Talk:Switzerland accuses Israel of breaking international law in Gaza

Collective Punishment

The article says Switzerland has said this. Do we have a quote where Switzerland have used the term "Collective Punishment"? If not we can't used that word in reference to Switzerland. You could say Amnesty International accuses Israel of Collective Punishment - if indeed they have done. It may be Switzerland have said nothing other than "Israel has not taken the precautions required of it in international law." We cannot word that as "Collective Punishment". Swiss are more diplomatic than that and we're a NPOV news source. Ealturner 23:04, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

From the swis themselves; "A number of actions by the Israeli Defence Forces in their offensive against the Gaza Strip have violated the principle of proportionality and are to be seen as forms of collective punishment, which ...." http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/e/home/singlem.html?id=5978 83.160.232.32 12:52, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll link the statement, if it isn't already, and use the term collective punishment in the opening line. Ealturner 15:50, 5 July 2006 (UTC)