Israeli power cutoff called unlawful
Human Rights Watch said Israel's partial cutoff of fuel and electricity to the Gaza Strip is illegal retaliation for rocket attacks.
The limitation amounts to collective punishment against the civilian population of Gaza, and will likely worsen the humanitarian crisis there, HRW said in a release.
"Israel may respond to rocket attacks by armed groups to protect its population, but only in lawful ways," said Sarah Leah Whitson, director of Human Rights Watch’s Middle East division. "Because Israel remains an occupying power, in light of its continuing restrictions on Gaza, Israel must not take measures that harm the civilian population – yet that is precisely what cutting fuel or electricity for even short periods will do."
The Israeli Defense Ministry ordered fuel shipments from Israel to Gaza to be reduced by 5 to 11 percent Sunday, but Palestinian officials claim that shipments in fact fell by more than 30 percent. // Copyright 2007 by United Press International
- School crucifixes 'do not breach human rights'
- US says Chinese Nobel peace awardee should attend Oslo ceremony
- Rights commission: Afghan war kills 1,325 civilians this year
- 36.5% of Moldovans think HR were observed better during USSR
- Report: Moldovan police beat over 300 peaceful protesters in April
- Moldova's interior minister assures police shall be respecting HR
- Moldovan NGOs March Against Police Abuse, Torture
- NGO publishes list of persons to be blamed for ECHR decisions
- Israeli power cutoff called unlawful
- Naked photo shoot planned for Mexico City
- Kerry Katona expecting another girl
- Anna Nicole Smith's body in morgue amid court fight
- Johnny Knoxville has confessed he has a small penis
- Nude Britney Spears on Bearskin Rug
- Captive Natascha Kampusch was sexually abused - Images
- Angelina Jolie till sleeps with Jenny Shimizu
- Fire of raunchy photos Katie Rees Miss Nevada
- Sex scandal: Romanian consul in Moldova caught on tape
- World's smallest baby to be released from hospital