OPINION ARTICLES
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Richard Kemp is interviewed by Michael Gurfinkel
"The international community has blood on its hands."
http://pjmedia.com/blog/uk-commander-slams-worlds-weak-response-to-human-shields-for-causing-terrorists-to-use-them-more/?singlepage=trueIslamist terrorists have no interest in protecting their civilian populations. They are happy to use them as human shields, to terrify them, to risk and to sacrifice their lives. Whatever happens, the terrorist who uses human shields wins. If he deters Western forces from attacking his terrorists and his munitions, then he scores a tactical victory. He can attack our troops with impunity.
2015-11-03
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Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Gaza Conflict 2014
Speech to the United Nations Human Rights Council Geneva
IDF made efforts, unprecedented in any other army, and exceeding the requirements of the laws of war, to save Palestinian civilian lives, including warning them to leave target zones, Hamas forced them to remain in those areas.
2015-06-30 by Richard Kemp
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The New York Times, June 25 2015
The U.N.’s Gaza Report Is Flawed and Dangerous
As a British officer who had more than his share of fighting in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Balkans, it pains me greatly to see words and actions from the United Nations that can only provoke further violence and loss of life.
2015-06-26 by Richard Kemp
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Published in Israel Hayom, Tuesday June 23, 2015
A War Against the Entire West
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=12963Democratic armies -- those of Israel and the United States in particular -- work gallantly to hold civilian deaths to a minimum. But more and more they are being handicapped in fighting the war.
2015-06-24 by Rafael Bardaji and Joseph Raskas