The Israeli government last week carried out airstrikes on a Damascus suburb that it claimed targeted a jihadi militant headquarters—while Syrian media said the buildings struck were residential.
Tag: INTERNATIONAL LAW
NETANYAHU FLOUTS INTERNATIONAL LAW, EVICTS 40,000 PALESTINIAN FAMILIES FROM THEIR WEST BANK HOMES
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was photographed last week holding a military meeting inside a West Bank home of a Palestinian family that had just been evicted—showing how he can freely flout international law as his military continued its major offensive in the region.
TRUMP DISREGARDS INTERNATIONAL LAW, MAINTAINS POSITION ON TAKING GAZA
U.S. President Donald Trump last week remained resolute on his proposal to take Gaza despite international law and indicated that Washington can just swoop in and claim the ruined enclave.
IRAN ACCUSES ISRAEL OF BEING THE BIGGEST SOURCE OF INSTABILITY IN THE REGION
A top Iranian official penned a letter to the UN Security Council last week that accused Israel of leveling allegations against Tehran in part of a concerted effort to distract the body from its own crimes and “destructive activities” that had put the region on the brink.
U.S. APPROVES NEW ARMS SALE TO TAIWAN WORTH $385M, ANGERS CHINA
The Biden administration announced last week that it approved $385 million in weapons for Taiwan, which will include spare parts for F-16s and radar systems, prompting China to promise “countermeasures.”
LIFE WITHOUT UNRWA: PALESTINIANS LEFT TO ROT
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.”
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.