For more than 20 years Israeli doctors have worked with Israeli security forces in practices that violate medical ethics. The global medical ethics watchdog World Medical Association looks the other way…
Chaim Levinson reports in Ha’aretz that there is a “conspiracy of silence” about Israeli torture. The fact that Israel tortures prisoners has been exposed many times. In 1977 the London Sunday Times described it; award winning journalist and author Grace Halsell described it in her 1081 book Journey to Jerusalem and an article; Israeli torture of American…
In the occupied Gaza Strip, Palestinian healthcare workers have been facing unprecedented dangers, with many detained under conditions that violate international humanitarian law. Dr. Ahmad Mhanna, former director of Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza, shares with Amnesty International his harrowing testimony of survival.
An avalanche of troubling headlines from Gaza ■ More flotilla-related allegations of sexual abuse by Israeli soldiers ■ Israel stirs up trouble in West Bank ■ Latest from Iran, Lebanon ■ More.
According to Israel’s ambassador to the UN Danny Danon, Israel is now on the blacklist alongside Hamas and ISIS. Danon also said Israel had transferred evidence to the UN in an attempt to refute its claims, describing the addition as a ‘blood libel’
Israel is talking ethnic cleansing again ■ Settler violence ■ UN adds Israel to blacklist of perpetrators of sexual violence in conflict zones ■ Carpet bombing in Lebanon ■ More
Dr. Abu Safiya has not been charged with a crime or appeared before a judge in 17 months of detention. He is one of the most prominent detainees of Israel, but shares the fate of thousands of imprisoned Palestinians.
Newest Hamas military commander reportedly killed ■ Israel attempts to take over Muslim holy sites ■ Iranian leaders carry “deep suspicion” of US ■ Israel’s killing spree in Lebanon continues, unabated ■ More.
Israel kills kids in Gaza on the daily ■ Flotilla fallout ■ Israel stirs up trouble in West Bank, Jerusalem ■ ‘If Iran gets a bomb it will be Bibi’s’ ■ Israel ready to go wild in Lebanon ■ More.
No end to killing in Gaza, Lebanon ■ Israel ok with torture, just not broadcasting it ■ Update on Iran ■ Israeli journalist: Why is there still a Support Israel parade in NYC?