The Israel Defense Force has used cluster munitions, which are widely banned weapons, on strikes across southern Lebanon, which is banned for use in 124 countries that have signed on to the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
Tag: INTERNATIONAL LAW
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‘INCREDIBLE STRETCH’ TRUMP’S JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAYS FENTANYL CAN BE WEAPONIZED IN ATTEMPT TO JUSTIFY MURDERS ON THE HIGH SEAS
The U.S. Justice Department came up with a classified brief to approve the administration’s unlawful strikes on alleged drug boats out of Venezuela by claiming that fentanyl could be weaponized and could be seen as a potential chemical weapon, according to The Wall Street Journal. The paper, citing the document, noted that the weaponization claim is......
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ISRAELI GOVERNMENT CLOSE TO PASSING DEATH PENALTY EXCLUSIVE FOR PALESTINIAN INMATES
The Israeli government last week approved a controversial bill that would impose the death penalty for those whose acts helped cause the death of an Israeli if the crime committed was carried out with the “objective of harming the state of Israel or the rebirth of the Jewish people.”
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RUTTE WARNS THAT NATO MUST PREPARE FOR A LONG-TERM CONFRONTATION WITH RUSSIA
Mark Rutte, the head of NATO, told a conference in Bucharest last week that the collective West needs to be prepared for a long-term confrontation with Russia and other countries that are not compliant with the current rules-based order that is dictated by Washington and Brussels.
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U.S. CONTINUES BOMBING FISHING BOATS IN CARIBBEAN THAT THEY SAY ARE DRUG DEALERS
President Donald Trump’s killing spree in the Caribbean continued last week, bringing the total number of victims to 61, in strikes on 14 alleged drug boats, prompting international criticism.
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WARMONGERING FREAK GRAHAM SAYS LAND STRIKES ON VENEZUELA A ‘REAL POSSIBILITY’
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Sunday that he believes it is a “real possibility” that the Trump administration ends up carrying out land strikes on Venezuela because President Donald Trump decided that Nicolás Maduro, the country’s president, is a drug trafficker and that it is “time for him to go.”
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ISRAELI KNESSET PASSES TWO BILLS IN FAVOR OF ANNEXING THE WEST BANK, SHOWS TRUMP WHO CALLS THE SHOTS
The Israeli Knesset last voted on two separate bills that were seen as symbolic but intended to send the message that Israel has sovereignty over the occupied West Bank, despite the White House’s earlier rejection of such a move, and Vice President JD Vance visited that country at the time of the vote.
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GERMAN WARMONGER MERZ NOW SAYS COUNTRY SUPPORTS STEALING FROZEN RUSSIAN ASSETS
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz last week said he is in favor of the EU essentially stealing $164 billion in frozen Russian assets to help fund Ukraine’s war and argued in an op-ed for the Financial Times that there needs to be a “new impetus to change Russia’s calculations.”
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FORMER ISRAELI ARMY COMMANDER: THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 200,000 PALESTINIAN CASUALTIES IN GAZA, AND ISRAEL FOUGHT WITH ‘GLOVES OFF’
Herzi Halevi, the former Israeli army commander, addressed a meeting last week in southern Israel about Gaza and told those in attendance that the IDF fought inside the enclave with its “gloves off” and was not slowed by legal concerns, resulting in more than 200,000 Palestinian casualties since October 2023.
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HUCKABEE: U.S. WON’T STOP ISRAEL’S ANNEXATION OF THE WEST BANK
Mike Huckabee, the evangelical pro-genocide extremist playing the role of U.S. ambassador to Israel, said in an interview on Friday that the Zionist Trump administration would not stand in the way when Israel moves to annex the West Bank, despite international law.