September 15, 2005

Why the PLO is at war with the US

By Lee Kaplan
Refusing to condemn and remove Al Qaeda means Palestinian Authority is now a US   enemy in the War on Terror. Recent revelations in the news that al Qaeda has announced a new organization in Gaza in light of the Israeli withdrawal now means  that the Palestinian Authority is technically at war with the United States. How so? Under international law, a neutral country not party to a war between belligerents is not allowed to harbor enemy combatants from one of the belligerents. Doing so willingly demonstrates the neutral party is now a party to the conflict. International law defines 'the rights and duties of neutrals and belligerents in time of armed conflict are not mere legalistic rhetoric——they represent a carefully balanced  relationship in which neutrals do not interfere with the policy goals of belligerents in exchange for a broad immunity from the violence used to attain those goals by belligerents. Impartiality intends to prevent the actions of...(Read Full Article)