A distinction of no consequence in this case, as the IDF is committing a laundry list of both on a daily basis.
The only thing that matters is what the Secretary of State suspects.
Again, irrelevant to the specific example as the Secretary of State ALSO KNOWS.
if the Secretary of State (again, not you) believes “the government of such country is taking effective steps to bring the responsible members of the security forces unit to justice.”
Which nobody in their right mind would honestly believe. Especially after a few soldiers being questioned on suspicion of torturing and raping Palestinian hostages almost sparked a civil war.
You can certainly argue that the spirit of Leahy Laws are not being followed
Because it’s not.
it’s easy to see how the text is being followed.
Only if Blinken is honestly as obtuse and naïve as he’s pretending to be. I which case he’s profoundly incompetent to fulfill the duties of the public office he’s been entrusted with.
They hadn’t even been charged with anything yet and still it was so extraordinary that it sparked riots supported by several senior government officials.
Again, they are a drop in an ocean of routine human rights violations and the fact that actual members of the Knesset and the Netanyahu cabinet support people storming a military base in reaction to the mere questioning of them speaks volumes about how EXTREMELY rare it is for Israeli soldiers to be held accountable for their human rights violations.
The Secretary of State is legally required to act only on “credible” reports of human rights violations. Video is certainly credible, but he doesn’t have to find all other reports equally credible.
The public and political reactions to prosecution and/or disciplinary proceedings have zero bearing on Leahy Laws.
You’re defending his INaction by falsely claiming that there’s no credible evidence that he’s failed to act on. Amounts to the same thing.
the law has enough loopholes that he can ignore those mountains and technically comply with the law.
Does it, though? Or is it that the government is deploying a modified version of Wilhoit’s Law?
Conservatism Zionism consists of exactly one proposition … There must be in-groups* whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups** whom the law binds but does not protect
A distinction of no consequence in this case, as the IDF is committing a laundry list of both on a daily basis.
Again, irrelevant to the specific example as the Secretary of State ALSO KNOWS.
Which nobody in their right mind would honestly believe. Especially after a few soldiers being questioned on suspicion of torturing and raping Palestinian hostages almost sparked a civil war.
Because it’s not.
Only if Blinken is honestly as obtuse and naïve as he’s pretending to be. I which case he’s profoundly incompetent to fulfill the duties of the public office he’s been entrusted with.
Those soldiers were arrested. Which is the first step to bringing them to justice, as required by Leahy Laws.
For questioning.
They hadn’t even been charged with anything yet and still it was so extraordinary that it sparked riots supported by several senior government officials.
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Not just questioning. They are still being detained while the prosecutors consider charges.
Again, they are a drop in an ocean of routine human rights violations and the fact that actual members of the Knesset and the Netanyahu cabinet support people storming a military base in reaction to the mere questioning of them speaks volumes about how EXTREMELY rare it is for Israeli soldiers to be held accountable for their human rights violations.
The Secretary of State is legally required to act only on “credible” reports of human rights violations. Video is certainly credible, but he doesn’t have to find all other reports equally credible.
The public and political reactions to prosecution and/or disciplinary proceedings have zero bearing on Leahy Laws.
Of which there was several a year every year by the world’s leading experts for the last several DECADES, lately more than one each month.
The time to pretend with any seriousness that he’s not ignoring mountains of credible evidence has long since passed.
Don’t be an apologist for a genocide apologist. It’s not a dignified thing to be.
I’m not defending his actions. But the law has enough loopholes that he can ignore those mountains and technically comply with the law.
You’re defending his INaction by falsely claiming that there’s no credible evidence that he’s failed to act on. Amounts to the same thing.
Does it, though? Or is it that the government is deploying a modified version of Wilhoit’s Law?
*the Israeli and US governments
** Palestinians and anyone speaking up for them