The report’s conclusion—that Israel’s denying Palestinians the right of return constitutes a crime against humanity–apparently made HRW’s legal dept uncomfortable enough to halt the report, a decision that one staffer described as “unprincipled and cowardly.”
In a timeline from 1918 to now, historian Zachary Foster shows Zionists and Israeli leaders have wanted to occupy, annex, and dominate Lebanon since long before the existence of Hezbollah.
Israeli leaders appear determined to move up the escalation ladder and pursue a Gaza-like campaign in Lebanon. All indications point to a new and brutal type of war in Lebanon — featuring attacks “unlike anything we’ve seen before” in the country, a war that could drag on even if the war in Iran comes to a close.
Israel’s strangulation of the West Bank is collapsing every system of Palestinian well-being, enforcing a mandate of expulsion, and stripping Palestinians of their rights.
CNN, New York Times, and J Street lock step in messaging, labeling him as a conspiracy theorist for pointing out American media misinformation campaign.
By dropping all charges against the soldiers filmed abusing a Palestinian detainee, Israel has abandoned the whole masquerade of accountability.
As the Israel Lobby gets more desperate watching the collapse of American support for their country, they also become more nakedly authoritarian to control U.S. discourse.
“Israel’s military attorney general just gave his soldiers license to rape – so long as the victim is Palestinian,” said one Israeli rights group.
The World Council of Churches’ new campaign called “From Condemnation to Consequences” aims to pressure governments to hold Israel accountable for its deepening occupation of the West Bank and its accelerated program of genocide and ethnic cleansing.
Tehran warns Dimona reactor could be targeted if ‘regime change’ pursued, throwing spotlight on Israel’s opaque nuclear program