TOLD YOU SO...

JERUSALEM, Nov. 3 -- There is "clear evidence" that Israeli soldiers and their commanders committed war crimes against Palestinian civilians -- including unlawful killings and torture -- during a three-month campaign last spring in two Palestinian cities in the West Bank, the human rights group Amnesty International charges in a report to be released Monday.

In a study of Israeli army operations in the cities of Jenin and Nablus from April to June, the human rights group cites the killing of Palestinian women and children, the "wanton" destruction of houses, the torture of Palestinian prisoners and the use of Palestinian civilians by Israeli soldiers as "human shields" during military operations. The group says in the report these constitute violations of the Geneva Conventions. (full story)

And just so no one says anything, Eric Alterman reminds us that Amnesty International condemned suicide attacks by Palestinians as crimes against humanity and war crimes.

But hold your horses, everybody! Netanyahu's back! Soon enough, he and Sharon could be staring eachother down in future special elections. Sometimes it seems that no matter where in the world you are, conservatives end up in these one-on-one melodramatic intra-party struggles. Here, this aint Bush and McCain. In this case, pick your poison.