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.”
The Israel-Palestine director at Human Rights Watch resigned over the decision to spike the report, which had been approved by HRW’s legal team.
Nightmares in Gaza, West Bank continue; Ehud Barak’s racist chat with Jeffrey Epstein; Israeli settler violence; Human Rights Watch turns against Palestinian right of return?; more.
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.
Amid widespread starvation and clear indications of a genocide occurring in Gaza, governments that are parties to the Genocide Convention should be acting – but they are not.
Israeli minister threatens Gaza with “total destruction and total devastation”; Israeli war crimes in Gaza hospitals; Israeli forces strip, terrorize Palestinian boys aged 7, 13; escalating arrests of Palestinian women; latest on Mahmoud Khalil; more.
Northern Gaza hospital ICU destroyed; Human Rights Watch on water; winter in Gaza without shelter, aid; Hamas replenishes its ranks; ‘We kill civilians and count them as terrorists’; West Bank death; Israel “abuses” Lebanon ceasefire; Australian foreign minister scolded by Israel; another US State Dept resignation
US averages over one planeload of weapons per day to Israel; another evacuation order, another disruption in aid for Gazans; new statements from Amnesty, Human Rights Watch on Israeli atrocities; Hezbollah ready to stop trading attacks with Israel, while Israel mulls escalation; another journalist killed in Gaza, as global press groups protest; Israel kills six Palestinians in West Bank; Israel to fund Israeli settlers’ illegal intrusions into Al Aqsa mosque compound; anti-Zionism = antisemitism policy at NYU is worrying; Columbia SJP disappeared; more.
Israel prepares a large-scale attack on Rafah, after massive destruction in the north and massive loss of life; aid orgs running out of medical supplies, food; West Bank also under attack; HRW reports on Israel’s failure to follow ICJ’s orders – as Israel is hauled up before the court yet again; multiple countries (not including US) pressure Israel to comply with int’l law; Japan calls out Lindsay Graham’s bad taste; US-built pier is operational; Texas governor Greg Abbott sued; more
Human Rights Watch calls for sanctions on Israel; young Christian woman kidnapped by Israeli forces in West Bank, her whereabouts unknown; Tucker Carlson interviews Bethlehem pastor about Israel’s treatment of Palestinians; Israel mulls hostage-for-prisoner exchange; Turkey initiates restrictions on exports to Israel; Australia may recognize Palestinian state; “What crime is Israel hiding?” asks Foreign Press Association; US pier may cost up to $200 million…