ICC prosecutor acts as Israel’s defense lawyer
Ali Abunimah
The Electronic Intifada / December 5, 2019
The International Criminal Court prosecutor is again giving Israel a pass for its deadly raid on a flotilla to Gaza a decade ago.
Israeli soldiers fatally wounded 10 people aboard the Mavi Marmara after raiding the ship, which was part of a civilian flotilla.
On Monday,...
‘Misleading narrative’: ICC war crimes report angers Palestinians
Al-Jazeera / December 6, 2019
Outrage over ICC prosecutor saying that giving stipends to families of killed or jailed Palestinians is a war crime.
Palestinian officials have expressed concern over a report by the International Criminal Court's (ICC) chief prosecutor that includes a warning that Palestinian stipends to the families of...
Netanyahu seeks to obtain bunker-buster bombs to attack Iran
Middle East Monitor / December 6, 2019
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying hard to persuade US President Donald Trump to give Israel underground bunker-buster bombs to use them in attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities, Israeli political circles reported.
The Hebrew version of Al-Monitor website quoted the circles as saying that Netanyahu is...
Israel’s contribution to UN accessibility is a façade for its violations
Ramona Wadi
Middle East Monitor / December 5, 2019
Israel marked the International Day of Persons with Disabilities by donating three paediatric wheelchairs to the UN Human Rights Council. The aim, according to Israel’s Permanent Representative in Geneva, was “to make the UN truly accessible, so that persons with physical disabilities...
UN officially asks Israel to leave Golan Heights
Middle East Monitor / December 5, 2019
The UN General Assembly yesterday officially asked Israel to leave the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.
The request was made after the resolution was adopted after 91 UN member states voted in favour, nine rejected and 65 abstained.
The resolution stipulates that Israel leaves all the...
‘From 2000-2017, Israel’s occupation cost the Palestinian economy $48 billion’
Muhammad Shehada
The New Arab / December 5, 2019
At a recent event in Sweden, I asked the speaker, a senior Israeli diplomat, why Israel’s GNI per capita is almost thirtyfold that of the Palestinians. After all, both populations live on the same land, are bound to the same Israeli currency...
‘Shameless racism’: 13 countries change long-standing position on Palestine at UN
The Palestine Chronicle / December 5, 2019
For the first time, 13 countries changed their longstanding positions and voted against a pro-Palestine measure at the United Nations on Tuesday.
Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Lithuania, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Brazil, and Colombia voted against the annual resolution regarding...
The Rights Forum calls for broad protest against passive ICC
The Rights Forum / November 27, 2019
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The International Criminal Court must open an investigation into possible war crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories without further delay. This demand will be hand-delivered to the ICC on December 10th on behalf of a coalition of organizations.
December 10th is Human...
