Israel to continue targeted killings against Palestinians

According to Al-Jazeera’s website, the Israeli High Court of Justice has decided not to ban targeted killings against Palestinians by Israelis. (See article on Israel’s failure to ban targeted killings)

This ruling will help, according to a senior Israeli jurist, military commanders avoid war crimes lawsuits that have been filed abroad. Also, the ruling said that it cannot be proven that all targeted killings were against international law while also saying that such attacks are not always legal.

While some terrorist targets have been killed as a result of these targeted killings, many innocent bystanders have died as a result of these attacks as well. The Palestinians have called these attacks “assassination” and that “it is unbecoming of a nation state”, referring to Israel.

White House criticizes Nelson for visit to Syria

Bill Nelson, a Senator from Florida, traveled to Syria and met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The White House has criticized this move, saying that it grants Syria attention it doesn’t deserve and in the words of Tony Snow, “Just because they have visitors does not mean that the position of the United States government has changed.”

About the Liberal Spiel blog

Welcome to the Liberal Spiel blog. Just wanted to say a few things about the blog and its contents.

For starters, I will be writing a piece called “The Liberal’s Spiel of the Day” daily on the news events of the day. This will usually be written in the morning about the early news items of the day. They will be a mix, as with a lot of the content on this page.