1.0UN Watchhttps://unwatch.orgJohnhttps://unwatch.org/author/john/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="yqTE0uhsVO"><a href="https://unwatch.org/item7_response/response-to-claim-9-israel-used-excessive-force-against-gaza-protesters/">Response to Claim 9: Israel used excessive force against Gaza protesters</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://unwatch.org/item7_response/response-to-claim-9-israel-used-excessive-force-against-gaza-protesters/embed/#?secret=yqTE0uhsVO" width="600" height="338" title="“Response to Claim 9: Israel used excessive force against Gaza protesters” — UN Watch" data-secret="yqTE0uhsVO" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> Blanket claims like this divorce these terms of their legal meaning and suggest that Israel must allow its own citizens to be attacked or killed before it can respond, in order to even out the body count. Like any other state, however, Israel has an inherent right to self-defense under international law, enshrined in Article […]https://unwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/unwatch-logo1.jpg244200