Rabbi Shmuley Boteach’s sons, both U.S. citizens serving in the IDF, have been named in a war crimes complaint filed with the ICC. The complaint accuses Israeli soldiers, including 12 Americans, of committing crimes in Gaza, citing social media posts as evidence. This case could test U.S. intervention in international legal matters.
The Israeli government is also preventing another group of health workers from entering the enclave, as thousands of Palestinians seek treatment.
Harsh conditions in Gaza, as Trump admin halts almost all foreign aid (Israel is exempt); private US security contractors to run checkpoints in Gaza; countdown to UNRWA departure; West Bank under fire; Pope Francis stays in touch with Gaza; Lebanon news; Harvard; more.
“Apocalyptic” destruction includes 95% of Gaza schools, 100% of police stations; Israeli tactics in Jenin eerily similar to Gaza; what’s Trump got to do with it?
Aid trucks enter Gaza unmolested; destruction stats; wasted negotiation time; Israel kills 10 Palestinians in bloody military assault on Jenin camp; Jenin is being ‘Gazafied’; Lebanon; Elise Stefanik’s Zionism
Food aid and danger in Gaza; Trump will restart 2K-lb bomb shipments to Israel; Palestinian prisoners show Israel’s cruelty; West Bank under attack from Israeli military, settlers
Israel kills 19 Palestinians during 3-hour ceasefire delay; Israeli hostages released “in good health”; Israel kills 14-yr-old in West Bank; Israeli calls to restart war….
Israel killed over 140 Palestinians, including children, after the ceasefire agreement was announced –19 of them in the 3-hour delay after the truce was supposed to be in place. Immediately after the 8.30am deadline, Israel began striking Gaza with warplanes, drone fire & artillery
As ceasefire deal moves through web of approval, Israel keeps killing in Gaza; Trump admin supports return to war; hostage/prisoner release details; Blinken gets an earful at final press briefing; more.
In 2024, the U.S. State Department faced sharp criticism for supplying arms to Israel amid allegations of human rights abuses in Gaza. Internal dissent raised alarms over eroding U.S. credibility, the lack of accountability for Israel’s restrictions on humanitarian aid, and the displacement of civilians—actions seen as undermining America’s human rights commitments.