An Open Letter to Wall Street Journal from a Palestinian.
For a Palestinian mother, this is a freedom that can never be appreciated enough.. Its the Israeli Defense Force. palestinian women confrontation. Since 1948, the IDF has been creating mourning mothers for the longest occupation in modern human history, riddled with war crimes and human rights.. Maybe the reason some people hate the Israelis so much is because they have and still commit the same evil that has been committed against the Jews historically.
Bombshell WSJ report: Israel gained lethal says tail was.
And those tank shells were used on a UN school on July 30, killing 20 Palestinian civilians. The US is a partner to this war crime, a Palestinian says in the WSJ article. Its a shocking report about Israels autonomy inside the��.
Dershowitz on Israel and Proportionality - Opinio Juris
Alan Dershowitz published an editorial yesterday in the Wall Street Journal that argues Israels attacks on Hamas in Gaza are ���perfectly proportionate.. That may be true ��� but it is irrelevant. First. Until the world recognizes that Hamas is committing three war crimes ��� targeting Israeli civilians, using Palestinian civilians as human shields, and seeking the destruction of a member state of the United Nations ��� and that Israel is acting in self-defense and out of military��.
The Palestinians Repay America
On Friday the Palestinian Authority filed papers to join the treaty that created the ICC, which would allow investigations against Israel for war crimes. This ���is an option that we are seeking in order to seek justice for all the victims that have been.
News Roundup and Notes: May 27, 2015
[Wall Street Journals Raja Abdulrahim]. Hamas committed ���war crimes��� during the Gaza war last summer, including torturing political rivals and carrying out a number of extrajudicial killings, according to a new report from Amnesty International.
ICC believes Israel may have committed war crimes in.
���UN and Amnesty International have already stated that the Israel attacks were war crimes,��� Yildirim said, adding that the International Criminal Court passed the case on to national courts because the number of deaths in the incident was too low for the scope of the... Letter was sent last month, Wall Street Journal reports; Bomb blast north of Cairo kills four; U.S. strike hits Syrian rebel compound; Obama plans new authorization for military force against ISIS. Haaretz.
US Officials React to Allegations of Israeli Spying
On Monday, The Wall Street Journal said Israel had been spying on the closed-door talks between Iran and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany, known as the P5+1. The newspaper said senior White House officials were .
Palestinians to Join International Criminal Court, UN Chief Says
The Palestinians will join the International Criminal Court on April 1, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday night, a move that opens the door for the Palestinian Authority to file war-crimes suits against Israel. In a statement.
The Palestinian Quest for Statehood - Issues In Perspective
In addition to this diplomatic logjam, there are new factors in the realities of the current Middle East, namely, terrorist organizations on Israels borders (e.g., Hezbollah and Hamas), as well terrorist threats to Israels very survival (e.g., the. A resolution introduced by Jordan to the UN Security Council would have required Israel to withdraw (by 2017) from all territory acquired in the 1967 war and would have named Jerusalem as the capital of the state of ���Palestine.
Israeli Leader Forms Precarious Government
The talks succeeded shortly before the legal expiration of his mandate to form the government midnight on Wednesday, but left Mr. Netanyahu with a badly truncated majority and an empowered Jewish Home party, a religious nationalist group which held out.
Gaza: Hypocrisy Exposed
Long before the recent Gaza War between the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas and Israel, groups such as Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) organized anti-Israel rallies and Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) campaigns against the Jewish State. These so called ���justice. Bret Stephens opined (Wall Street Journal, August 5, 2014) that ���The world is outraged by Israeli self-defense but only concerned when Muslims kill Muslims.��� In Syria, over 200,000 were��.
UN: Israel and Palestinian Groups May Have Committed War Crimes
UNITED NATIONS���Both Israel and Palestinian militant groups may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during last summers intense conflict in Gaza, a United Nations panel reported Monday. The Israeli Defense Forces may be guilty of war.
Washington Pays Lip Service to Israeli War Crimes: US Veto.
A: reports that Israel has resumed the use of white phosphorus remain unconfirmed, but there is little question that it has committed war crimes, especially in deliberately targeting civilian individuals and objects for attack.. Between 1946 to 1948, some 700,00 Palestinians were expelled from their homes, and now, according to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the number of Palestinian refugees and their descendants who were born since 1948 amount��.
US to Re-Evaluate Mideast Peace Strategy
The White House upended decades of U.S. policy on Wednesday when it left open the possibility that it might not use its veto in the United Nations Security Council to shield Israel from unfavorable resolutions, such as the creation of a Palestinian.
Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News: 06/16 Links Pt1: Instead of.
The groups ��� Adalah, Itijah, and the Israeli Committee against House Demolitions ��� use their access to UN organizations to accuse Israel and the IDF of war crimes, violations of international law related to combat and human.. In an article in The Wall Street Journal headlined ���How Obama Abandoned Israel,��� Oren, who served as Israels ambassador in Washington during Obamas first term in office, recounted various gaffes committed by the Israeli government.
Londons pro-Palestine rally was a disgusting anti-Semitic.
Thousands of anti-Semites have today succeeded in bringing central London to an almost total standstill.. And here they all are, coming out to scream because Israel is carrying out the most specific and targeted campaign in the history of warfare in order to stop Hamas ��� a group dedicated to the annihilation of all Jews ��� from firing thousands of.. Hamas/Palestinian Authority and their previous guises proudly commit war crimes and human rights abuses every day.
Facts All US Citizens Need to Know About Israel and Palestine
Israel has violated more UN resolutions than any other country.. In my opinion, a national Palestinian leadership committed to mobilizing nonviolent resistance can defeat the Israeli occupation if those of us living abroad lend support to it.��� In 1948.. and since the pipeline was on the table on our glorious congress, CNN nor FOX mentioned anything about it; then looking for some american news source, only Huntington Post and Wall Street Journal were reporting it.
Jury Finds Palestinian Authority, PLO Liable for Terrorist Attacks in Israel a.
A federal jury in New York on Monday found the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization liable for supporting six terrorist attacks in Israel more than a decade ago and ordered the groups to pay $218.5 million to the American.
Senate Passes Resolution Endorsing Israeli War Crimes by.
Yesterday, the Senate passed S.498, the resolution introduced by Sens. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Charles Schumer (D-NY), and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) in support of Israeli war crimes, by unanimous��.
Israel Is Stealing and Murdering Its Way Through Palestine
Many thousands of demonstrators against Israel have been in the streets in South America, London, Paris, Germany, Dublin, and Israels own Tel Aviv. http://rt.com/news/175860-london-gaza-protest-march/. But dont look for much reporting of these. The last time Israel attacked the civilians in Gaza, a distinguished Israeli jurist, himself a Zionist, prepared a case for the UN that Israel had committed war crimes. On Israels orders the craven but very obedient US��.
UN Says Israel Killed Civilians in Schools, Gazans Hid Arms
UNITED NATIONS���A U.N. report says that Israel killed at least 44 civilians and injured 227 others at six shelters the agency administered during last summers conflict in Gaza, while Palestinian militants hid weapons at three other shelters and.
The 36-Year Project to Whitewash Iran
Of course, this view is qualified by his hostility to Israel because of its support for the Shah and its failure to resolve the Palestinian question. He has also indicated that the non-religious left will be permitted to express its views in an Islamic.
War and Peace: The Lost Principles of Science and Value
It is targeted on what stands in the way of more corporate system expansion. Its violence and war crimes are then reverse-blamed on those who resist. ���What about ISIS?���, it may be asked. ISIS has through all its mutations been funded, trained and armed.
New York jury finds Palestinian Authority liable for ���terrorism.
Sovereign immunity protects Israeli officials who commit what human rights groups call war crimes against Palestinians from prosecution in US courts. ���The Palestinian Authority is sued, and, of course, 134 countries out of 193��.
After destroying 10000 homes, Israel says Gaza can rebuild if
���The Israeli war machine deliberately destroyed the infrastructure of the Palestinian national economy by targeting factories which posed no security threat to the occupation,��� the union said.. According to UN figures, up to 485,000 people ��� a quarter of Gazas population ��� has been forced to leave their homes throughout the assault on the Strip. Many of... The purpose of the hearing was to address Israeli impunity and US complicity in crimes against Palestinians.
Summer TV 2015: All the new dramas, comedies, reality shows and more
Quantity once again trumps quality ��� especially this summer ��� but in this chronological list of new series, specials, documentaries and reality shows, Ive noted a few things that might merit a glance. (Who would have ever.. POV: Out in the Night.
Human Rights NGOs Call for Palestine to take Israel to.
In a letter to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the groups said that providing the ICC with jurisdiction could give victims of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by any party on or from Palestinian territory access to. In a vote on April 27, the Palestine Liberation Organizations central council approved a list of dozens of other international treaties and bodies for future Palestinian accession, including the ICC, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Gazas Rogue Islamists Pose Risk to Truce With Israel
GAZA CITY���On a recent surveillance patrol, Israeli soldiers watched as a squad of Hamas militants approached the tense border between Gaza and Israel. But the commandos werent there to attack, but rather to block rogue militants seeking to launch .
France to Launch Push for UN Resolution on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
How the U.S. might vote on a new resolution has been a matter of intense speculation here. Mr. Fabius told reporters at the United Nations headquarters in New York, before addressing a Security Council meeting, that he had no idea how the U.S. would vote.
The Global Court as Political Weapon
The process starts with an investigation by a prosecutor who may act upon referral by the U.N. Security Council, on application to the court by a state party to the treaty, or on the prosecutors initiative. However, when. The vessel was owned by a.
News Roundup and Notes: June 22, 2015
The Wall Street Journals Andrey Ostroukh analyzes the implications. Defense Secretary. PALESTINE. A UN report has found ���serious violations of international humanitarian law��� that ���may amount to war crimes��� by both sides in the Gaza conflict last.
The U.S. Should Not Join the International Criminal Court
The idea of establishing an international court to prosecute serious international crimes--war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide--has long held a special place in the hearts of human rights activists and those hoping to hold.. In December 2003, President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni referred to the prosecutor crimes against humanity allegedly committed by the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) rebel group against the population of northern Uganda.[19] The��.