From BBC News (Gaza)
"Thirty hooded gunmen sit at desks around a flip chart, pen and paper in hand, listening to a lecture on the laws of war by the international Red Cross."
All the Palestinian armed factions have signed up to the course, though they are being taught in individual groups, to learn international humanitarian law.
It markes an important step the international law has made in political conflitct.Though it has been always said that international laws are porous, ineffective to rule in power-politics, etc., it is a moment that shows that "international law counts to all," and humanitarian norm is taking grip on actual world.
The head of Gaza operations for the Red Cross, Anthony Dalziel, said the course was part of his organisation’s worldwide effort to teach international humanitarian law to all parties in armed conflict. "Wherever there are arms carriers, with the ability to influence who is a victim in conflict, these are the people we want to approach, who should know these laws."
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