Desmond Tutu, having bypassed Israel by sneaking into Gaza via Egypt like the rest of the weapons used by Hamas, has finished his “investigation” into the deaths of Palestinians in Beit Hanoun. Of course, it was the usual by-the-book investigation, the book being, of course, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and the blame being put onto the Jews.
UN envoy Archbishop Desmond Tutu, concluding a fact-finding mission to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Thursday, condemned as a “massacre” the killing of 18 members of a Palestinian family by Israeli shelling in 2006.
At a news conference, Tutu said Israel’s contention that a technical fault caused the shells to hit two homes in the Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, a border area where militants fire rockets at southern Israel, “fell short of accountability”.
And here’s what the crackerjack investigator used as evidence: The famed Palestinian eyewitness testimony.
“We are at the stage of shock… by what we subsequently heard from the survivors of the November (2006) Beit Hanoun massacre,” Tutu said.
Since Israel refused to cooperate in the investigation, Tutu has investigated only one side of the story and now declared the subject closed.
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate planned to present a report about the incident to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva at a session in September.
[…] The South African cleric said a main aim of the visit was to “make recommendations to protect Palestinian civilians from further Israeli assaults”.
Funny, I thought his job was to determine what happened and make recommendations to make sure it doesn’t happen again. The phrase “to protect Palestinians from further Israeli assaults” makes it sound like Tutu thinks that Israelis deliberately shelled Palestinian civilians.
Shyeah. I know. He does. But screw him, and the UN Human Wrongs Council. Which, I’m sure, will condemn Israel once Tutu makes his report.
And oh, while he was there, just to prove he’s not a total dick, Tutu scolded Ismail Haniyeh. I understand he frowned mightily.
“We told Mr (Ismail) Haniyeh that firing rockets was a gross violation of human rights,” Tutu said, referring to the Gaza-based Hamas leader.
And it really worked.
Three Qassam rockets and three mortar shells were fired from northern Gaza towards Israel on Thursday. No injuries or damage were reported.
Thanks, Tutu! Give my regards to your friend Doudou!
Say, kids, what time is it? That’s right. It’s Israeli Double Standard Time, the time when the UNHRC sends an investigator to determine why Palestinian civilians were killed by shells that went off course, but does not send an investigator to do anything about Israeli civilians deliberately targeted by Palestinian terrorists. But no worries. IDST only happens on days that end with a Y.
Gee with all the xenophobic violence going on in his homeland you’d think he doesn’t have to travel to posture.
I am shocked. Shocked that he would blame Israel.
“…like the rest of the weapons used by Hamas…”
That’s pretty funny.
Some time in the late eighties Bishop Tutu was in Detroit and according to the newspaper at one of his stops he was asked about his stance on Israel, which can fairly be termed “critical.” We expect more from the Jews because they have suffered, he said.
Interesting. His own people have suffered but he doesn’t hold them to a higher standard. American blacks have indisputablysuffered but he doesn’t seem to hold them to a higher standard. Just Israel. I wonder why…all right, I don’t wonder.
Yet again I am reminded of Eric Hoffer’s remark that, “Alone among the peoples of the world, Jews are expected to act like Christians.”
What is it ’bout the Nobel Peace Prize that turns people into Idiots? Or is that a new requirement?
For the last couple of decades stupid malevolence seems to have been a strong factor in deciding to whom to award the prize.
Tuck Futu.