As if its first two reports regarding the summer’s Lebanon war were not enough, Amnesty International this week released a third report making sure everyone is clear that it believes Israel is guilty of war crimes.

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Contrary to its nature, Amnesty International has released a report accusing a Muslim entity of committing war crimes against the Jewish state.

The “human rights” group rightly says that Hizb’allah’s rocket barrages against northern Israel this summer, which purposely targeted civilian population centers, were in violation of international law. The organization also rightly rejected Hizb’allah’s counter-claim that the rocket attacks were merely reprisals for Israeli aggression against Lebanon.

It will be interesting to see if Amnesty and those affiliated with and influenced by it now seek to prosecute Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah and other Hizb’allah officials in the same way they do alleged Israeli war criminals.

I wonder also if Amnesty will read enough of the Geneva Conventions to realize that, while regrettable, the deaths of so many Lebanese at the hands of Israeli forces does not constitute a violation of international law since Hizb’allah was using the civilian population as a shield (Convention IV, Art. 28).

A nation has a right to defend itself against deadly aggression, even if its attacker is hiding behind innocents, and Geneva recognizes that right.

But maybe I am getting ahead of myself. We cannot expect too much balance from Amnesty all at once.