Gaza and Israel

Israel: That photo has been burning a hole in my inbox ever since. I feel helpless in the face of all the carnage raining down on Gaza. I, too, want Israel to stop killing babies in Gaza. I want Israel to end its indiscriminate killing of all Palestinian civilians full stop, according to Rabble. But it gave me an opportunity to reflect on the horrific events happening in the Middle East under the full glare of the lights of International Justice Day. As of this writing, the death toll in Gaza has surpassed the 350 mark. The UN pronounced that 80 perc ent of those killed have been civilians. Under the Geneva Conventions, this is known as a war crime -- the deliberate targeting and killing of civilians. And now, at 60,000 Gazans have had to seek shelter at UN camps and Shortly after Israel began its bombing campaign of Gaza, a fellow Jew emailed me a photo of a guy holding a large sign that read: "I am a Jew. Stop Killing Babies in Gaza." The subject line in my friend email stated, "the photo says it all." Last week was International Justice Day. It commemorates the anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute -- the treaty that established the International Criminal Court ICC . The Court is a mechanism for bringing to justice those who commit war crimes, and people around the world use the day to promote awareness of international criminal justice and highlight related issues such as genocide in Darfur and sexual violence in the Congo. Not a day most people would mark on their calendars but an event nonetheless. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.