Israel’s Defense Minister Benny Gantz has declared he is adding the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network to Israel’s “terror list.” Canada may soon follow suit.
Canada says it supports the Palestinian right to self-determination, but refuses to recognize any Palestinian state.
The ICC ruling on Israeli war crimes in occupied territory is a Rubicon moment for progressives. And it should get liberal Zionist backing as a real step toward 2 states. But they want no real pressure on Israel, just “criticism.”
The International Criminal Court’s decision on Friday confirming its jurisdiction over war crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory has made waves in Israel, Palestine, and abroad in recent days. In a video response released over the weekend, Benjamin Netanyahu called the Israeli crimes in questions “fake war crimes,” and accused the court of specifically targeting Israel.
A new survey conducted by EKOS Research Associates shows that an overwhelming majority of Canadians would support International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation of Israel.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that the U.S. government will impose sanctions on International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, over her investigation into whether or not American troops committed war crimes in Afghanistan.
The new complaint, filed on behalf of four Palestinians from the West Bank, names President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law who was placed in charge of brokering the deal despite having no experience in foreign policy or the Middle East.
Tamam Abusalama couldn’t stop thinking about her home in Gaza during her traumatic visit to the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland.
Norman Finkelstein says that the International Criminal Court crossed a “Rubicon” when it announced a formal investigation of Israeli war crimes in Gaza and its ongoing settlement project, but that the ICC will likely use a technicality, that Palestine has no standing as a state, to throw out the case. The real battle will be in public opinion, and the case may help force the reckoning inside the Democratic Party.
The wave of incitement in Israel against the ICC and its chief prosecutor is reaching new heights, in the wake of the recently announced decision to fully investigate Israeli war crimes. Now the daily Israel Hayom is suggesting cyber attacks.