These positions are based on a legal ex post facto analysis and are regrettably of little assistance to humanitarians attempting to apply the law to reduce civilian vulnerability in the field.
And they are why Netanyahu, in the wake of a high-seas raid outside of Israel's territorial waters, in which at least nine civilians died, was able to state, without a shred of evidence, that the Free Gaza flotilla was "full of terror supporters," rather than of humanitarians attempting to deliver food, toys, and medical supplies to Gaza.
In the north-east humanitarian teams attempted a trial run to get supplies to al-Raqqa and south Hassaka, Wilkes said.
"The reports of up to 15 people killed and 50 injured, if confirmed, would constitute a totally unacceptable response by the Israeli military to what was a humanitarian mission attempting to deliver much needed supplies to the people of Gaza".
"Prompt, impartial, credible and transparent investigation" – the words being used to justify the internal Israeli inquiry into the deadly assault on the humanitarian flotilla attempting to run the blockade of Gaza (Obama backs Israeli internal inquiry into assault on flotilla, 14 June).
Racial Darwinists such as Vogt, Haeckel, Treitschke, Langbehn, Lagarde, and Chamberlain glorified the survival of the fittest, scolded humanitarians for attempting to protect the racially unfit, and rejected the idea of social equality ("Equality is death, hierarchy is life," wrote Langbehn).
-- with the help of the pop star Jewel, who is the proud owner of several platinum records and her own humanitarian foundation that attempts "to inspire positive change on global, community and individual levels".
Despite efforts to justify foreign interventions as humanitarian missions or attempts to spread democracy, it has become clear that American interventionism has been a disaster.
A spokesman for Dominican President Danilo Medina said the government, stung by a wave of fierce criticism, would seek a "coherent and humanitarian" solution that attempts to respect people's rights.
So technically complex is this challenge that Syria is currently the only place in the world attempting humanitarian drops from such a height.
