelis in very strong terms. Israel on the other hand, not only ordered the attack and killings in Bureij, in the first place but also gloated, once again, for the great success of its army that killed and wounded dozens of innocent people. And finally, one has to keep in mind that Israel is the occupier, the one in violation of International Law, the one who killed three times more Palestinians than Palestinians killed Israelis.
But if you are a reasonable person, therefore expecting such evenhandedness, you are mistaken.
France reacted to the indiscriminate killing of Palestinians in Bureij by reminding Israel to “take into consideration the limitations imposed by the international humanitarian law.”
The U.S. urged Israel to consider the consequences of the military actions in the territories (this was seen as the harshest American criticism of Israel since the beginning of the Intifada.)
But if you are a reasonable person, therefore expecting such evenhandedness, you are mistaken.
France reacted to the indiscriminate killing of Palestinians in Bureij by reminding Israel to “take into consideration the limitations imposed by the international humanitarian law.”
The U.S. urged Israel to consider the consequences of the military actions in the territories (this was seen as the harshest American criticism of Israel since the beginning of the Intifada.)