イスラエル／パレスチナ和平

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2750267.stm

Tuesday, 11 February, 2003, 20:15 GMT
Palestinians 'must be given gas masks'

Israeli human rights activists are seeking a court order to force the government to provide gas masks for Palestinians in the event of war against Iraq.
The Israeli branch of Physicians for Human Rights - a non-partisan group - told the Supreme Court that as Israel had re-taken control of most Palestinian areas, it was again responsible for the welfare of their inhabitants.

Gas masks were first distributed to Israelis as a precaution against chemical attack in the 1991 Gulf War, during which Iraq fired more than 30 Scud missiles at Israel.
Although the Supreme Court ordered the government to issue Palestinians with masks then, only a fraction of the population had been supplied by the time the missiles hit.
Israel has been stepping up preparations against a possible missile strike by Iraq, although officials believe the probability of such action is low.
There has been no comment so far on the court petition from defence officials.

Physicians for Human Rights said the Israeli Government should distribute gas masks free of charge to "every resident of the occupied territories".
The Israeli army has said it would provide 60,000 masks to Palestinians in West Bank areas which, according to interim peace accords, are under total Israeli control.
Physicians for Human Rights said in a statement that it was joined in the petition by the Palestinian Red Crescent.
More than three million Palestinians live in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Israel re-established direct control over West Bank cities last June in the wake of suicide attacks.
The group also said it was pressing for Israel to make gas masks available to foreign workers and their families, and to distribute gas masks and build shelters in Bedouin towns that are not officially recognised by the state of Israel.

イスラエルの人権団体がイラクからの空爆に備えて
「西岸＋ガザの全パレスチナ人にガスマスクを与えよ」と告訴。

イスラエルは湾岸戦争のさいにイラクからスカッドミサイルの空襲を受けた経験があり、
今回もイラクから攻撃されるおそれがあるとして、すでに全国民と
オスロに基づくイスラエル支配地域下のパレスチナ人６万人にガスマスクを提供している。

この告訴は「昨年からの対テロ作戦によって、
現実的には全自治区がイスラエル軍の支配に置かれている以上、
そこの住民であるパレスチナ人を保護するのはイスラエル政府の役目だ」
という理屈。

暫く前に、ガザでハマス系の団体がイラク支援集会を開き
「イラクよ、我々同様に自爆テロでアメリカ軍を粉砕せよ」と叫んでいたことがあった。

ハマスから見れば、自爆テロ犯家族に厚い手当てを送り、
ミサイルでイスラエルを脅かすイラクは、数少ない「友人」かもしれない。
でももし、イラクがイスラエルを粉砕しようとしてスカッドを飛ばしたら、
パレスチナ人が被害を受ける可能性がある
たしか湾岸戦争のときもアラブ系イスラエル人の家が直撃されてたはず。
「大量破壊兵器の因果」「国際政治の皮肉」「占領者の責務」とか
いろんなことを考えさせられる。

ま、早めにイラク関連のごたごたが解決した方が
パレスチナ／イスラエル紛争解決のためには良いと思う。