Human Rights
District Judge Paula Xinis said getting answers out of the government has been like “nailing Jell-O to a wall.”
The U.N. and aid groups say the disappearance and torture of Palestinian medical workers is part of Israel's wider attack on Gaza's health care system.
One advocacy group CEO said he’s heard of up to 200 asylum-seekers detained in the federal building since Tuesday. A representative for ICE denied this claim.
Israel airstrikes and aid restrictions, backed by the U.S., are fueling intertwined catastrophes for Palestinians, according to a major report on Wednesday.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Human rights groups stress that weaponizing starvation by intentionally depriving civilians of lifesaving aid is a war crime under international humanitarian law.
The court's action is a “reminder to U.S. officials that they’ve been aiding [Israelis] credibly accused of war crimes,” said a former State Department lawyer.
Palestinians in the besieged territory have gone from eating an average of two meals a day to just one meal every other day, according to 15 humanitarian groups.
The Native American rights activist, whom the U.S. government put in prison nearly 50 years ago after a trial rife with misconduct, is getting a parole hearing.
Aryeh Neier, a German-born Jewish man who survived the Holocaust, explained his reasoning in an extensive interview Sunday with CNN's Fareed Zakaria.
The group says Israel is failing to provide urgently needed aid to desperate people in the Gaza Strip.