7. The presence or movements of the civilian population or individual civilians shall not be used to render certain points or areas immune from military operations, in particular in attempts to shield military objectives from attacks or to shield, favour or impede military operations. The Parties to the conflict shall not direct the movement of the civilian population or individual civilians in order to attempt to shield military objectives from attacks or to shield military operations.
I can understand Hezbollah's frustration, what with Israel still existing and all, but I call upon it to exercise restraint and cease this disproportionate response at once! Seriously, Israel is sticking precisely to the conventions, as the P-G demonstrates in detail. Curtsy to ninme.
While I'm on the topic, Powerline had this horrifying post yesterday about disproportionate media coverage of the war. I wish I could say their example was isolated, but the clock radio awakened me this morning to the matter-of-fact statement that some number (30?) of rockets had fallen on Haifa, followed by a full minute or more of exquisite, agonized, breathless detail about the suffering of a woman and her child in Lebanon. Of course I feel pity for innocents caught in the midst of war --but don't Jewish bruises count too? Powerline also has more links on the question of proportion here.
