美国参议员威胁刑事法庭，并建议以色列用核武器袭击加沙

　　

　　联合国，5月16日(IPS)——正如古希腊谚语所说:神欲使之灭亡，必先使之疯狂。也许这里的破坏太过遥远，但疯狂却近在咫尺——在华盛顿特区

　　在持续了7个月的以色列与加沙冲突没有出现永久性解决方案的积极迹象之际，一度被称为以色列占领区的美国政府所在地国会山(Capitol Hill)，挥之不去的是一种日益增长的政治疯狂感。

　　上周，曾担任参议院司法委员会主席的南卡罗来纳州资深共和党参议员林赛?格雷厄姆含蓄地建议以色列向加沙投下核弹——或许他不知道核沉降物也会摧毁以色列的部分地区。

　　在一次电视采访中，格雷厄姆建议以色列:“为了作为一个犹太国家生存下去，做任何你必须做的事情”——他将以色列对加沙的战争比作二战期间美国对日本的战争。

　　格雷厄姆在接受美国全国广播公司(NBC)新闻节目《与媒体见面》(Meet the Press)采访时说:“珍珠港事件后，我们作为一个国家面临着与德国人和日本人作战的毁灭，我们决定用核武器轰炸广岛和长崎，以此结束战争。”

　　与此同时，共和党众议员蒂姆·沃尔伯格(Tim Walberg)表示，消灭加沙“应该像广岛和长崎一样”，他建议以色列“快点结束”。

　　《巴勒斯坦纪事报》的记者兼编辑拉姆齐·巴鲁德告诉IPS:“当然，以色列还没有投下核弹，但它在被围困的加沙地带投下的美国炸弹已经足够制造核武器的影响了。”

　　他指出，加沙75%的土地已经被摧毁，大约5%的人口被打死或打伤。这是拜登所做的，如果与格雷厄姆相比，他对战争的态度应该更温和。他说:“这确实很疯狂，但从某种意义上说，这也反映了一定程度的绝望。”

　　与此同时，包括参议院少数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔在内的12名美国共和党参议员公开威胁称，如果国际刑事法院以以色列官员为目标，将对其实施制裁。

　　这一威胁是针对国际刑事法院官员及其家属的——如果以及何时，国际刑事法院就加沙战争向以色列领导人发出国际逮捕令。“攻击以色列，我们就会攻击你。如果你继续执行报告中提出的措施，我们将终止美国对国际刑事法院的所有支持，制裁你的雇员和同事，并禁止你和你的家人进入美国。”

　　信中还说:“我已经警告过你了。”

　　公共准确性研究所执行董事诺曼·所罗门告诉IPS，自去年秋天以来，美国政治领域的门柱被标准的军国主义、懦弱的政治角力、有偏见的大众媒体报道和凶猛的亲以色列信息的综合力量拖向了右边。

　　美国的抗衡力量来自草根阶层，他们反对以色列的大规模屠杀，并拒绝美国政治机构提供的支持。

　　他说，去年秋冬的抗议活动通常由“犹太和平之声”(Jewish Voice for Peace)和“如果不是现在”(If Not Now)等组织的活动人士领导，为最近几周美国大学校园中学生领导的抗议活动的高涨埋下了种子。

　　这种非暴力的草根抵抗以色列对巴勒斯坦人民的种族灭绝和压迫，震惊了传统的美国犹太复国主义建制派及其在民主党领导层中的盟友。

　　“The growing resistance has also provoked an extreme reactionary response from right-wing media outlets such as Fox News and many dozens of Republicans in Congress who have vocally and mendaciously denounced efforts to end the slaughter, which is subsidized by U.S. taxpayers to the benefit of both the fascistic Israeli government and military contractors based in the United States”, he argued.

　　“The flagrantly racist and ethnocentric reactions of Republican leaders, combined with the rhetorical Democratic vacillation that continues to support the Israeli-inflicted carnage in Gaza, comprise the two wings of U.S. governance. Most young Americans, in particular, are now emphatically opposed to both wings enabling the genocide,” he noted.

　　This is an ongoing political struggle over whether the U.S. government will continue to support Israel as it pursues its systematic slaughter of civilians in Gaza, declared Solomon, national director, RootsAction.org and author of, “War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine.”

　　https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/campus-protests-gaza

　　Meanwhile, according to the World Nuclear Association, the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986 was the result of a flawed reactor design that was operated with inadequately trained personnel.

　　The resulting steam explosion and fires released at least 5% of the radioactive reactor core into the environment, with the deposition of radioactive materials in many parts of Europe.

　　The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation concluded in 2006 that, apart from some 5000 thyroid cancers (resulting in 15 fatalities), “there is no evidence of a major public health impact attributable to radiation exposure 20 years after the accident.”

　　“And some 350,000 people were evacuated as a result of the accident, but resettlement of areas from which people were relocated is ongoing”.

　　In their letter to Karim A. Khan, ICC Prosecutor, the 12 Senators say: “We write regarding reports that the International Criminal Court (ICC) may be considering issuing international arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials. Such actions are illegitimate and lack legal basis, and if carried out will result in severe sanctions against you and your institution”.

　　By issuing warrants, you would be calling into question the legitimacy of Israel’s laws, legal system, and democratic form of government. Issuing arrest warrants for the leaders of Israel would not only be unjustified, it would expose your organization’s hypocrisy and double standards.

　　“Neither Israel nor the United States are members of the ICC and are therefore outside of your organization’s supposed jurisdiction. If you issue a warrant for the arrest of the Israeli leadership, we will interpret this not only as a threat to Israel’s sovereignty but to the sovereignty of the United States.”

　　IPS UN Bureau Report

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