Israeli Supreme Court demands army justify demolitions

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The Israeli Supreme Court has demanded explanations from the army over the scale of the destruction of Palestinian homes in the Rafah region of the Gaza Strip, judicial sources said.

The Court was responding to a petition filed by the Arab-Israeli rights group Adalah, which accuses the military of having perpetrated "war crimes" with the demolition of the large number of houses in the town which borders Egypt.

Chief Justice Aaron Barak said that the accusations could not be taken lightly and demanded that the army appoint a senior officer to hold an inquiry into the scale of the destruction and then report back to the Court.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200410/s1228529.htm

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1. "John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it!"

-- Andrew Jackson WRT The USSC declaring unconstitutional the Indian
Removal Act of 1830.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson