Tag: israel
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New reports confirm months of Israeli torture, abuse, and sexual violence against Palestinian prisoners
Two new reports came out last week regarding the torture and cruel treatment of Palestinians in Israeli prisons and detention centers since October 7, including reports of sexual violence against Palestinian women and girls. The reports have renewed conversations around the harsh conditions of Palestinians being held in Israeli captivity, which Palestinian detainees themselves and rights groups have been…
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Israel Not Complying with World Court Order in Genocide Case
The Israeli government has failed to comply with at least one measure in the legally binding order from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in South Africa’s genocide case, Human Rights Watch said today. Citing warnings about “catastrophic conditions” in Gaza, the court ordered Israel on January 26, 2024, to “take immediate and effective measures to enable the provision of…
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A cease-fire deal would only ‘somewhat’ delay Israel’s assault on Rafah, Netanyahu says
An Israeli military offensive in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah could be “delayed somewhat” if a deal is reached for a weekslong cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday, and claimed that total victory in the territory would come within weeks once the offensive begins. This can’t be more mask off.…
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Biden won’t let Israel’s rejection of a Palestinian state interfere with his delusions
In an odd, though not unexpected, turn of events in Israel, the Knesset voted on Wednesday to reject “unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state.” The declaration was made in response to rumors that the United States was considering recognizing the state of Palestine. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with his typical demagogic flourish, characterized the rumors as…
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Brazil’s Lula compares Israel’s war on Gaza with the Holocaust
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has accused Israel of committing “genocide” against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and compared its war on Gaza with Adolf Hitler’s campaign to exterminate Jewish people. “What’s happening in the Gaza Strip isn’t a war, it’s a genocide,” Lula told reporters in Addis Ababa where he was attending…
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The head of the UN’s lead agency helping Palestinians accuses Israel of seeking to destroy it
The head of the main United Nations agency supporting people in Gaza alleged that Israel is intent on “destroying” the organization along with the idea that Palestinians are refugees and have a right to return home one day. Philippe Lazzarini accused Israel in an interview with the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger of having a “long-term political goal” of…
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US to send weapons to Israel amid invasion threat in Gaza’s Rafah
The United States is preparing to send more bombs and other weapons to Israel even as it pushes for a ceasefire in the war on Gaza and has said it opposes Tel Aviv’s plans for a ground invasion in southern Rafah where more than half the enclave’s displaced population is trapped. The proposed arms delivery…
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Fired Dozens Of “Rockets” Into Israel, Says Hezbollah
Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah movement, a Hamas ally, said Thursday it had fired dozens of rockets into northern Israel, a day after Israeli raids killed 15 people including a Hezbollah commander. “In a first response to the massacres in Nabatiyeh and Sawaneh, Islamic resistance fighters fired dozens of Katyusha-type rockets at Kiryat Shmona,” an Israeli town…