Israel War Crimes

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

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 10.05.2009 | Home


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...

Israel Threatens Palestinian Phone Service Over War Crimes Claims

The Independent | Ben Lynfield | Posted 12.01.2009 | World


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

The Goldstone Report on Gaza

Jessica Montell | Posted 12.01.2009 | World


Jessica Montell

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.

Israel Prepares To Fight War Crimes Claims After UN Gaza Report

AP | AMY TEIBEL and PAISLEY DODDS | Posted 12.01.2009 | World


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

Ehud Barak Faces War Crimes Arrest Threat During UK Visit

The Guardian | Ian Black and Ian Cobain | Posted 11.29.2009 | World


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

Israel's Ehud Barak: Terrorism Pays At The UN

wsj.com | EHUD BARAK | Posted 11.25.2009 | World


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...

Israel: UN Gaza Report "Makes A Mockery Of History"

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 11.16.2009 | World


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

Israeli Soldiers Killed Unarmed Palestinians Carrying White Flags: Human Rights Watch

AP | JEN THOMAS | Posted 09.13.2009 | World


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

Amnesty Accuses Israel, Hamas Of War Crimes During Gaza Op (VIDEO)

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 08.02.2009 | World


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

Israel War Crimes Findings Blasted By Rights Groups

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 05.23.2009 | World


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

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

AP | BRADLEY S. KLAPPER | Posted 05.04.2009 | World


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...

Gaza War: Israel Disputes Palestinian Claim On Gaza Deaths

AP | STEVE WEIZMAN | Posted 04.26.2009 | World


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

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

Human Rights Watch | Posted 04.26.2009 | World


Human Rights Watch

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

Israel Committed Human Rights Violations In Gaza: UN Investigators

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.23.2009 | World


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

Let Shalit Go

Jamal Dajani | Posted 04.20.2009 | World


Jamal Dajani

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.

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

Haaretz | Posted 04.20.2009 | World


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

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

The Guardian | Peter Beaumont | Posted 04.02.2009 | World


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

Amnesty Urges Israel Arms Embargo

Al Jazeera English | Posted 03.26.2009 | World


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

Palestinians Urge War Crimes Case Against Israel

AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 03.16.2009 | World


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

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

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 03.13.2009 | World


Alan Dershowitz

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

Gaza War Crimes Go Unpunished: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

The Independent | Yasmin Alibhai-Brown | Posted 03.05.2009 | World


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...

US-Style School In Gaza Destroyed By Israel

McClatchy Washington Bureau | Shashank Bengali | Posted 03.01.2009 | World


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...

Israel To Shield Troops From War Crimes Accusations

Haaretz | Posted 02.25.2009 | World


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...

War Crimes Accusations Mount Against Israel (SLIDESHOW: GRAPHIC)

Rebecca Shapiro | Posted 02.23.2009 | World


Rebecca Shapiro

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...

Israel Warns Soldiers Of Threatened Prosecution For Gaza 'War Crimes'

The Telegraph | Damien McElroy | Posted 02.23.2009 | World


At least four human rights groups are believed to be compiling suits alleging that Israelis perpetrated war crimes in planning or carrying out the thr...