Bravo to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) for their startling finding that terrorist organizations commit “grave breaches” of international law.
Hamas and Fatah committed “grave breaches” of international law during their internecine clashes in the Gaza Strip in June, a Palestinian human rights group said on Tuesday, detailing a series of extra-judicial killings.
In a new report, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) said 161 Palestinians, of whom 41 were civilians, were killed during fighting between June 7 and June 14 in which Hamas Islamists took control of the territory from secular Fatah.
“The two sides perpetrated grave breaches of the provisions of international law concerning internal armed conflicts, including extra-judicial and wilful killings and shooting at combatants and civilians after capturing them,” the PCHR said.
In some cases, people were seized by gunmen in their homes and their bodies were later found dumped in remote areas.
Of course, the PCHR has not even once condemned these activities when the victims are Israeli. In fact, their recommendation is not to disband such organizations, but rather to have the attacks investigated and the perpetrators prosecuted. Clearly, they see a need for these “resistance movements.”
In any event, their concern only extends to the rights of humans, and not to the sons of monkeys and pigs.
