Israel to close Dublin embassy after Ireland supports ICJ genocide petition
Peter Beaumont
The Guardian / December 15, 2024
Israeli foreign minister says move was prompted by Irish government’s ‘extreme anti-Israeli policies’.
Jerusalem – Israel has announced it will close its embassy in Ireland, citing Dublin’s decision last week to support a petition at the international court of justice accusing Israel of “genocide”.
The...
[VIDEO] Drone footage shows destroyed vessels at northern Syrian port of Latakia + occupation...
Reuters - AP / December 15, 2024
The remains of 15 navy vessels lie half-sunk in the water at Latakia after Israeli airstrikes destroyed military infrastructure across the country following the Assad regime's collapse last week.
The extent of the Israeli strikes have surprised many western capitals, with air raids destroying...
Israel launches dozens of airstrikes on Syria despite rebel leader’s peace pledge
Peter Beaumont
The Guardian / December 15, 2024
Benjamin Netanyahu says he has approved expansion of settlements in occupied Golan Heights after night of strikes.
Jerusalem – Israel struck dozens of sites in Syria overnight with airstrikes, despite the Syrian rebel leader, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, saying his Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group...
Press release: Dutch court fails to enforce state’s obligations to prevent genocide and address...
Joint press release
Dutch court fails to enforce state’s obligations to prevent genocide and address ties to illegal occupation
Amsterdam, 13 December 2024
Today, the District Court of The Hague delivered its ruling in the lawsuit filed by a coalition of Palestinian and Dutch civil society organisations against the Dutch State. The...
HTS officials order Palestinian resistance factions to disarm, close bases in Syria: Report
The Cradle / December 13, 2024
The new rulers in Damascus are taking actions to prevent the Palestinians from defending themselves or resisting Israel
Representatives from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the new ruling extremist organization in Damascus, informed the representatives of the Palestinian factions in Syria they would no longer be...
IDF Gaza bombing ‘by far the most intense, destructive, and fatal’ Airwars has analyzed
Brett Wilkins
Common Dreams / December 13, 2024
"Save this for the next time you hear that the Israeli military does everything possible to avoid harming civilians, and that the level of civilian harm in Gaza is less than other comparable conflicts," said one advocate.
The world's foremost monitor of civilian harm...
Israel destroyed North Gaza hospital’s water tanks with remote-controlled robots
Sharon Zhang
Truthout / December 13, 2024
“Tonight was one of the most difficult nights we have faced,” the facility’s head said amid Israel’s months-long siege.
Northern Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital underwent its worst night yet of Israeli attacks on Friday, the facility’s director has said, with Israeli forces destroying most of...
‘Right to life’ – Ben-Gvir calls for restriction of movement in West Bank
TPC Staff
The Palestine Chronicle / December 13, 2024
Israel’s National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has reiterated his call for “permanent checkpoints” on roads in the occupied West Bank to restrict the movement of Palestinians.
“I repeat my constant demand for permanent checkpoints on the roads of Judea and Samaria (the occupied...
‘The Bibi Files’, with leaked Netanyahu footage, can’t be seen in Israel – Israelis...
Jocelyn Noveck
AP / December 13, 2024
NEW YORK – Veteran documentarian Alex Gibney, who in a decades-long career has tackled many a thorny issue, wasn’t planning a film about Israel — until one day last year, when a stunning leak fell into his hands.
The leak turned out to be more...
‘Cloak of legality’ – UN Rights expert slams Israel’s ‘decades of impunity’
TPC Staff
Palestine Chronicle / December 13, 2024
“I think one of the striking features of the last 14 months is how Israel has used counterterrorism rhetoric to justify exceptional, extreme violence against Palestinians accompanied by a chronic dehumanization of the Palestinian people.”
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counterterrorism, Professor...
