Gush Shalom: Investigate Air Force chief Halutz over Shehadeh bombing

[Gush Shalom (Israeli Peace Bloc)]

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FYI the continuation of our earlier message.

The following appears in Ha'aretz online versions (Hebrew & English)

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Gush Shalom: Investigate Air Force chief Halutz over Shehadeh bombing
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By Moshe Reinfeld, Ha'aretz Correspondent
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=  200133

The "Gush Shalom" peace movement on Wednesday called on Israel Defense Forces 
Judge Advocate General Menahem Finkelstein to authorize an investigation of Air 
Force Commander in Chief Dan Halutz, along with the commander of the flight 
squadron and the pilot who dropped a one ton bomb on a residential building in the 
Gaza Strip on July 23. In addition to killing Hamas military commander Salah 
Shehadeh, the bombing killed 16 civilians, including nine children, and injured more 
than 100 people. 

Gush Shalom claims that the unit's commander and the pilot must have known that 
the bomb to be used to kill Shehadeh - without a trial - would also be sure to kill a 
large number of innocent people in the area. These officers had a duty to refuse to 
carry out what was manifestly an illegal order, the peace movement argues. 

Gush Shalom's petition comes as a result of comments which Halutz made to 
Ha'aretz, in which he justified the Shehadeh attack without any reservations. 

Gush Shalom claims that these remarks suggest that Halutz could give orders for a 
similar attack in the future - and so the July 23 incident must be investigated 
immediately.


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