Barak Ravid and Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondents and News Agencies: Israel publishes names of 199 Palestinian prisoners slated for release
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Title:Terrorists are not entitled to the protected status of POWs.
Name:Jean Van Daem
City: MetulaState:
Israel?s enemies, using guerilla organizations such as the terrorist group Hizbullah and Hamas operates outside the legal framework of the laws of war ? routinely committing war crimes such as indiscriminate attacks (the deliberate targeting of civilians as such) and perfidy (disguising combatants as protected individuals such as civilians). The organizations? fighters are unlawful combatants who are not entitled to the protected status of POWs, and are subject to prosecution as war criminals. More at : http://israelagainstterror.blogspot.com/2008/07/bargaining-for-living-and-dead.html