Israel War Crimes

Goldstone Report Author Rethinks Findings On Israel And Gaza War Crimes

AP | DANIEL ESTRIN | Posted 06.02.2011

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JERUSALEM — The head of a U.N.-appointed expert panel that investigated the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas in the winter of 2008-2009 said in...

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Moshe Ya'alon, Israel's Vice Premier, Cancels U.K. Visit Over Arrest Fears

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Vice Prime Minister Moshe Ya'alon recently canceled a planned trip to Britain for fear of being arrested there. Ya'alon was invited to London to atte...

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Israel Prepares To Fight War Crimes Claims After UN Gaza Report

AP | AMY TEIBEL and PAISLEY DODDS | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — Stung by a damning U.N. report alleging war crimes in Gaza, Israel is taking extraordinary steps to fend off potential international...

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Israel Threatens Palestinian Phone Service Over War Crimes Claims

The Independent | Ben Lynfield | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ben Lynfield | The Independent Israel is threatening to kill off a crucial West Bank economic project unless the Palestinian Authority withdraws a re...

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The Goldstone Report on Gaza

Jessica Montell | Posted 05.25.2011

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With the release of the Goldstone report, Israel has a choice. It can continue to shoot the messenger and bury its head in the sand, or it can initiate a genuine process of truth-telling and taking responsibility.

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Israeli Minister Ehud Barak Faces War Crimes Arrest Threat During UK Visit

The Guardian | Ian Black and Ian Cobain | Posted 05.25.2011

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Israel received an uncomfortable reminder of international anger over the Gaza war today when lawyers representing 16 Palestinians asked a London cour...

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Israel's Ehud Barak: Terrorism Pays At The UN

wsj.com | EHUD BARAK | Posted 05.25.2011

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This week the United Nation's Human Rights Council produced a 600-page report alleging that Israel carried out war crimes in Gaza. The Goldstone Repor...

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Peres: UN Gaza report makes mockery of history

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Shimon Peres said Wednesday that the Goldstone report, which accuses Israel of committing war crimes during its military offensive in the Ha...

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Israeli Soldiers Killed Unarmed Palestinians Carrying White Flags: Rights Group

AP | JEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — A new report by Human Rights Watch charged Thursday that Israeli soldiers killed eleven unarmed Palestinian civilians who were carry...

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Amnesty Accuses Israel, Hamas Of Gaza War Crimes

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM (AP) -- Amnesty International accused Israel and Palestinian militants of war crimes Thursday in the most comprehensive report on the recent...

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Israel War Crimes Findings Blasted By Rights Groups

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — Human rights activists, some charging whitewash, demanded an independent war crimes probe after Israel's military on Wednesday clear...

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UN Israel-Gaza Investigation To Be Led By South African Richard Goldstone

AP | BRADLEY S. KLAPPER | Posted 05.25.2011

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GENEVA — The United Nations on Friday appointed a widely respected South African judge who is a trustee of Hebrew University to lead a high-leve...

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Gaza War: Israel Disputes Palestinian Claim On Gaza Deaths

AP | STEVE WEIZMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — The Israeli military on Thursday disputed Palestinian claims that most of the people killed in the recent Gaza Strip war were civili...

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Israel: White Phosphorus Use Evidence of War Crimes (VIDEO)

Human Rights Watch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Indiscriminate Attacks Caused Needless Civilian Suffering (Jerusalem) - Israel's repeated firing of white phosphorus shells over densely populated ar...

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Israel Committed Human Rights Violations In Gaza: UN Investigators

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

Investigators reporting to the United Nations Human Rights Council Monday enumerated a number of human rights violations committed by Israel during it...

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Richard Falk: Gaza Op Seems To Be War Crime Of Greatest Magnitude

Haaretz | Posted 05.25.2011

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A United Nations human rights investigator said on Thursday that Israel's offensive against Hamas in densely populated Gaza appeared to constitute a w...

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Let Shalit Go

Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.25.2011

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Israel has been negotiating with Hamas, almost a thousand days have passed, more than a thousand lives have been lost. Let the prisoners and Shalit go home.

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Court Considers If Palestinian Authority Can Bring War Crimes Case Against Israel

The Guardian | Peter Beaumont | Posted 05.25.2011

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The international criminal court is considering whether the Palestinian Authority is "enough like a state" for it to bring a case alleging that Israel...

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Amnesty Urges Israel Arms Embargo

Al Jazeera English | Posted 05.25.2011

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Amnesty International, the human rights group, has called for a global arms embargo on Israel over its conduct during the war on Gaza....

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Palestinians Urge War Crimes Case Against Israel

AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 05.25.2011

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Palestinian leaders pressed prosecutors of the International Criminal Court on Friday to investigate alleged Israeli wa...

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For the International Criminal Court To Work, The Worst Must Come First

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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There are efforts now underway to try to bring Israel before the International Criminal Court in The Hague on charges of alleged war crimes.

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Gaza War Crimes Go Unpunished: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

The Independent | Yasmin Alibhai-Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

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So that's that then, is it? Gaza is done and dusted? Very satisfying, I'm sure, for the Israeli leadership and their devoted allies at the BBC. But no...

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US-Style School In Gaza Destroyed By Israel

McClatchy Washington Bureau | Shashank Bengali | Posted 05.25.2011

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ATATRA, Gaza Strip -- When President George W. Bush visited the West Bank a year ago, Palestinian militants in Gaza vented their anger by ransacking t...

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Israel To Shield Troops From War Crimes Accusations

Haaretz | Posted 05.25.2011

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The government on Sunday ratified a bill granting aid and support to Israel Defense Forces officers in cases where they face suits for alleged war cri...

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War Crimes Accusations Mount Against Israel (SLIDESHOW: GRAPHIC)

Rebecca Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

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While those living in Gaza attempt to return to daily life, the international community struggles to understand the 21-day war between Israel and Hama...

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