I read their amicus brief and can summarise it thus:
"We talked to our friends in the IDF and they told us the charges were unfounded".
"We talked to our friends in the IDF and they told us the charges were unfounded".
https://twitter.com/kevinjonheller/status/1820776047169704234
The same group produced a report on the 2014 Gaza war. embassies.gov.il/MFA/FOREIGNPOL…
The report concluded:
"Israel’s efforts were entirely necessary and justified in the defence of that country’s national security. Israel’s conduct in the 2014 Gaza Conflict met and in some respects exceeded the highest standards we set for our own nations’ militaries."
"Israel’s efforts were entirely necessary and justified in the defence of that country’s national security. Israel’s conduct in the 2014 Gaza Conflict met and in some respects exceeded the highest standards we set for our own nations’ militaries."
Compare the membership of the group in 2014 (LH image) with the membership now. (RH image). Notice anything?
The High Level Military Group has produced as assessment of every war in Gaza since 2014, plus the 2018 protests and Israel's unprovoked attack in August 2022. Every assessment is favourable to Israel. high-level-military-group.org
This is the group's assessment of Israel's unprovoked attack on Gaza in August 2022. It is difficult to imagine how it could possibly be more one-sided.
In 2014, two members of the group were from the Friends of Israel Initiative. One is still a member of the group.
Here is the website of the Friends of Israel Initiative. friendsofisraelinitiative.org
Here is the website of the Friends of Israel Initiative. friendsofisraelinitiative.org
Here's what the Friends of Israel Initiative says about itself.
Why is an organisation that exists to promote Israel's right to exist represented on a High Level Military Group that says its purpose is to critique Israel's conduct in wars?
Why is an organisation that exists to promote Israel's right to exist represented on a High Level Military Group that says its purpose is to critique Israel's conduct in wars?
This is what the High Level Military Group's stated purpose is. There's no mention of promoting Israel's right to exist.
However, the Friends of Israel Initiative's website shows that in addition to Bardaji, several members of the High Level Military Group are founder members of the Friends of Israel Initiative. friendsofisraelinitiative.org/about/founder-…
The Friends of Israel Initiative is a hardcore racist and Islamophobic organisation. friendsofisraelinitiative.org/about/stand-fo…
Despite the way it describes itself, the High Level Military Group actually appears to be an offshoot or subgroup of this hardcore racist and Islamophobic organisation.
Here's a list of the reports the HLMG has produced since its foundation in 2014. There's a theme here, isn't there?
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