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Israel's tactics in Gaza show 'characteristics of genocide', UN special committee reports
1 month, 1 week ago

Israel's tactics in Gaza show 'characteristics of genocide', UN special committee reports

ABC  

Israel's warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, a special UN committee said on Thursday, as a Human Rights Watch report said Israel's displacement of Gazans amounts to a "crime against humanity". The committee said Israel's siege, blocking of aid, targeted attacks and killing of civilians, despite UN and International Court of Justice orders, was "intentionally causing …

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Israel’s war conduct in Gaza ‘consistent with the characteristics of genocide,’ UN Special Committee finds
1 month, 1 week ago

Israel’s war conduct in Gaza ‘consistent with the characteristics of genocide,’ UN Special Committee finds

CNN  

CNN — Israel’s war conduct in Gaza “is consistent with the characteristics of genocide,” including mass civilian casualties and using starvation as a weapon, according to a new United Nations Special Committee report released Thursday. “Through its siege over Gaza, obstruction of humanitarian aid, alongside targeted attacks and killing of civilians and aid workers, despite repeated UN appeals, binding orders …

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After school strike, U.N. rapporteur accuses Israel of ‘genocide’
4 months, 2 weeks ago

After school strike, U.N. rapporteur accuses Israel of ‘genocide’

The Hindu  

An independent, U.N.-appointed rights expert accused Israel of committing "genocide" in its Gaza war after an Israeli strike targeting a school on Saturday killed 93 people, according to local rescuers. "Israel is genociding the Palestinians one neighbourhood at the time, one hospital at the time, one school at the time, one refugee camp at the time, one safe zone at …

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Strong evidence that Ethiopia committed genocide in Tigray war: Report
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Strong evidence that Ethiopia committed genocide in Tigray war: Report

Al Jazeera  

Report says Ethiopia and allies had ‘intent to destroy Tigrayans as an ethnic group’ and calls for prosecution at ICJ. There is compelling evidence that Ethiopian forces committed genocidal acts during the Tigray war, a new report has concluded. Issued on Tuesday by the United States-based New Lines Institute, the 120-page draft quotes multiple, widespread and credible independent reports that …

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US airman sets himself on fire outside Israel embassy to protest ‘genocide’
9 months, 4 weeks ago

US airman sets himself on fire outside Israel embassy to protest ‘genocide’

Al Jazeera  

Active duty airman reportedly said he did not want to be ‘complicit in genocide’ as he lit himself on fire. An active member of the United States military has set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC, according to officials, in an apparent act of protest against Israel’s devastating war on Gaza. The agency said emergency responders …

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Israeli Cabinet set to OK plan for Rafah attack; U.S. strikes Houthi targets in Yemen
10 months ago

Israeli Cabinet set to OK plan for Rafah attack; U.S. strikes Houthi targets in Yemen

LA Times  

Palestinians mourn over the bodies of relatives killed in Israeli strikes Saturday at the Al Aqsa Hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip. Netanyahu’s statement said that “only a combination of military pressure and firm negotiations” would achieve Israel’s aims in the war. A senior official from Egypt said mediators were waiting for Israel’s official response to a draft deal …

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What has the ICJ ordered Israel to do on Gaza war, and what’s next?
10 months, 4 weeks ago

What has the ICJ ordered Israel to do on Gaza war, and what’s next?

Al Jazeera  

The court did not order a ceasefire, but effectively put Israel on notice over the war. The emergency measures were announced as the court begins its deliberations on South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, for which it heard evidence earlier this month. In a 45-minute judgement at the court in the Hague on Friday, presiding judge Joan Donoghue rejected Israel’s …

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Palestinian viewers are captivated and moved by case at UN’s top court accusing Israel of genocide
11 months, 1 week ago

Palestinian viewers are captivated and moved by case at UN’s top court accusing Israel of genocide

Associated Press  

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem spent Thursday captivated by the proceedings in a faraway courtroom, closely following the first hearing in an unprecedented case brought by South Africa that accuses Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip. In at least one cafe in the West Bank city of Ramallah, some cheered …

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Russia urges top U.N. court to toss out Ukraine’s case seeking to halt Moscow’s war
1 year, 3 months ago

Russia urges top U.N. court to toss out Ukraine’s case seeking to halt Moscow’s war

LA Times  

The Peace Palace, in The Hague, houses the International Court of Justice. Calling it an “abuse of process,” Russia sought Monday to have judges at the United Nations’ highest court throw out a Ukrainian case alleging that Moscow abused the international convention on genocide to justify its invasion last year. As a series of lawyers laid out Moscow’s objections to …

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How to teach kids about genocide (hint: carefully)
1 year, 7 months ago

How to teach kids about genocide (hint: carefully)

Dutch News  

On this May 4 & 5, war crimes reporter Lauren Comiteau reflects on war, genocide and the status quo. After our first trip to the Anne Frank museum some years back, my then 6- and 8-year-old daughters used to torture each other at night simply by shouting ‘Anne Frank’ into the other’s face, the image of marching Nazis and skeletal …

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Zelenskyy says Ukraine will put up tough resistance in the east
2 years, 8 months ago

Zelenskyy says Ukraine will put up tough resistance in the east

Al Jazeera  

As Ukraine braces for a new Russian assault in the east, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promises not to give up any territory. “That is why we understand that the fact that we fought them off and they left, and they were running away from Kyiv – from the north, from Chernihiv and from that direction – it doesn’t mean if they …

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Vladimir Putin could be referred to ICC for war crimes and genocide
2 years, 9 months ago

Vladimir Putin could be referred to ICC for war crimes and genocide

The Telegraph  

Vladimir Putin and his generals could be hit with war crimes charges after international prosecutors launched an investigation into Russian atrocities in Ukraine. The investigation will cover from the start of the Crimea crisis in November 2013 and encompass "any past and present allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide". “I think that everybody involved in the Russian …

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