The U.N. Human Rights Council’s advance, unedited report calls for an immediate arms embargo on Israel and international protection for Palestinians in the occupied territories, among other recommendations.
The first resolution calling for a ceasefire was passed at the U.N. Security Council after months of trying when the United States on Monday abstained rather than issue another veto.
Mona Ali Khalil lists Israel’s crimes from A to Z and says the U.N. must fulfill its responsibility to protect the civilians in Gaza and hold all perpetrators of mass atrocities accountable.
The coming years shall prove that the crisis in international legitimacy, resulting from the abuse of power, will hardly be rectified with superficial changes and reforms, writes Ramzy Baroud.
Hamas speaks for the frustration and disenchantment by Arabs toward the notion of international justice. Second of two-part article.
The country found “deliberate sabotage” but wouldn’t continue probe to find out who was responsible. It’s the second U.S. ally in the past month to end an investigation into the pipeline explosions.
Two years ago Saturday Vladimir Putin explained why he went to war. He said he had no intention to control Ukraine and only wanted to “demilitarize” and “de-Nazify” it, after the U.S. had pushed Russia too far, wrote Joe Lauria.
Algeria’s ambassador, who brought the resolution, said Washington’s lone opposing vote should be understood as “approval of starvation as a means of war against hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.”
The attacks on Wednesday came hours before top U.S. diplomat Antony Blinken, whose stated goal is to restrain regional escalation of the Netanyahu regime’s war on Gaza, arrived in Tel Aviv.
The latest information about Israeli military assets using Britain during its campaign may implicate U.K. ministers in crimes against humanity, Matt Kennard reports.