Michael Mendal cites a Nuremberg judge:
On of the most amazing phenomena of this case which does not lack in startling features is the manner in which the aggressive war conducted by Germany against Russia has been treated by the defense as if it were the other way around. …If it is assumed that some of the resistance units in Russia or members of the population did commit acts which were in themselves unlawful under the rules of war, it would still have to be shown that these acts were not in legitimate defense against wrongs perpetrated upon them by the invader. Under International Law, as in Domestic Law, there can be no reprisal against reprisal. The assassin who is being repulsed by his intended victim may not slay him and then, in turn, plead self defense. (Trial of Otto Ohlendorf and others, Military Tribunal II-A, April 8, 1948)---
Nationalistic and militaristic, that's Israel today.
A commenter wrote in response to a piece on Israel's human rights violations a few years back, "You can't be half-humanistic and half-fascist."
Apparently, Israel did not quite get the message. From Arik Ben-Zvi in Salon on the "The alarming rise of radical nationalism in Israel":
'No citizenship without loyalty' (it rhymes in Hebrew), Yisrael Beiteinu is pushing for a new law requiring all citizens to swear an 'oath of loyalty' to the state. Israeli-Arab citizens or others who refuse could have their citizenship stripped from them. ... In order to sell that idea, Lieberman has focused much of his campaign inciting public anger against Israel's Arab minority.
Well, this isn't the first time that the United Sates supported an anti-democratic state.
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