Arrested PLO members
Submitted by admin on 5 August, 1982 - 00:05.
The International Humanist & Ethical Union, assembled at its 8th World Congress in Hanover, Federal Republic of Germany, August 1-5, 1982,
Considering that PLO members arrested in the Lebanese war by Israeli Defence Forces are captured under war circumstances and not because of specific terrorist acts,
Resolves that all PLO member arrested by Israeli Defence Forces in the Lebanese war should be recognised as prisoners of war and treated according to the Geneva Convention.
IHEU Congress 1982
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Arrest vs Abduction
Use of language can define reality.
Israel being a state actor can "arrest' Palestinians. But when Palestinians capture an Israeli soldier it's called "kidnapping". This gives Israel sort of an 'artificial moral high ground', so that Israel's actions are therefore 'legal' and supposedly 'good', because they are enforcing the law.