Time to pay for mistakes

[Scurrilous]

Court rules that Israel should be paying, in cash, for killing innocent Palestinians

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3339628,00.html

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"Oy, Aharon Barak, Aharon Barak. Didn't he retire already? But we saw the ceremony on TV! The cries on the Israeli Right were clearly heard following the ruling on the question of compensating Palestinians. What the High Court ruled, in fact, is that the State of Israel isn't a small child and that it's responsible for its actions. Yes, even in that odd black hole known as the "Territories," a 30-minute drive from Tel Aviv.

The decision that came in response to a petition filed by human rights organizations, according to which West Bank and Gaza Strip residents are entitled to sue for compensation in the wake of Israeli actions, is revolutionary, and to some extent constitutes a fix for the security-minded approach adopted by the High Court in recent years.

In a rare decision, Supreme Court justices told the State of Israel that it cannot do whatever it wishes without paying. Even if we're talking about another people, the kind been ruled over for 40 years.

And please note the ironic timing: A day after the Olmert government gave the United Nations the finger and refused to accept a UN commission of inquiry into the Beit Hanoun affair, the High Court ruled that we are responsible in fact."

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1. A little shot of truth. I'm sure it won't be taken very seriously at all.