And yes, she was asking for it.
The team received an angry reaction in Sderot in southern Israel Tuesday, just after Palestinian militants from the nearby Gaza Strip fired rockets into the town.
A worker at a chicken slaughtering plant was critically wounded in the attack.
Arbour’s group, about a kilometre away from where the attack occurred, went to facility after hearing the loud explosion and seeing plumes of smoke.
But they were met by angry workers at the plant, who threw stones at Arbour’s vehicle and shouted curses when she insisted on seeing the result of Palestinian rocket fire firsthand.
Arbour, a former Canadian Supreme Court justice and chief prosecutor for UN war crimes tribunals, said Israel “has a responsibility to defend its citizens, but has to do so only by legal means.”
“It has to do so in line with international law, including international humanitarian law, but it has a primary responsibility to protect people who are under its authorities.”
You know, it’s almost like the UN doesn’t give a damn about Israeli casualties.
Oh. Wait.
Of course, the AP article does not name the wounded Israeli, but it does name the Hamas commanders killed by the IDF (go IDF!).
Militants persisted with the rocket fire, launching five homemade projectiles, including three that landed in southern Israel. One critically wounded a man in the town of Sderot, a frequent target, striking the ground a half-mile from a convoy carrying the United Nations’ top human rights official, who was touring the town.
Looks like the IDF has found a way to counteract the new human-shields strategy of the terrorists. I thought they might.
I would have been happier if the Katyusha had hit Arbour’s car, and that poor Israeli had been unharmed. She gives Canada a bad name.
Nearly everything the Palis do violates international law. How about Arbour and the other loudmouths who blather about international law to denounce Israel and the USA for imagginary violations do a bit of holding the Palis feet to the fire over their violations? Oops, the Palis are designated victims of the mean, bad Joooz and the nefarious Murkins. Can’t criticize them.