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Israel orders more probes of suspected crimes by its forces in Gaza
Israel has ordered criminal investigations of eight incidents of suspected violations of international law or military commands during the Gaza war this summer, Israels military announced. Israels military advocate general, Maj. Gen. Dan Efroni.
Former NY Judge Replaces William Schabas as UN Gaza.
Mary McGowan Davis will lead a UN inquiry in alleged war crimes committed by Israel during the summer 2014 war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Photo: UN Watch. US Judge Mary McGowan Davis replaced William Schabas��.
Hamas Are Terrorists, and Gaza is Not a Democracy.
By attacking Israeli troops and kidnapping one just hours into a new ceasefire Friday morning, Hamas guaranteed that the people it claims to represent in Gaza will face more casualties as Israeli forces hunt for the terrorist who live among them. Yet, for. Amnesty International criticized Hamas in its 2013 annual report for failing to investigate war crimes and crimes against humanity that may have been committed by its members during the 2009 and 2012 conflicts.
The Toughest Job At AIPAC: Selling Iran Diplomacy
Its important to compare the deal that may emerge with the realistic alternatives. He challenged critics to lay out a better plan for handling Irans nuclear program. That logic didnt sway Jarrow Rogovin, a Los Angeles businessman watching the.
Israeli Pilot Aborted Gaza Strike 17 Times to Protect Civilians
But of course Israel is at a disadvantage there too because while Israel might understand the need to come out with a rapid rebuttal or message of the truth of whats happening in the conflict, it still has to be utterly faithful to facts and.. in the vote of the resolution of the UNHRC in condemning Israel and investigating war crimes is an act of moral cowardice by Great Britain, and one which undermines the otherwise strong support given by the government to Israel.
Saudi Official: Hamas Responsible for Deaths in Gaza.
The former head of Saudi intelligence services Turki al Faisal said that Hamas was responsible for ���the crimes Israel has committed in the Gaza Strip,��� according to a report by Israeli news website NRG. In an interview. UN Resolutions specify Israels illegal hold of the Palestinian Territories to be a vio-lation of the 4th Geneva Convention and as such is a War Crime under international law. More so now... There are so many of those on both sides. It is imperative that��.
Post Mortem on Gaza
Nine months since the end of major fighting in Gaza, a dispute still rages over how and why so many civilians died - 1,563, according to the United Nations. Israel says it did everything possible to minimize civilian casualties and blames Hamas for.
Israel Near Nixing UN Probe On Gaza Headed By.
For its part, Hamass Gaza-based government has pledged to cooperate with Goldstones inquiry. But according to the Los Angeles Times, one Hamas official complained to al-Arab television that Goldstone, because he is��.
International court opens preliminary probe of Israel, Palestinians
Two weeks after the Palestinian Authority asked to join the International Criminal Court, the Hague-based ICC on Friday opened a preliminary probe that could result in war-crimes charges against Israelis and Palestinians alike. Court prosecutor Fatou .
Cutting Through the Hysteria Over Courts Gaza War Probe
Pro-Palestinian commentators, by contrast, have defended Abbas move not as a ���nuclear option��� but as ���the only option left for Palestine��� to secure its rights in the face of continuing Israeli aggression.. 15, 2015, Op-Ed article published in the.
(Updated) In Photos: Worldwide protest against Israeli attack.
Photos of protests around the world in solidarity with the people of Gaza.. The War of Ideas in the Middle East... Germany. Berlin #DayofRage (photo: Heartbeatt Pictures). Frankfurt, Germany. france. Toulouse, France. Houston, Texas. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Dublin, Ireland. Rome, Italy. Los Angeles. Copenhagen, Denmark.. It has never been repealed, in fact it has been further codified by the Geneva Conventions under the UN of which Israel is a member.
UN panel says both Israel, Hamas may have committed war crimes in Gaza
A long-awaited report by a United Nations special investigative panel concluded that both Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas may have been guilty of war crimes during last summers Gaza war. The report released Monday said the commission, .
UN Watchdog Urges Israel to Probe Possible Gaza War Crimes
GENEVA���. Israel should investigate all alleged violations committed by its forces during three recent wars in Gaza and ensure military commanders are brought to justice for any crimes, a U.N. human rights watchdog said on Thursday. A panel of .
Applying International Law to the Israel-Hamas Conflict.
. its stature���is the main vehicle propelling such allegations. A full month before the conflict ended, the U.N. in late July had already announced an investigation into alleged Israeli ���war crimes��� in Gaza, and in mid-August [���]
Bill Blum: Cutting Through the Hysteria Over Courts Gaza.
2 with the U.N. secretary-general.. Contrary to the belief of partisans in both camps but particularly those on the Palestinian side, Bensoudas probe will extend to possible war crimes committed by both Israelis and Palestinians.. 15, 2015, Op-Ed article published in the Los Angeles Times, Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth���a longtime proponent of ICC intervention���wrote that the crimes committed by Hamas during last summers war ���are��.
The UNs Perversion of Human Rights
What is over the top, however, is the UN decision to send an Inquiry Committee to investigate alleged ���war crimes��� committed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during the recent Protective Edge operation in Gaza.. August 11, 2014) that the UN named experts to an international commission of inquiry into possible human rights violations and war crimes committed by both sides during Israels military offensive in the Gaza Strip... Discover The Networks. La Raza��.
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The Los Angeles Times Brian Bennett and Zaid al-Alayaa: ���Secret files held by Yemeni security forces that contain details of American intelligence operations in the country have been looted by Iran-backed militia leaders.��� ISLAMIC STATE: The. The.
Why did Goldstone do it? | Jews for Justice for Palestinians
Few recent events in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have been as wildly controversial and polarizing as the release of the Goldstone report, a United Nations-sponsored study prepared in the aftermath of Israels devastating,. But now the chairman of the panel says ��� never mind?... It said both Israel and Hamas may have committed crimes against humanity in a conflict that saw a ratio of about 100 Palestinian dead (including many children) for every one Israeli.
Israel, Palestinians criticized over fighting at UN sites in Gaza
Noting the ���agony of Palestinians in Gaza��� and their ���tragic, decades-long predicament��� as well as Israeli civilians exposure to ���rocket and terrorist attacks by Hamas��� and other militants, Ban said he still believes the well-being of both sides would.
White House to force Benjamin Netanyahu in UN resolution peace talks on.
Complicating the situation, the Palestinian Authority says it might take grievances against Israel, stemming from last years brief Gaza war, to the International Criminal Court. The Palestine Liberation Organizations top diplomat in the United States.
Jewish Critics of Zionism and of Israels Treatment of the.
(G-d forbid). Weitzman said, ���The most important part of the Jewish people is already in the land (of Israel) and those who are left, are unimportant��� (May we be spared).. What the Israeli governments do not realize is that neither Hamas nor Hizbullah need Israel. It is Israel.. ���UN Inquiry Finds Israel Punished and Terrorized Palestinian Civilians Committed War Crimes During Gaza Assault,��� interview with Amy Goodman, Democracy Now, September 16, 2009. [ ��� ]��.
An update on a brave dead IDF soldier from Los Angeles and his six dead friends
In one of the most powerful moments in Omri Assenheims documentary about the battle of Shejaiya ��� a battle in which seven Israeli soldiers died last summer ��� Nir Holtzman, a survivor of that battle, doesnt hesitate much when he says ���yes, I would do.
Israel Denies Entry To UN Inquiry Into Alleged War Crimes.
IDF strikes on Gaza (Photo: Reuters). Israel denied entry on Wednesday evening to members of a UN commission appointed by the Human Rights Council to investigate possible war crimes committed during Operation��.
Hamas, Islamic State, and Dreams of a World Caliphate.
Still I felt the need to round out Lionels present piece on Israel and Gaza, which focuses on the long drift to the right of Israeli politics, with a piece on the Arab-Muslim side of that endless conflict.. We have also seen the consolidation of a pro-Hamas Left in the United States that calls for the U.S. to sever its ties with Israel and brands Israel as committing war crimes without acknowledging that the recent and previous wars with Hamas in Gaza were begun and pursued��.
Palestinians Join International Criminal Court, Risking Loss Of US Aid
Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and a signatory of the letter to Kerry, said Wednesday that the panel is likely to take up the Palestinian aid issue when it marks up the budget bill this summer.. The fact.
The U.S. Should Not Join the International Criminal Court
[2] Eleanor Roosevelt served as chairman of the U.N. Human Rights Commission when it drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which has served as the U.N.s bedrock human rights document since 1948.. Nor is its authority limited to particular crimes committed in a certain place or period of time as was the case with the post-World War II trials and the Yugoslavian and Rwandan tribunals. Instead, the ICC.. us-warms-to-global-panel (July 31, 2009).
Israeli Soldier Describes Hamas Immorality
There was this mentally handicapped girl in the neighborhood, apparently, and the fact that shots were fired near her feet only made her laugh (earlier in his testimony the soldier described a practice of shooting near peoples feet in order to get.
Gaza: Is Israels Hannibal directive tantamount to war crimes?
Some legal experts say a war crime may have been committed. The events unfolded. A panel set up by the United Nations Human Rights Commission is due to start investigating potential abuses in the war by both sides shortly, with Rafah one of several.
Obama Urges Global United Front Against Extremist Groups Like ISIS
WASHINGTON ��� President Obama called on Americans and more than 60 nations on Wednesday to join the fight against violent extremism, saying they had to counter the ideology of the Islamic State and other groups making increasingly sophisticated .
Amal Alamuddin refuses UN offer to investigate possible.
The report said Alamuddin would serve alongside Doudou Diene of Senegal, a lawyer who has filled UN posts on racism and human rights in Ivory Coast, and Canadas William Schabas, an international law professor at Middlesex University in London.. Navi Pillay, the UNs top human rights official, accused Israel of not doing enough to protect civilians in Gaza and suggested war crimes may have been committed.. Los Angeles police shoot unarmed man in head��.
Gaza Flotilla Terrorists Set Sail Again
���Erdogan has been associated with the Muslim Brotherhood long before he was prime minister,��� Rhode said further explaining that Erdogan ���is doing whatever he can to help Hamas.. Among the Kerry proposals that reportedly ���horrified��� the Israeli Cabinet, aside from the idea that Israel accept Hamass demands for the opening of border crossings into Gaza, and the opening of a post-war funding channel for.. The only war crimes in Gaza are committed by Hamas.
Israel-Hating Biology Prof. to Teach Course on Zionism
He accused Israel of committing ���ethnic cleansing��� and of provoking last summers Gaza war using the kidnapping-murder of three Israeli teens as the necessary pretext. Absent from Smiths account are the rockets and terror tunnels employed by Hamas to .
