South Africa, a party to the Genocide Convention, charged Israel with genocide in the International Court of Justice. For nearly three months, Israel has enjoyed virtual impunity for its atrocious crimes against the Palestinian people. That changed on December 29 when South Africa, a state party to the Genocide Convention, filed an 84-page application in the International Court… Read more »
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Palestinians File Emergency Motion to Block US Aid for Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
A federal lawsuit accuses Biden, Blinken and Austin of failure to prevent genocide and complicity in genocide. On November 16, two Palestinian human rights organizations, three Palestinians and five Palestinian Americans brought an emergency motion in United States federal court to immediately force President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to… Read more »
Israeli and US Leaders Must Be Held Accountable for the Genocide of Palestinians
Netanyahu and Gallant are committing genocide in Gaza. Biden and Blinken are aiding and abetting Israeli genocide. In retaliation against the Palestinians in Gaza for Hamas’s October 7 killing of hundreds of Israeli civilians, Israel has intensified its 16-year siege of Gaza to a “complete siege.” Israel is slaughtering civilians, cutting off their food, water,… Read more »
Israel Is Using Starvation as a Weapon of War Against the Palestinian People
A full-scale ground offensive on Gaza is imminent, even as Palestinians are already suffering collective punishment. After Hamas launched more than 2,000 missiles from Gaza and sent hundreds of fighters into Israel on October 7, killing hundreds of civilians, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared war on Hamas. But Israel’s retaliation, including massive bombing from the… Read more »
Israel Killed Civilians, Targeted Hospitals in Jenin With US Weapons and Support
Israel could not mount its military operations against Palestinians without $3.8 billion in annual U.S. military aid. From July 3-4, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) — using weapons funded by the United States — mounted the most violent military assault in the occupied West Bank in two decades. In what Israel dubbed “Operation Home and Garden,”… Read more »
“There Is No Safe Place in Gaza”: Palestinians Speak Out During Israeli Assault
In a vicious five-day assault, Israeli occupying forces killed 33 Palestinians in Gaza. On May 18, thousands of Palestinians in Gaza joined the “Palestine Flag March” to protest Israel’s “Flag March” happening the same day. On “Flag Day,” tens of thousands of ultraright-wing Israeli settlers, who illegally live on stolen land, attacked Palestinians and journalists, chanting “Death… Read more »
Israel Is Using a Vast Network of Biometric Cameras to Terrorize Palestinians
The facial recognition surveillance system violates Palestinians’ human rights to freedom of movement and privacy. Israel is deepening its system of apartheid in the occupied Palestinian territories by using artificial intelligence-powered biometric facial recognition technology to track and restrict the movements of Palestinian people. Facial recognition technology identifies and categorizes people on the basis of… Read more »
ICC Charges Putin With War Crimes While US and Israeli Leaders Enjoy Impunity
The U.S. celebrates the charges against Putin, but pressures the ICC to refrain from prosecuting Israelis and Americans. On March 17, a little more than one year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), announced that the Pre-Trial Chamber (PTC) had issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir… Read more »
Biden Administration Takes Its Capitulation to Israel to an Absurd New Level
As the new right-wing Israeli regime ramps up its oppression of Palestinians, the Biden administration has taken its capitulation to Israel to a new and absurd level. After nominating an independent expert to serve on a human rights commission, the U.S. State Department withdrew the nomination because the expert accurately called Israel an apartheid state. A week later, the United… Read more »
New Israeli Regime Moves Toward “Cleansing” All Palestinians From Palestine
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s religious Zionist coalition, which was sworn in on December 29, 2022, declared in its manifesto that Jews have the “exclusive and inalienable right to all parts of the Land of Israel.” To that end, in a little over a month, the Israeli regime has killed Palestinians, demolished their homes, mounted incursions into occupied… Read more »