Israel unlawfully and extensively used white phosphorous munitions in the Gaza offensive, according to a report released by Human Rights Watch, calling it “neither incidental nor accidental.”
The Israel Defense Forces announced it will conduct an internal investigation into mounting reports that Israeli soldiers committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip operation.
A group of the world’s top war crimes investigators—backed by Amnesty International—urged the UN to launch an inquiry into alleged violations of the laws of war during the recent Gaza conflict.
US peace activist Tristan Anderson, of Oakland, Calif., was critically wounded when he was struck in the head by a tear-gas cannister launched by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank village of Ni’lin, west of Ramallah, March 13. Four Palestinians… Read moreUS peace activist critically injured on West Bank
Israel accelerated its “illegal annexation” of East Jerusalem last year through municipal and security policies that discriminate against Palestinian residents, an internal EU report charges.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Court will seek Interpol arrest warrants for more than 100 Israelis on war crimes charges stemming from the conflict in Gaza, prosecutors in Tehran announced.
In a new report, Amnesty International blasts both Israel and Hamas for targeting civilians in the Gaza war, and called upon the Obama administration to cut off military aid to Israel.
Israel shelled southern Lebanon after a rocket hit its territory, injuring three people in the western Galilee region. Hezbollah denied any involvement in the rocket attack.
The Palestinian Authority is pressing the International Criminal Court to investigate Israel’s assault on Gaza—but this opens jurisdictional questions as neither Israel nor the PA are members of the court.
Several Israeli military vehicles overran the West Bank village of Jayyous and imposed a curfew on the area. Locals host weekly demonstrations against the building of the separation wall on village land.
Hamas said Israeli voters elected a “troika of terrorism”—an obvious reference to Tzipi Livni, Benjamin Netanyahu and Avigdor Lieberman, the three politicians now jockeying to form a coalition government.
A Turkish prosecutor launched an investigation into claims that Israel’s offensive in Gaza amounted to genocide and crimes against humanity, based on a complaint filed by the rights group Mazlum-Der.
