40 dead as Israelis bomb two UN schools: Israel’s assault on Gaza has exacted the bloodiest toll of civilian lives yet, when the bombing of UN schools being used as refugee centres and of housing killed more than 50 people, including an entire family of seven young children. Most of those killed were in the [...]
Richard Falk writing for The Nation: The Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip represent severe and massive violations of international humanitarian law as defined in the Geneva Conventions, both in regard to the obligations of an Occupying Power and in the requirements of the laws of war. Those violations include: Collective punishment: The entire 1.5 [...]
Francis A. Boyle, a professor of international law at the University of Illinois College of Law, argues for the establishment of an Israeli War Crimes Tribunal: The United Nations General Assembly must immediately establish an International Criminal Tribunal for Israel (ICTI) as a “subsidiary organ” under U.N. Charter Article 22. The ICTI would be organized [...]
On Tuesday, 30 December, at 5 AM, several Israeli gunboats intercepted the Dignity as she was heading on a mission of mercy to Gaza Strip. One gunboat rammed into the boat on the port bow side, heavily damaging her. The reports from the passengers and journalists on board is that she is taking on water [...]
Although Israel has continued it’s blockade of Gaza Strip the Israeli government is attempting to blame Hamas for breaking the ceasefire. Israel mounts PR campaign to blame Hamas for Gaza destruction: Stung by the wave of international criticism earlier this year when Israel invaded Gaza to stop militants firing rockets, in an operation dwarfed by its [...]