Thirty-seven states, the UN and international NGOs all condemned Israel’s blockade at the International Court of Justice. Since March 2, Israel has blocked all food, medicine, fuel, and other relief from entering the besieged Gaza Strip, home to 2.1 million Palestinian people. “Israel is starving, killing and displacing Palestinians while also targeting and blocking humanitarian… Read more »
As a party to the ICC’s Rome Statute, Hungary is obliged to arrest suspected war criminals and send them to The Hague. In a shameless attempt to undermine international accountability for accused war criminal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Hungarian President Viktor Orbán graciously hosted the architect of Israel’s 18-month genocide in Gaza on April… Read more »
With no recourse in U.S. courts or Congress, the Taxpayers Against Genocide movement pivots to the UN Human Rights Council. Taxpayers Against Genocide (TAG), a nongovernmental grassroots mass movement comprised of more than 2,000 taxpayers who have been protesting their congressional representatives’ votes to fund Israel’s genocide in Gaza, filed an unprecedented report with the UN Human… Read more »
Plaintiff Tarik Kanaana says the lawsuit “has given people something to rally behind and a renewed sense of hope.” On December 19, more than 500 federal taxpayers from 10 northern California counties filed an unprecedented class-action lawsuit against their congressional representatives. Seth Donnelly et. al. v. Mike Thompson, and Jared Huffman charges that the defendants — two… Read more »
The Hague Invasion Act authorizes the military to forcibly extract US and allied nationals if arrested for war crimes. The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) stunning issuance of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity is a major game changer. After years of impunity,… Read more »
After refusing to call for an arms embargo, Harris lost to Trump, to the delight of Israel’s right-wing leaders. Israel’s right-wing regime is gleeful about Donald Trump’s impending return to power in the United States. Various Israeli officials have hailed Trump’s victory since Tuesday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it “history’s greatest comeback.” His new defense minister,… Read more »
Israel is killing scores of Palestinian children, Defense for Children International-Palestine’s Miranda Cleland says. The Israeli occupation forces have extended their genocidal campaign in Gaza to the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Using drone strikes, troops in armored vehicles and bulldozers, their regular raids since October 7, 2023, have escalated into extensive and deadly… Read more »
US military interventions are not just wars on people — they’re also wars on the climate. This week marks 23 years since George W. Bush declared a U.S.-led “war on terror” and the people of Afghanistan and Iraq are still suffering its consequences. After the U.S. invaded Iraq, an estimated half a million Iraqis were killed and… Read more »
Nearly 1 million voters cast their primary ballots for “uncommitted” in protest of Biden’s complicity in Israel’s genocide. During Donald Trump’s presidency, he repeatedly capitulated to Israel’s Zionist regime. He illegally recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, illegally recognized Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights, and declared Israeli settlements on Palestinian land lawful despite international… Read more »
“Genocide can never be a legitimate foreign policy choice,” plaintiffs argue in case against Biden, Blinken and Austin. A lawsuit accusing U.S. President Joe Biden and some of his top officials of complicity in genocide had its latest hearing this week after being dismissed earlier in the year. On June 10, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court… Read more »