Posts Tagged: Israel war crimes
The Folly of Partition: ICC Ruling Seals Fate of Gaza Residents
The International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to pursue a war crimes probe against Israel over the War in Gaza is the latest twist in the...
The Case Against the International Criminal Court Investigating Israel
In 2012 my friend and colleague Luis Moreno Ocampo, who was then the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, ruled correctly that "Palestine could...
Israel Launches Campaign to Discredit International Criminal Court Inquiry
JNS.org - The Israeli government has launched a public diplomacy campaign to discredit the legitimacy of the International Criminal Court's (ICC) recent decision to...
Rand Paul Launches Senate Bill to Defund Palestinian Authority
JNS.org - US Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has introduced legislation calling on the US government to defund the Palestinian Authority (PA). The bill, titled...
US Criticizes Israel’s Suspension of Tax Transfer to Palestinians Over ICC Bid
JNS.org - The United States on Monday criticized Israel's decision to halt the scheduled transfer of $127 million in tax revenue to the Palestinian...
British Activists Launch Lawsuit Over Gaza Flotilla ‘War Crimes’
JNS.org - Pro-Palestinian activists who were aboard the 2010 Mavi Marmara flotilla that attempted to breach the Gaza blockade are looking to launch a...
‘Palestine’ and the International Criminal Court
The Palestinian Authority's latest unilateral attempt to gain recognition as a state without negotiating any concessions failed Tuesday. But other mischief remains in play, including Wednesday's...
Top U.S. General: Israel ‘Went to Extraordinary Lengths’ to Limit Gaza Casualties (VIDEO)
JNS.org - Gen. Martin Dempsey, America's highest-ranking military officer as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Thursday that Israel "went to...
‘Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying’
One line from the 1994 film The Shawshank Redemption embodies perfectly the Arab-Israeli conflict, "Get busy living or get busy dying." This line encapsulates the...
Ken Roth’s Twitter War Against Israel
After I recently wrote about Ken Roth's preposterous defense of the tunnels dug by Hamas in order to attack Israeli communities near Gaza, I realized...
Applying International Law to the Israel-Hamas Conflict
JNS.org - Now that the latest Israel-Hamas conflict has come to a close—should the 12th attempted cease-fire hold—the battlefield moves from Gaza to the...
Palestinians Demand ‘Clear’ Timetable for Israeli Withdrawal From West Bank
JNS.org - The Palestinian Authority's (PA) commissioner for international relations, Nabil Shaath, told Palestinian media on Thursday that the PA would turn to the...
UNHRC Declares Israel the Aggressor – BEFORE the Inquiry
Here is the statement from the UN Human Rights Council establishing a "commission of inquiry:" The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Baudelaire Ndong Ella (Gabon),...
How to Make the Case That Israel’s Actions Are Just and Proportionate
When observers describe or denounce Israeli military actions as "disproportionate," they glibly assume sweeping legal conclusions without sufficient proof or analysis. But the evidence shows...
