Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Did Louis Michel Blame Hamas for Gaza Violence?

Last week, numerous news outlets, following the lead of the AFP, reported that EU Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Louis Michel had placed the blame for the violence in Gaza squarely on Hamas. Did he? Well, no. In fact, Louis Michel repeated the exact same charges against Israel that he had made two weeks earlier: accusing Israel of “flagrant violations of international humanitarian law” – otherwise known as war crimes. For the details, see my new article on Pajamas Media here.