The Israeli Army has issued a statement today announcing that it is ending the use of white phosphorus, and will be replacing the incendiary shells with gas-based shells for smoke-screening.
Israel came under considerable criticism in 2009 for its repeated use of white phosphorus against populated areas in the Gaza Strip, despite bans against doing so in international law.
Israel initially denied but later admitted the use after a particularly embarrassing incident in which they attacked a UN headquarters full of civilians in the Gaza Strip with the incendiaries, setting the building on fire and destroying humanitarian aid within.
Israel got the white phosphorus rounds from the United States, which is the only nation in the Northern Hemisphere that even still makes the mostly banned shells.
The Convention on Conventional Weapons only bans the use of white phosphorus in populated areas, and theoretically still allows for its use in vacant areas, which has allowed a handful of militaries to keep them. Unfortunately, this limited ban has often left those militaries using them with impunity during wartime as though it didn’t exist at all, as Israel did in Gaza and as the US still does in Afghanistan.
And given their history of telling the truth, no doubt they mean it…
They certainly mean it. They will just add a blue dye so the smoke appears blue rather than white, hence no more 'white phosphorus'.
Alleluia.
Now THE CHRISTIAN COUNTRIES in the West can give them afew billion more dollars to buy other and better weapons to use on unarmed Arabs. Maybe lasers to take out the eyes of "stone throwers" in Palestine.
Christian countries? Where? That ended some time ago. They're all secular now.
I'm refering to countries like America who profess to follow GOD and pray in Church and then authorize the MURDER of innocent human beings the World over.
Dont forget about the banned clouster bombs that Israel drop on Lebanon civilian population during their war with that country. I guess the US and Israel is the only countries who dont give a crap about international law.
Do you mean Israel would not honor international law? Shame on you .You will probably burn in hell for eternity for even suggesting such a thing.
As Stalin used to say, "promises are like pie crusts, made to be broken". No reason to trust the Israelis given their history of blatantly breaking agreements and lying to gain political advantage.