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Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 4:49 PM
From: ISRAELRealNATION (israelrealnation@gmail.com)
To: chaddad@icrc.org
B"SD
Dear Ms. Carla Hadad Mardini [Spokesperson, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)],
Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit (http://www.habanim.org/en/index_en.html) [original site/link no longer exists] was unlawfully kidnapped on Israeli soil by the terrorist group, Hamas, on 25 June 2006, and has been held in the most inhumane conditions for over five years.
Gilad Shalit is being held by Hamas in total isolation, as the most dangerous criminal, in clear violation of international law. He is not even being afforded the most basic human rights granted to Prisoners of War by his captors (http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/57JMJT).
The International Committee of the Red Cross (http://www.icrc.org/), an international humanitarian organization, however, has officially afforded Gilad Shalit the status of a Prisoner of War (POW) under the Geneva Convention and its additional Protocols (http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/genevaconventions), though the fact remains that Gilad Shalit is a soldier who was kidnapped, taken into captivity illegally, in violation of the laws of just war.
The Geneva Convention, establishing international humanitarian law, requires that Gilad Shalit's basic human rights be respected while he is held in captivity. According to the Convention and international law generally, Gilad Shalit has the right to contact his family and to be visited by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
The ICRC has indeed requested Hamas to grant them permission to view Gilad Shalit on numerous occasions, but their requests have been repeatedly declined (http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/hamas-we-won-t-let-red-cross-visit-shalit-1.297859) by Hamas.
We now come to the ICRC in show of support for their repeated past efforts to view Gilad Shalit in accordance with their rights under the Geneva Convention, now demanding that the ICRC take more decision and effective action in their attempt to realize these rights.
Hamas is clearly violating international humanitarian law in refusing ICRC visits with Gilad Shalit, and should now be brought before the International Criminal Court as War Criminals (http://www.icc-cpi.int/menus/icc).
We encourage the ICRC to fully invoke its rights under international law, and to give an ultimatum to Hamas: either you let us visit Gilad Shalit or we will bring you before the International Criminal Court. That's it.
Gilad Shalit was unlawfully abducted by Hamas, and is now being unlawfully held by Hamas in total isolation, in violation of international humanitarian law and the laws of war, and this is simply unacceptable.
"Negotiation" with terrorists and war criminals is not the solution. Bring Hamas before the International Criminal Court.
Respectfully Yours,
Ruth Rachel Anderson-Avraham
ISRAELrealNATION
~ Ruth Rachel Anderson-Avraham, ISRAELrealNATION,
12 July 2011, 10 Tammouz 5771
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