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18 May 2024, 4:11 am by Yosi Yahoudai
Its governing party, the African National Congress, has long compared Israel’s policies in Gaza and the occupied West Bank to its own history under the apartheid regime of white minority rule, which restricted most Blacks to “homelands. [read post]
17 May 2024, 11:36 am by Adam Keith
” That condition was long ago triggered: following a referral by Palestinian officials in 2018, the ICC has since 2021 been investigating “the situation in Palestine,” covering the acts of any persons in Gaza and the West Bank and of Palestinian nationals elsewhere. [read post]
17 May 2024, 4:18 am by Beatrice Yahia
Israeli settlers attacked and burned a truck in the occupied West Bank overnight, injuring the driver, the Israeli military said. [read post]
17 May 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
He and his wife have now been criminally charged for accepting at least $598,000 over from a Mexican bank and an oil company owned by the Azerbaijani government. [read post]
14 May 2024, 4:59 pm by Yosi Yahoudai
It had demanded that the university call for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, divest from investments in weapons and military companies tied to the war and Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, sever ties with Israeli universities, and establish a Palestinian Studies program. [read post]
14 May 2024, 5:52 am by Ambassador (ret) Ian Kelly
The Financial Times reported last week that the Bank of Georgia informed customers “that transfers to Russia in ‘technology, construction, industrial and aviation’ would only be made in rubles. [read post]
14 May 2024, 4:12 am by Beatrice Yahia
The group, Tzav 9, said it planned the blockage, which occurred at the Tarqumiya checkpoint between the West Bank and Israel. [read post]
13 May 2024, 7:00 am by Unknown
Focus on Gaza:(listed in chronological order)"Germany signals it will resume funding UN agency for Palestinians," Reuters, 24 April 2024 [text]UNRWA Preliminary Response to the Final Report of the Independent Review of Mechanisms and Procedures to Ensure Adherence by UNRWA to the Humanitarian Principle of Neutrality (UNRWA, 24 April 2024 [text via ReliefWeb]"Countries are reinstating funds for UNRWA — but not the United States," Washington Post, 26 April 2024… [read post]
CPJ’s research also uncovered numerous incidents of media workers being targeted while performing their duties in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank. [read post]
12 May 2024, 8:45 am by Rob Robinson
Key Russian Advances and Government Changes Russian forces recently made confirmed advances in northern Kharkiv Oblast; near Svatove, Chasiv Yar, Avdiivka, and Donetsk City; in western Zaporizhia Oblast; and in east (left) bank Kherson Oblast. [read post]
Fowler commented: It complicates our functioning at a time when of course, we should be fully focused on the unprecedented levels of violence in the West Bank and, it goes without saying, the enormous, unprecedented level of humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip … We are proud of our work … We do it because we have a mandate from the United Nations system to do something. [read post]
11 May 2024, 3:00 am by Yosi Yahoudai
In 1967, when Israel seized control of the West Bank and Gaza and annexed East Jerusalem, the Israeli government made public displays of the Palestinian flag a criminal offense throughout the land,” the description reads. [read post]
10 May 2024, 3:13 pm by John Ramming Chappell
” Regarding accountability for possible violations, the report notes: “Recognizing such investigations and legal processes take time, to date” the U.S. government “is unaware of any Israeli prosecutions for violations of IHL or civilian harm since October” The Israeli government “has not shared complete information to verify whether U.S. defense articles covered under NSM-20 were specifically used in actions that have been alleged as violations of [International… [read post]
10 May 2024, 6:45 am by Evangelina Cantu
This is the second installment of a four-part series dealing with climate change in Colorado. [read post]
Students at Oxford University have made a number of demands (listed below) with university staff standing firmly in support of the members of the university community who have begun an encampment outside the Pitt Rivers Museum to demand that the university divest from Israel after accusations of  Israel’s genocide in Gaza, as well as from Israel’s ongoing apartheid regime against Palestinians and its settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. [read post]
8 May 2024, 5:13 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
OSHA says the changes that reflect demographic and industrial changes since the passage of the OSH Act will allow OSHA to better respond to the needs of all workers, including those historically underserved, provide a stronger enforcement presence in the South and more consolidated state oversight and whistleblower presence in the West. [read post]
8 May 2024, 4:38 am by Beatrice Yahia
“Israeli security forces have unlawfully used lethal force in fatal shootings of Palestinians in the West Bank,” Human Rights Watch said in a new report. [read post]