The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), its Lebanese member organisation; the Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH), and EuroMed Rights Network condemn the ongoing Israeli military aggression in Lebanon. All attacks on civilians by Israel or Hezbollah must stop and Israeli troops must leave Lebanese territory immediately. […]
The signatory organisations consider it particularly distressing to witness the ongoing dehumanisation of the Lebanese civilians. The tacit or open support by several Western governments of the ongoing escalation and the indiscriminate pager and walkie-talkie bombings of 17 and 18 September – that resulted in the deaths of at least 37 people, including two children and left around 2931 others injured, with children and health workers among the victims – are unacceptable. The bombing and raising of habitation buildings for the purpose of assassinations cannot be defined “as a measure of justice” as American President Joe Biden has done, legitimising a view of international relations that entirely substitutes violence to Law.
International leaders have a responsibility to show restraint and fairness in a situation in which every escalation causes civilian casualties and suffering on a massive scale. Governments are urged to impose sanctions such as an arms embargo on Israel for its gross violations of international law. A ceasefire in Lebanon – by the Resolution 1701 of the United Nations Security Council, adopted in 2006 – and ceasefires in Gaza must be urgently implemented. None of the repeated invasions and bombardments of Lebanon in past decades have produced any lasting political truce and reconciliation in the region. The international community to take action to put an end to this escalation of violence and to hold all perpetrators accountable. Läs artikel