Much of today's anti-Semitism and anti-Israel sentiment is promulgated by hate speech. Falsely wrapping themselves in the 'free speech' provisions of various countries, these haters have been given free rein to spread their repugnant political agendas aimed at genocide and ethnic cleansing. However, we can stop this and we have the legal juice to do it. Even as individuals. Here's how:
Remember those pesky Geneva Conventions? We, the United States, signed them, as did Israel, Great Britain, Canada, and many other countries. Well, when we signed them, we agreed to carry out all sections of them. No "one-from-column-A-one-from-column-B" nonsense. America, and all other signatories, agreed to them all.
Therefore, since the US is a signatory to all the Geneva Conventions; and since the Geneva Conventions list 'hate speech' as a war crime of genocide (or the implied potential to encourage genocide); and also since it clearly states* in Articles III and IV that any signatory must amend their constitutions or other legal processes to be in compliance; this makes it clear that "hate speech" as defined by the Geneva Conventions themselves, is not protected under US or any other signatory country's law. "Hate speech" is defined as incitement towards a group based upon national, ethnic or religious affiliation. Also included in this "Hate Speech" part of the Geneva Conventions are people who aid, fund, abet or help in any way.
Therefore, private individuals or groups can sue others in US civil court for violations of the Geneva Convention's Hate Speech provisions - a war crime.
Boy, do I have some candidates and potential candidates for war crimes trials.
Most immediate on my list is an event that will be staged in a few days by, of all people, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. They plan on showing a series of short films, including four that present Jews and Israel in not merely a bad light, but in some cases, can be extremely inflammatory. Out of the 45 films, four are about the Israeli-Arab conflict, with the focus on Arab suffering and/or supposed Israeli brutality. Not one mention of the thousands upon thousands of murders and maimings of Jews by the Arabs simply because they are Jews and/or Israeli. Not one mention of the historical truth of the current conflict, which would show that every single supposed incident of suffering is actually caused by the Arabs themselves, first for abandoning their homes, then for waging war on Israel five times .
There was not even some balance to the film-fest, as would have been accomplished by the showing of the film The Road to Jenin,which demonstrates that the so-called 'Jenin Massacre' was a deliberate and malicious fabrication.
Maybe the threat of being sued for Crimes Against Humanity will alter their latest documentary film festival scheduled for February 10-28. Maybe MoMA, with the likes of Ron Lauder on its board, will realize that a prestigious museum presenting such a lopsided view of the Middle East actually fuels lies and hatred towards Jews and Israel.
Meanwhile, the US, as well as Great Britain and Canada, have many candidates ripe to be sued in civil court for Crimes Against Humanity. Great Britain and Canada are loaded with Islamist religious leaders who continually call for "death to the Crusaders (Christians) and Zionists." And while the Islamist religious leaders in America have been more cautious as of late, they still have a history of public pronouncements of death upon the non-Islamists.
But better yet, guess who funds most of these Islamist pronouncements? I'll give you a hint. They live in obscene and decadent luxury, keep slaves whom they say are paying off "debt servitude", and administer death to anyone in their country who fails to follow their narrow religious teachings. If you guessed Saudi Arabia, then you might be ripe for winning an oil well in a civil suit.
But it doesn't stop there. Our most respected institutions, our universities and colleges, are frequently in violation of the Hate Speech clause of the Crimes Against Humanity laws. And wrapping themselves in the 'freedom of speech' cloak not only won't wash, it demonstrates the sheer ignorance or audacity of supposed institutions of higher learning. America vowed, when we signed those Geneva Conventions, to amend our laws to exclude hate speech as protected and to prosecute violators, their aides, abettors and funders.
This means that the recent Duke University Hate-Jews-and-Israel fest, billed as a Pro-Palestinian rally, is a prosecutable offense. As are all those so-called Pro-Palestinian rallies (so popular in California) which often devolve into not just hate speech about Israel, but outright lies meant to foment murderous wrath directed at Jews.
All these people, groups and institutions are ripe for suing in civil court by anyone. And better yet, there is no statute of limitations on Crimes Against Humanity.
NOTE:
* The Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity, 26 November 1968
Article III
The States Parties to the present Convention undertake to adopt all necessary domestic measures, legislative or otherwise, with a view to making possible the extradition, in accordance with international law, of the persons referred to in article II of this Convention.
Article IV
The States Parties to the present Convention undertake to adopt, in accordance with their respective constitutional processes, any legislative or other measures necessary to ensure that statutory or other limitations shall not apply to the prosecution and punishment of the crimes referred to in articles I and II of this Convention and that, where they exist, such limitations shall be abolished.
Remember those pesky Geneva Conventions? We, the United States, signed them, as did Israel, Great Britain, Canada, and many other countries. Well, when we signed them, we agreed to carry out all sections of them. No "one-from-column-A-one-from-column-B" nonsense. America, and all other signatories, agreed to them all.
Therefore, since the US is a signatory to all the Geneva Conventions; and since the Geneva Conventions list 'hate speech' as a war crime of genocide (or the implied potential to encourage genocide); and also since it clearly states* in Articles III and IV that any signatory must amend their constitutions or other legal processes to be in compliance; this makes it clear that "hate speech" as defined by the Geneva Conventions themselves, is not protected under US or any other signatory country's law. "Hate speech" is defined as incitement towards a group based upon national, ethnic or religious affiliation. Also included in this "Hate Speech" part of the Geneva Conventions are people who aid, fund, abet or help in any way.
Therefore, private individuals or groups can sue others in US civil court for violations of the Geneva Convention's Hate Speech provisions - a war crime.
Boy, do I have some candidates and potential candidates for war crimes trials.
Most immediate on my list is an event that will be staged in a few days by, of all people, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. They plan on showing a series of short films, including four that present Jews and Israel in not merely a bad light, but in some cases, can be extremely inflammatory. Out of the 45 films, four are about the Israeli-Arab conflict, with the focus on Arab suffering and/or supposed Israeli brutality. Not one mention of the thousands upon thousands of murders and maimings of Jews by the Arabs simply because they are Jews and/or Israeli. Not one mention of the historical truth of the current conflict, which would show that every single supposed incident of suffering is actually caused by the Arabs themselves, first for abandoning their homes, then for waging war on Israel five times .
There was not even some balance to the film-fest, as would have been accomplished by the showing of the film The Road to Jenin,which demonstrates that the so-called 'Jenin Massacre' was a deliberate and malicious fabrication.
Maybe the threat of being sued for Crimes Against Humanity will alter their latest documentary film festival scheduled for February 10-28. Maybe MoMA, with the likes of Ron Lauder on its board, will realize that a prestigious museum presenting such a lopsided view of the Middle East actually fuels lies and hatred towards Jews and Israel.
Meanwhile, the US, as well as Great Britain and Canada, have many candidates ripe to be sued in civil court for Crimes Against Humanity. Great Britain and Canada are loaded with Islamist religious leaders who continually call for "death to the Crusaders (Christians) and Zionists." And while the Islamist religious leaders in America have been more cautious as of late, they still have a history of public pronouncements of death upon the non-Islamists.
But better yet, guess who funds most of these Islamist pronouncements? I'll give you a hint. They live in obscene and decadent luxury, keep slaves whom they say are paying off "debt servitude", and administer death to anyone in their country who fails to follow their narrow religious teachings. If you guessed Saudi Arabia, then you might be ripe for winning an oil well in a civil suit.
But it doesn't stop there. Our most respected institutions, our universities and colleges, are frequently in violation of the Hate Speech clause of the Crimes Against Humanity laws. And wrapping themselves in the 'freedom of speech' cloak not only won't wash, it demonstrates the sheer ignorance or audacity of supposed institutions of higher learning. America vowed, when we signed those Geneva Conventions, to amend our laws to exclude hate speech as protected and to prosecute violators, their aides, abettors and funders.
This means that the recent Duke University Hate-Jews-and-Israel fest, billed as a Pro-Palestinian rally, is a prosecutable offense. As are all those so-called Pro-Palestinian rallies (so popular in California) which often devolve into not just hate speech about Israel, but outright lies meant to foment murderous wrath directed at Jews.
All these people, groups and institutions are ripe for suing in civil court by anyone. And better yet, there is no statute of limitations on Crimes Against Humanity.
NOTE:
* The Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity, 26 November 1968
Article III
The States Parties to the present Convention undertake to adopt all necessary domestic measures, legislative or otherwise, with a view to making possible the extradition, in accordance with international law, of the persons referred to in article II of this Convention.
Article IV
The States Parties to the present Convention undertake to adopt, in accordance with their respective constitutional processes, any legislative or other measures necessary to ensure that statutory or other limitations shall not apply to the prosecution and punishment of the crimes referred to in articles I and II of this Convention and that, where they exist, such limitations shall be abolished.