Signing the Geneva conventions (I-IV) has nothing to do with their acceptance - it's a willingness to continue the conversation. The conventions themselves spec

Signing the Geneva conventions (I-IV) has nothing to do with their acceptance - it's a willingness to continue the conversation. The conventions themselves specify this process. There's a ratification step, which was has never occurred in Israel. The only part of the Geneva convention Israel has ratified is Protocol III, which specifically allows for the red crystal to be used instead of the red cross and crescent symbols. Signing the convention in 1949 was a smart thing to do. Watching the world give less than a wit about it in 1949 is the same reason it hasn't been ratified in Israel.