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Friday, May 25, 2001 | return to: national
‘War crime’ flap has Red Cross in the hot seat
by WASHINGTON (JPS) -- The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross expressed regret Wednesday for comments made b, "The expression 'war crime' has not been used by the ICRC in relation to Israeli settlements in the occupied territories in the
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Kellenberger, who wrote that the term "war crime" was a particularly sensitive phrase given "the tragedy suffered by the Jewish people," insisted, however, that Israel's settlements are a breach of the 1949 Geneva Convention.
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