The Israeli government’s forced displacement of the populations of three West Bank refugee camps in 2025 amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Category: International Law
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Israel used widely banned cluster munitions in Lebanon, photos of remnants suggest
The Israeli military neither confirmed nor denied its use of cluster munitions but said it “uses only lawful weapons, in accordance with international law and while mitigating harm to civilians”.
Jenin: A City Under Systematic Erasure – in words and photos
For nearly ten consecutive months, the Israeli occupation army has waged an unrelenting offensive against the city of Jenin and its refugee camp, in the occupied West Bank’s transforming a once-crowded urban center into a zone of devastation and forced displacement.
Whitewashing the Gaza Gas Exploration
Sizeable reservoirs of oil and natural gas wealth are located in offshore Gaza and even in the occupied West Bank. But the Israeli occupation prevents Palestinian efforts to develop the energy fields, while seeking to benefit from their assets. Hence, the need for whitewashing.
Israeli forces use Palestinian women, elderly men as human shields in Gaza and the West Bank
Throughout the Gaza genocide, testimonies have documented the Israeli army’s use of Palestinians as human shields. These are not isolated acts by rogue soldiers but a systematic practice known to Israeli commanders and acknowledged by soldiers.
FLASHBACK: To Israel’s Supporters: Where Do You Draw the Line Between ‘Defense’ and Atrocities?
Author and antiwar activist Fred Branfman wrote this open letter to American supporters of Israel in August of 2014, during Israel’s then most deadly war on Gaza. His words ring even truer in 2025.
Arab League chief exposes secret US deal shielding Israel’s nukes
Aboul Gheit accuses Washington of misleading Arab states on nuclear disarmament, revealing a secret US-Israeli pact shields Tel Aviv’s undeclared nuclear arsenal.
Settler terror devastates West Bank olive harvest
Israeli military restrictions and over 150 settler attacks in the past two weeks have prevented many Palestinians from harvesting this year’s crop.
Israel and US Scorn ICJ Ruling Against Starving Civilians as Method of Warfare
The World Court says Israel has a duty as the occupying power to cooperate with UN relief efforts, not impede them.
Lynch Mobs, Arson, Slaughter of Herds: West Bank Faces Unprecedented Israeli Violence
Israeli settler militias, backed by soldiers, are laying waste to Palestinian communities – beating residents, torching crops, smashing cars, slaughtering animals.