Brutal blunder: U.S. supports extrajudicial killing
When the United States vetoed a proposed UN Security Council resolution criticizing Israel’s March 22 assassination of Hamas spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin, it was the 24th time since 1983 that the U.S. has blocked a resolution critical of Israel. By this latest veto, the U.S. gave its seal of approval to Israel’s violation of Article 3 (1) of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibits “the carrying out of executions without previous judgment pronounced by a regularly constituted court.”