U.N.: Israeli practices could be subject to prosecution for war crimes.
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. human rights investigators called on Israel on Thursday to halt settlement expansion and withdraw all half a million Jewish settlers from the occupied West Bank, saying that its practices could be subject to prosecution as possible war crimes. A three-member U.N. panel said private companies should stop working in the settlements [...]
Tel Aviv – After Israel was accused of forcing Ethiopian women to accept injections of the contraceptive Depo-Provera in an attempt to lower birth rates among black immigrants, an official has for the first time admitted use of the drug among Ethiopian women. In a letter to the Israeli Health Ministry Director General Prof. Ron [...]
(Reuters) – Palestinians evinced weary indifference on Tuesday as Israelis voted in an election set to produce a hardline government keener to expand Jewish settlements on occupied land than seek peace. “Regardless of who wins, the result is the same: Israelis want this land but not the people,” said Ahmed Amro, a professor at Al-Quds [...]
Three days ago, January 4, Haim Schwarczenberg took this photograph. He writes: “Skunk trunk spraying putrid liquid all over residential homes in the village of Nabi Saleh.” If you’ve ever been to this village, you know that these are ordinary people’s homes, and that almost all the village, whether it likes it or not, is [...]
What the Mossad’s female agents do — and don’t do — for the sake of Israel
January 16, 2013 8 Comments
For female Mossad agents, life is like a spy-movie — though not always as glamorous. Theirs is a world of intrigue, sleepless nights and, sometimes, flirtation, in conditions of ever-lurking danger, all for the sake of the state, with immense strains on their families. For the first time, five female Mossad agents went public this [...]
HAIFA, Israel (AP) — Grinning and waving, 14 women who survived the horrors of World War II paraded Thursday in an unusual pageant, vying for the honor of being crowned Israel’s first “Miss Holocaust Survivor.” Billed by organizers as a celebration of life, the event also stirred controversy. In a country where millions have been [...]
Israel has rebuffed a UN call to adhere to the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and open itself to international inspectors, calling the suggestion a “meaningless mechanical vote” of a body that “lost all its credibility regarding Israel.” In a 174-6 vote, the United Nations General Assembly demanded in a non-binding call that Tel Aviv [...]
The United Nations voted overwhelmingly Thursday to recognize a Palestinian state, a long-sought victory for the Palestinians but an embarrassing diplomatic defeat for the United States. The resolution upgrading the Palestinians’ status to a nonmember observer state at the United Nations was approved by a more than two-thirds majority of the 193-member world body — [...]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Palestinians are certain to win U.N. recognition as a state Thursday but success could exact a high price: Israel and the United States warn it could delay hopes of achieving an independent Palestinian state through peace talks with Israel. The United States, Israel’s closest ally, mounted an aggressive campaign to [...]
Israeli soldiers kill 1 Palestinian, injure several 2 days after ceasefire
November 23, 2012 No Comment
One adult has been killed and at least 10 teenagers injured after Israeli soldiers opened fire at the Gaza-Israel border, Gaza medical authorities claimed. The incident happened east of the city of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza. READ MORE: http://on.rt.com/77srpi
Online activist group Anonymous said on Saturday it had downed the websites of dozens of Israeli state agencies and a top bank in protest over the Jewish state’s deadly air assault on Gaza. The hackers said their operation “OpIsrael” had either damaged or completely erased the sites of more than 650 private and public institutions [...]
Because of modern alarmist reactions to the word “Palestine,” many non-Arabs and non-Muslims take offense when it is argued that Jesus was a Palestinian (peace be upon him). Jesus’ ethnicity, skin color, and culture often accompany this conversation, but few people are willing to acknowledge the fact he was non-European. A simple stroll down the [...]
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM – A Jewish rabbi has issued a book giving Jews permission to murder non-Jews, including babies and children, who may pose an actual or potential threat to Jews or Israel. “It is permissible to kill the Righteous among non-Jews even if they are not responsible for the threatening situation,” Rabbi Yitzhak Shapiro, who [...]
Egypt has strongly condemned Israel‘s military assault on Gaza, calling for an immediate cessation of the air strikes against Hamas‘s military leadership that claimed the life of the group’s operational commander, Ahmed al-Jaabari. The country, whose government is dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood, which came to power after the fall of Hosni Mubarak, has a [...]
The United States has voiced support for Israel’s violation of human rights after being reelected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for another three-year term. US Ambassador to UN Susan Rice made the remarks during a press conference in New York on Monday, vowing to correct the “flaws” in the 47-nation body. “The [...]
