Israel’s vote last month to ban UNRWA from any of its territory put the lives of Palestinians suffering in Gaza in “unchartered territory” because the agency’s humanitarian work has been called “indispensable.”
Tag: INTERNATIONAL LAW
IRAN’S SUPREME LEADER POSTS ON X IN HEBREW: ‘ZIONIST REGIME’ ERRED IN ITS CALCULATIONS
Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei posted on X in Hebrew on Sunday—a day after Israel carried out waves of attacks on targets in his country—that the “Zionist regime made a mistake.”
ISRAELI SOLDIERS SAY “GENERALS’ PLAN” IS BEING IMPLEMENTED IN NORTHERN GAZA
Three Israeli reserve soldiers said in an interview with Haaretz last week that the IDF is carrying out the so-called “Generals’ Plan” in northern Gaza, which essentially means the army is ethnically cleansing the region.
ISRAEL TARGETS PEACEKEEPERS IN LEBANON, DRAWS INTERNATIONAL SCRUTINY
Israeli forces rolled their tanks into the main gate of the UN peacekeepers stationed in Lebanon despite international condemnation for intentionally firing on Irish troops carrying out the mission earlier last week.
IRAN’S PRESIDENT CRITICIZES U.S., EUROPE FOR UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL
Masoud Pezeshkian, the Iranian president, called out the U.S. and Europe for its unconditional support for Israel as it continues to carry out its killing spree in Gaza and expands the war into Lebanon.
ISRAEL VIOLATING INTERNATIONAL LAW IN ITS ATTACKS ON LEBANON: UN EXPERTS
The Israeli military’s bombing campaign across Lebanon is in violation of international law and its ground invasion is an infringement on Beirut’s territorial integrity, according to UN experts.
NETANYAHU TURNS WEST BANK INTO WARZONE AS HE WANTS TO WIPE OUT PALESTINIANS AND STEAL MORE LAND
Israeli forces continued to punish Palestinians living in the West Bank and carried out their most severe crackdown in the territory since October—killing at least 39 in what news reports indicated were “unusually destructive” to the territory’s infrastructure.
U.K. SAYS IT WILL RESUME FUNDING FOR UNRWA AS ISRAEL CONTINUES TO TARGET UN FACILITIES
Britain's new government announced last week that it will resume funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), after the previous government suspended all aid—alongside the U.S.—after Israel claimed, without evidence, that the agency was a hotbed for Hamas terrorists.
U.S. SENDING ISRAEL 500-POUND BOMBS TO KEEP BLOWING UP GAZA
The U.S. announced last week that it will resume shipments of 500-pound bombs to Israel after a brief pause over the casualty count in Gaza that was becoming a political liability for U.S. President Joe Biden who has an election to win.
G7 CONDEMNS ISRAEL’S DECISION TO STEAL MORE WEST BANK LAND
Leaders from the G7 criticized Israel last week over its latest land-steal in the West Bank, calling the move “inconsistent with international law and counterproductive to the cause of peace.”