Video Infoblog: Israel's Terrorist Attack On Lebanon: Exploding Pagers Kill Child, 10 Others, Maim Thousands
if say Hamas or Hezbollah managed to simultaneously detonate the pages or mobile phones of Israeli reservice whether or not they were on duty or not wherever they happen to be whoever happened to be around them that would be rightly classified as an obscene Act of mass terrorism it would also rightly be judged to be a grave war crime I'd also knowe that anyone who cheered on such an attack in the west would be liable for arrest under their country's anti-terror today across Lebanon and reportedly in Syria Pages suddenly exploded with reports that more than 4,000 people so far have been injured with at least 11 killed including one 8-year-old girl Abdullah the reported Target was Hezbollah which is two things a lebanes militia and a political party which is part of the governing Coalition in Lebanon but it's not just Hezbollah fighters who use these Pages for importantly so do Medics I mean we we need more information on that that's what the questions will be asking who actually has these pages and does Israel know can they be sure who these Pages belong to we'll talk about that but one widely circulating claim is that Israel intercepted shipment of pages and then put explosives in them remotely detonating them Hezbollah uses these Pages or relies on them rather mobile phones to prevent Israel monitoring their activities the other possibility I've seen obviously being discussed is some sort of Cyber attack to remotely blow up these Pages using their batteries I'm not a tech expert here but it strikes me as extremely implausible especially given these Pages appear to be primitive if that were true well the implications of that would be even more terrifying though they are terrifying enough as we'll discuss now apologists for Israel are in a frenzy of ecstasy over this one example is AI Meer he used to be the editor and chief of Jerusalem Post he says note there are exactly zero reports of anyone but hezb Personnel being wounded by the exploding pages whoever carried this out this ingenious attack did so in a manner that specifically targeted the hea men and spared uninvolved civilians let's remember that now ay Maya has a history of denial when it comes to the killing of children he was the edit and chief of the Jerusalem Post when they posted false disgusting claims that Palestinian parents were faking the deaths the murders the killing of their babies by Israeli weapons by using dolls that's who this guy is he's walked back this claim now we have the confirmation obviously of at least one child being killed but this underlines that this claim it's a highly targeted attack on a terrorist group is a nonsense we can see the consequences indeed I've watched the CTV footage of two attacks I won't share them because otherwise YouTube will age restrict this video one shows someone paying at supermarket paying for their goods then the page explodes clearly injuring people around them and another in a market you can see the same again I can't show you the video the consequences um because um otherwise YouTube will age restrict this video and then limit the number of people can watch it um but I can show you this video of the consequences of a pag well you can see there that that caus significant damage you can see how if this exploded on a person it could cause serious injuries and deaths to other people and particularly if the report was a truee that the attack happened after they received a message so many would have taken the page out first now you just have to ask yourself some basic questions about this attack or rather series of attack and that's actually important this is a series of attacks by what definition are these targeted legitimate military attacks we know that Israel has an all-encompassing definition for example of Hamas where Junior officials civil servants public administrators and so on are defined as Hamas and thus judged to be legitimate targets and thus attacked even if that kills their entire families in this case hesa is a political party as well as a militia which is part of the internationally recognized government in Lebanon do we know who who exactly has these Pages what was the legality of the attempt to commit the mass extrajudicial killing of so many people with no regard for what they have or have not done and how is it at all possible to take any precautions to protect other people well you you can't can you think of someone sitting on a crowded bus or train think of people driving cars or other vehicles think of people in public spaces like a supermarket everyone with the pages turn into a walking explosive and uh becomes a threat to everyone around them according to the Geneva conventions indiscriminate attacks are prohibited indiscriminate attacks are those which are not directed at specific M objective those which employ a method or means of combat which cannot be directed at specific military objective or those which employ a method or means of combat the effects of which cannot be limited as required by this protocol well you cannot possibly argue that this meets the terms of the Geneva conventions now a few things here we all know what would happen if Israel had been on the receiving end of such of attack or series of attacks if the phonos or pages of Israeli reservists were attacked like this by hezb or Hamas or Iran and exploded wherever those soldiers happened to be and killed and named children and bystandard those cheering on this attack would be denouncing this as a Despicable outrageous Act of terrorism I would agree with them if if there was a similar attack on Israeli reservice as they went about their business in civilian areas posing a grievous threat to those around them I would condemn that that as Grievous terrorism some of us are morally consistent you see and this really does underline how terrorism as a term which is cynically redefined to mean violence used by the West's opponents you see when I pointed out on social media that this would be denounce the terrorism were say Hezbollah the perpetrators and Israel the target Israel's apologists responded on M to say yeah but that's because hezb terrorists well if Hezbollah had committed such an attack the method of the violence and the consequences of the violence would be portrayed the central evidence that hezb are terrorists terrorism is defined here by whether the violence is perpetrated by an opponent West if it's committed by an opponent of the west then it's terrorism if it's done by Israel then it's just a daring attack you see the Hideous consequence of this can be seen one doct in Bay re reports I smell too much blood today and Tred to stop many slaughtered body parts from bleeding which was pointless what we are going through is unbelievable a Lebanese International um sorry a Lebanese Amnesty International campaigner bisan faki reports my family and friends in sir describes surreal and shocking scenes people running through the streets women hitting their faces mask confusion and hysteria ambulances racing by rescue workers crying it's also worth noting here that the horrors the Israeli state has perpetrated against Lebanon go back decades like during the 1982 invasion of Lebanon when the Republican president Ronald Reagan was so disgusted the horrors being perpetrated by the Israeli Army that he rang the Israeli defense minister to what he called a holocaust we're also currently in the midst of the anniversary of the dayslong Sabra and chatia Massacre when up to 3 and a half thousand Palestinian and Lebanese Shia civilians were Massac in Lebanon by Israel's allies which the Israeli defense minister was found culpable for by an Israeli commission this makes me think of the D Doctrine developed by the Israeli state in 2006 which basically pushed for attacking civilian infrastructure civilian Target so civilians would turn against Hezbollah because of the price they were paying Terrorism where you terrorize civilians for political objectives now I seriously believe the Israeli State thought through the terror this would undoubtedly cause among civilians in Lebanon in an attempt to make them think Hezbollah in order to achieve the political end of rolling back the tide against Hezbollah now this also further degrades international law we all we are the constant mainstreaming of serious war crimes by Israel uh supported made possible by the West which will collapse the already disintegrating International order human rights abusing despots and organizations will all take note of this precedent now it has been granted the de facto legitimacy of the West we're also staring through the portal of a dystopian future where technology can be harnessed so that anyone could be instantly located and targeted and killed I fear this is where we are heading and you can see how an in inescapable totalitarian world could be built that built that way one day where anyone who resists those forces with technology that just takes out anyone they deem an opponent like that I mean where's that technology going be in 20 years think it through in any case this is a terrorist attack it is a terrorist attack a deeply disturbing terrorist attack with Hideous consequences and we can see that Israel is attempting to stoke potentially a regional War with catastrophic consequences and we're already seeing a catastrophe as is as ever the message is sent out to the world Arab life doesn't matter well a bitter Harvest is being sewn and we will reap it for generations to come please like And subscribe do leave your thoughts do your comments as ever um help keep the show the pat.com 474 listen to the podcast soon
