Monday, July 1, 2002

Debka: The great advocate of the International War Crimes Court is the European Union's external affairs executive Javier Solana. This cause fits in with his ardent sponsorship of Yasser Arafat's demand to "internationalize" his dispute with Israel, echoed by the peace activists of Israeli's Labor party, Shimon Peres, Yossi Sarid, Yossi Beilin, Haim Ramon. If Arafat's wish had been granted, international "peacekeepers" would have been in the country and theoretically, according to the Bosnian precedent, in a position to detain most of Israel's generals, its military personnel and many of its civilians as "war criminals". Sunday, June 30, the Sharon government, sheltering behind America's broad back, heeded the advice of attorney general Rubinstein this time and recalled Barak's signature. In any case, the 9/11 terrorist atrocities and subsequent US anti-terror offensives in Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Philippines, Somalia - and the coming strike against Iraq and possible the Hizballah in Lebanon - make an international war crimes court that fails to recognize terrorism as such outdated and irrelevant. It is not surprising that Russia and China, like the US, refuse to join. 12:15:00 PM    India's Leader Names Hard-Line Nationalist as Heir Apparent. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee effectively anointed his successor this weekend by elevating Lal Krishna Advani to the post of deputy prime minister. [NY Times] 11:52:15 AM

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