From the Jerusalem Post: Cotler warns of new strain in delegitimization of Israel
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Prof. Irwin Cotler, the Canadian member of parliament and former minister of justice and attorney-general of Canada, is warning of a new strain in the delegitimization of Israel, what he calls “lawfare.”
According to Cotler, lawfare's five manifestations include the protective “covers” of the United Nations, international law, humanitarian law, the struggle against racism and the struggle against genocide.
Essentially, Irwin Cotler is saying that asking UN member states to abide by the resolutions of the UN body; to abide by international and humanitarian law; to not discriminate; and to desist from policies of ethnic cleansing is equivalent to the deligitimization of those states that choose not to do those things.
No. The rules are there for everyone to follow. Those who don't follow them have eroded their own moral legitimacy, regardless who they may be.
http://www.jpost.com/VideoArticles/Video/Article.aspx?id=221262
Prof. Irwin Cotler, the Canadian member of parliament and former minister of justice and attorney-general of Canada, is warning of a new strain in the delegitimization of Israel, what he calls “lawfare.”
According to Cotler, lawfare's five manifestations include the protective “covers” of the United Nations, international law, humanitarian law, the struggle against racism and the struggle against genocide.
Essentially, Irwin Cotler is saying that asking UN member states to abide by the resolutions of the UN body; to abide by international and humanitarian law; to not discriminate; and to desist from policies of ethnic cleansing is equivalent to the deligitimization of those states that choose not to do those things.
No. The rules are there for everyone to follow. Those who don't follow them have eroded their own moral legitimacy, regardless who they may be.
