Israel to declare Gaza 'enemy territory' to avoid payouts to inhabitants

[Karmadillo]

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.609531

Israel to declare Gaza 'enemy territory' to avoid payouts to inhabitants
Decision would mean Israel would not be liable for damage incurred to residents of the Strip as a result of Israeli actions during Operation Protective Edge.

The cabinet is expected to declare the Gaza Strip as enemy territory. A senior Israeli official said the decision would mean that Israel would not be liable for damage incurred to residents of the Strip as a result of Israeli actions during Operation Protective Edge.

The resolution on the decision was posted to the website of the Prime Minister’s Office Thursday afternoon, but a few hours later it was decided that it would not be brought for a vote at the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday.

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According to the Defense Ministry, such a decision would greatly reduce the resources needed to deal with suits that might be brought by Palestinians because of damage done by the Israel Defense Forces as well as by future IDF action. Ben-Ari wrote that “most of these suits are in any case rejected as they are the outcome of actions of war.”

Ben-Ari also wrote that the damage by the IDF “stemmed from the actions of Hamas which places its command posts, weapons stores and rocket-launching sites in built up areas in the Gaza Strip, hiding behind innocent civilians and preventing them from leaving their homes.”

[4now]

1. Israel never accepts responsibility for anything that it does

It always blames the victim.

[emsimon33]

3. Israel seems to have a victim complex which is ironic

[regnaD kciN]

2. Doesn't "enemy territory" have to be a different country?

[emsimon33]

4. Good point

[AgingAmerican]

5. Israel is the most right wing country on earth

Flat out revolting

[malaise]

6. See how simple life is when you have both the bombs and the Western

allies to prevent you from being called what you are - war criminals.

[HereSince1628]

7. Convenient, I guess no constitutional prohibition against ex post facto laws?

[woo me with science]

8. K&R

[Bettie]

9. Shocking, I tell you, shocking...

Oh, wait, not so much shocking as expected.

Being the Israeli government means never having to take responsibility for anything...it's always 100% the other guy's fault.