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Tel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv University - Aeyal Gross (Dept of Law) Grossly Misrepresents the Death of 'Innocent' Terrorists Killed During Terrorist ActsLumps them together with other Arabs Killed Over the Last Decade in an Attempt to De-legitimize Israeli Security Concerns and Residency Laws So it's no wonder that the truth is only a side note when bashing Israel. According to Aeyal Gross, Associate Professor and a lecturer on international and constitutional law at Tel Aviv University, who is already on CAMERA'a focus, no less than 50 Palestinians were killed in the last decade in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip by Israeli civilians, aka settlers. Only in a minority of the cases of
violence against Palestinians were indictments served.
(According to statistics provided by the human rights group B'Tselem,
since 2000 Israeli civilians have killed 50 Palestinians in the
territories, in addition to perpetrating many other
non-fatal instances of violence.)… ... Half of those supposedly innocent Palestinians about which Gross is lamenting, are ruthless terrorists who either killed, were planning on killing, or would kill if given the chance. Their deaths were caused in self defense, by the people who's job it is to protect their communities from such murderous terrorists in the first place. Gross, either by dishonesty or malice, purposely omitted these facts when writing his op-ed in Haaretz.
http://www.israellycool.com/2012/05/31/when-israeli-academia-is-rotten-who-needs-enemies/ When Israeli Academia Is Rotten, Who Needs Enemies Judge Dan The worst kind of anti-Israel folk are the Israeli left-wing academia. Touting a Ph.D. or a Dr. as approbation of their merits, supposed higher social rank and morality. So it's no wonder that the truth is only a side note when bashing Israel. According to Aeyal Gross, Associate Professor and a lecturer on international and constitutional law at Tel Aviv University, who is already on CAMERA'a focus, no less than 50 Palestinians were killed in the last decade in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip by Israeli civilians, aka settlers. When the High Court of Justice upheld the constitutionality (in 2006 and again in January) of the Citizenship Law clause prohibiting residency permits in Israel for Palestinians from the territories, even if they have an Israeli domestic partner, it based its ruling on the state's justification for the clause. That justification ostensibly stems from security concerns: The state said that in 54 cases since 2001, Palestinians who where involved in terror, or their parents, were legal residents in Israel. In its ruling the High Court cited laws in other countries that limit the right of citizens of enemy countries to enter them. But in the case of Israel and the territories, this limitation is unilateral. Israelis can settle in the territories, dispossessing the local population, but in a discussion of the right of an Israeli citizen who married a Palestinian to live with that person in Israel, the territories suddenly become a sort of enemy country, over a border that is forbidden to cross. The unilateral nature of the justification to limit the entry of Palestinians into Israel for purported security reasons is underscored by the violence of Israelis toward Palestinians. On Saturday a settler shot and wounded a Palestinian after settlers had set fire to Palestinian wheat fields [According to anti-Israeli sources, no proof or confirmation found. JD]. A few days earlier, settlers were caught on camera firing at Palestinians while Israel Defense Forces soldiers stood by [Yet another out of context "fact", but others have discussed it. JD]. There are many other instances of settler violence toward Palestinians, some of which are what are known as "price tag" incidents, including stone-throwing, incursions into Palestinian villages and arson. Only in a minority of the cases of violence against Palestinians were indictments served. (According to statistics provided by the human rights group B'Tselem, since 2000 Israeli civilians have killed 50 Palestinians in the territories, in addition to perpetrating many other non-fatal instances of violence.) And even if convicted, the assailants were let off with light sentences. From certain points of view, the security risk to Palestinians from Israelis is more serious than that to Israelis from Palestinians. Even if Palestinians manage sometimes to hurt Israelis, sometimes in serious terror attacks, when it comes to Palestinian violence against Israelis the police and the army are there to protect the Israeli population. The authorities put on trial and severely punish Palestinians who use violence. But when violence is perpetrated by Israelis against Palestinians, the Palestinians are given no protection by the authorities ruling the region – that is, by Israel. If the Citizenship Law is truly security-oriented, and its purpose is to protect the population from people who might attack it – logically it should be applied in the opposite direction. Israelis – in light of their proven tendency to steal Palestinian lands and act violently toward Palestinians – should be prohibited from entering the territories. The failure to apply this logic shows that according to the dominant understanding in Israel, the concept of "security" is for Israelis only. At most, Palestinians have rights, which, in the name of the supremacy accorded to security, can be taken away from them. Perhaps we should begin thinking of the Palestinians, too, as being entitled to security. Then we will see how the Israeli presence in the territories denies it to them. Let's look at these B'Tselem data for some of the 50 Palestinians, shall we? Palestinians killed by Israeli civilians in the Occupied Territories, 29.9.2000 – 26.12.2008
Half of those supposedly innocent Palestinians about which Gross is lamenting, are ruthless terrorists who either killed, were planning on killing, or would kill if given the chance. Their deaths were caused in self defense, by the people who's job it is to protect their communities from such murderous terrorists in the first place. Gross, either by dishonesty or malice, purposely omitted these facts when writing his op-ed in Haaretz. When a chain of people and institutions are hellbent on delegitimizing Israel by twisting events and facts in such a way to fit their agenda, we better rethink who the enemy is. ======================================== Op-Ed articles appearing on IsraCampus.Org.il are those of the writer and do not necessarily represent the opinion of IsraCampus.Org.il
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