Posts Tagged: Israel Gaza war
As UN Vote Looms, Israel to Launch Diplomatic Push Against Human Rights Body
JNS.org - Ahead of a vote in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on whether or not to officially recognize Monday’s U.N. report that alleges possible war crimes by...
A Damning Indictment
The United Nations Human Rights Council report on last summer's war in Gaza was released Monday. In anticipation of the report, whose findings were a...
‘Goldstone II’ Released, Bad But Not Nearly as Bad as Goldstone I
An advance version of the UNHRC report on last summer's war (and surrounding events) has been published. On first glance, the (formerly Schabas) commission has done...
Israel Disputes UN Report Claiming Possible War Crimes During Gaza War
Israel disputed on Monday the findings of a U.N. report indicating it may have committed war crimes in the 2014 Gaza conflict. "In defending itself against...
UN Gaza War Report Finds Possible ‘War Crimes’ by Both Hamas and Israel
JNS.org - A United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) report on last summer’s Gaza war found that both Israel and the Palestinian terror group Hamas committed...
Nearly Half of Palestinians Killed in Gaza War Were Armed, Israeli Report Finds
JNS.org - A new Israeli Foreign Ministry report on last summer’s Operation Protective Edge found that nearly half (44 percent) of the 2,125 Palestinians killed were...
Israel Hopes to Use Current Lull to Prepare for Radical Islamic Storm
If you ask defense officials in Israel today for a short-term security forecast, chances are good that you will hear an optimistic outlook and an...
Israeli Military Says Killing of Four Boys on Gaza Beach Was Case of ‘Mistaken Identity’
Israel’s killing of four Palestinian boys in an air strike on a Gaza beach during the 2014 war was a case of mistaken identity that...
The Six Day War, and the Origin of the Left’s Hatred for Israel
June 10, 1967, marked the end of the Six Day War and the beginning of the radical left’s hate affair with the Jewish State. Although Israel neither welcomed...
High Levels of Frustration Found Among Gazans, Survey Finds
JNS.org - A new survey conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey has found high levels of frustrations among Gazans, including rising levels...
No Truth in Advertising: Max Blumenthal’s New Book on Gaza
With his last book Goliath published in fall 2013, Max Blumenthal hoped to popularize the antisemitic comparison between Israel and Nazi Germany. But he and...
Amnesty Using Hamas Crimes as Another Excuse to Attack Israel
Some people were surprised that Amnesty International issued a report actually condemning Hamas for brutally killing "collaborators" during last summer's Gaza war. Hamas forces carried out a...
Hamas Accused of Using Gaza War as Cover for Executing Palestinians
JNS.org - The human rights group Amnesty International issued a scathing report in which it accused the Gaza-ruling Palestinian terror group Hamas of carrying out...
How Israeli ‘Human Rights’ Groups Threaten Our Very Existence
The State of Israel was established during a period of intense focus on human rights issues. All the leading political movements during that period dedicated...
