The Israelis are massacring Lebanese civilians - men, women and children, Muslims and Christians alike. They think they can do this with impunity. And they may be right, in the decades since they've started their systematic violations of human rights and international humanitarian law they haven't been held accountable for their deeds.
But crimes against humanity do not prescribe and memory can be long.
Just look at the situation in Argentina, where the once-mighty military dealers now rot in jail or home detention (as many have gotten too old), once again awaiting trial. Through amnesties and threats of repeated coups, people have not forgotten. And for most people even those prosecutions are not enough. They want them all tried and in jail - and most importantly they want the police and other powerful
Today, once again, I got a message at Proyecto Desaparecidos from a man who just happened to google the name of disappeared friends only to find their pictures in one of the pages we keep. It's been 30 years but he hasn't forgotten and he hasn't forgiven and he'll continue fighting for justice. Like I will. Like many Lebanese and Palestinian and Arab and Latin American and European and perhaps even Asian and African people won't forget and won't forgive. Eventually, both the almighty leaders and the soldier of Israel and America will pay for their crimes.
Posted by marga at August 8, 2006 2:20 PM | TrackBack