Today’s press release by Amnesty International is calling for “urgent measures to protect civilians”: “The past few days has seen a horrendous escalation in attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure. Yet the G8 leaders have failed conspicuously to uphold their moral and legal obligation to address such blatant breaches of international humanitarian law, which in some cases have amounted to war crimes.”

The statement goes on to note that, “Beyond the blame game exercise, what is needed are concrete proposals for urgent action to stop the killings of civilians in both Lebanon and Israel.”

The article can be accessed here at:

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article5085.shtml