Hat Tip aperiozar at Twitter for leading me to this report.
The Times of London reports that there are allegations that Israel is using white phosphorous in Gaza. It's use as a smoke screen is allowed by Geneva conventions, but activating the product in densely packed enclave is likely to maim or kill. I can't see much humanity anymore in the leaders of Israel, and from what I've read they've been spurred on by the raving people of the land.
If candidates can't even get elected unless they go kill some Muslim kids is it really a good thing to be part of the government?
Excerpt Times Of London "Israel rains fire on Gaza with phosphorus shells":
The Geneva Treaty of 1980 stipulates that white phosphorus should not be used as a weapon of war in civilian areas, but there is no blanket ban under international law on its use as a smokescreen or for illumination. However, Charles Heyman, a military expert and former major in the British Army, said: “If white phosphorus was deliberately fired at a crowd of people someone would end up in The Hague. White phosphorus is also a terror weapon. The descending blobs of phosphorus will burn when in contact with skin.”
The Israeli military last night denied using phosphorus, but refused to say what had been deployed....
The civilian toll in the first 24 hours of the ground offensive — launched after a week of bombardment from air, land and sea— was at least 64 dead. Among those killed were five members of a family who died when an Israeli tank shell hit their car and a paramedic who died when a tank blasted his ambulance. Doctors at Gaza City’s main hospital said many women and children were among the dead and wounded.The Israeli leaders and the Bushies, and Blair's folk should be lined up at the Hague Court together.