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Belgium Says Israel Uses Child Soldiers, Refuses to Sell Weapons

February 6th, 2009 · 4 Comments

There must be something in that European Air! Belgium has announced it’s government has agreed to no longer sell weapons to the IDF!  Not to be outdone, a Brussels research group has accused Israel of utilizing “child soldiers”. 

[The report] accuses Israel of human rights violations… Quoting a 2003 amendment to Belgian law which forbids the sale of weapons to armies with child soldiers, the report says that Israel “accepts and arms underage volunteers.” Further on, the report mentions “use of underage Palestinians as informants and sometimes human shields.”  

…Israel is the fourth largest importer of Belgian arms in the Middle East. In 2007, Belgium sold Israel weapons (mostly light firearms) to the tune of $5,409,223.  Haaretz

If Beligum would end trade with its fourth largest partner for mearly defending itself, one wonders which champions of human rights make up it’s top 3! Switzerland? Sweden? Maybe Canada? Nope!

Belgium’s #2 & #3 trading partners are noted human rights violators & dictatorships of Jordan (the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine) & the United Arab Emirates!  But who is numero uno? I will give you a hint:

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Last clue, in this country women cannot drive, or go out unescorted, or participate in most occupations...
This woman was gang raped. The country of her birth sentenced her to 200 lashes as a result. Her crime? Well, if she was raped the authorities reasoned she must have gone out without a male relative, which is a crime.

Belgium’s #1 trading partner is none other than Saudi Arabia!

It seems Belgium is ok with public beheadings; floggings; torture; corrupt courts; female circumcision; forbidding women from driving or leaving home unescorted & barring them from occupations; discrimination & attack on homosexuals; victimization & persecution of female rape victims; preventing of non-Muslims from setting foot in Mecca; the indoctrination of children; funding of worldwide terror; misappropriation of national resources & funds; not to mention a brutal dictatorship (did I miss anything?)

I will not address the absurd claims of human rights violations as I have responded to them extensively in the past. I will make an observation however: have you ever noticed how those that level accusations of ‘human rights’ & ‘international law’ violations will rarely elaborate on which specific laws or rights have been broken?

As for the claims of utilizing “child soldiers” – VERY ORIGINAL – but also very easily refuted with the facts:

The Israeli Defense Forces’ Gadna program runs a one-week military training session on a base as part of the curriculum at most Israeli high schools. The army accepts volunteers from the age of 17 into non-combat posts.

As of this post I have yet to hear of any signifigant backlash regarding this decision. It seems Belgium’s feminists, human rights advocates, & defenders of democracy have something in common with the rest of the world’s leftist organizations – they are ok with blatant human rights violations so long as they are Arab on Arab; t’seems they are more concerned with ensuring the Jews ‘know their place’ than with ending persecution & bloodshed.

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  • Nothing Who // Jun 9, 2009 at 2:05 am

    Look up who Belgium’s top three Traders are! Germany, France, and The Netherlands! CultureGramsonline, CIA World Factbook! And Child Soldiers has nothing to do with Jews at all! I do not see your point at all!

  • 1 wingless // Jun 14, 2009 at 12:02 am

    First, we are agreed that Child Soldiers have nothing to do with Israel nor Jews… I never made that claim, this post is an argument against this claim, made by the Belgium government!

    The problem is that it seems you missed the most important quotes in the post. You will hopefully agree that just picking and choosing sentences without considering the sentence that came before can lead to misleading conclusions – let me illustrate, as it seems you missed this:
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    “[The report] accuses Israel of human rights violations… Quoting a 2003 amendment to Belgian law which forbids the sale of weapons to armies with child soldiers, the report says that Israel “accepts and arms underage volunteers.” Further on, the report mentions “use of underage Palestinians as informants and sometimes human shields.”

    “…Israel is the fourth largest importer of Belgian arms in the Middle East. In 2007, Belgium sold Israel weapons (mostly light firearms) to the tune of $5,409,223.”
    —–

    Does that clarify it for you?

  • 2 Thunderheart // Jul 11, 2009 at 4:40 pm

    You are spot on, Wingless, but the lack of clarity stems in part from your choice of the words “trading partner” when you meant instead “recipient of military aid.”

    “Nothing Who” could have figured that out on his own, I suppose, but I wanted to help out.

  • 3 femmes russes // Jan 15, 2010 at 11:32 pm

    Googd post, very cool.

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