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.
Tag: INTERNATIONAL LAW
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.”
SAUDI ARABIA WARNS OF ‘DIRE CONSEQUENCES’ IN RESPONSE TO ISRAEL’S DECISION TO STEAL MORE LAND IN WEST BANK
Saudi Arabia rejected the decision from the Israeli Security Cabinet last week to approve five new settlements in the West Bank and other measures against Palestinians in the region, warning that the move will have “dire consequences.”
IDF TROOPS DRIVE AROUND GAZA WITH INJURED PALESTINIAN STRAPPED ON HOOD OF JEEP
U.S.-backed IDF militants were captured on video last week driving a military jeep with an injured Palestinian man strapped to the vehicle’s hood, in the latest embarrassment for what Israeli Prime Minister refers to as the “world’s most moral army.”
RAFAH AID SLOWS TO A TRICKLE AS IDF TAKE OVER BORDER CROSSING ON PALESTINIAN SIDE
The humanitarian conditions in Rafah have gone from bad to worse after Israeli forces seized the city’s border crossing and ended all traffic into Gaza from two main entries.
UNRWA SAYS ISRAEL IS TRYING TO END ITS OPERATIONS IN GAZA, WEST BANK
The head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said in an interview last week that Israel hopes to end his organization’s operations in Gaza and the West Bank after banning the agency from delivering aid into Gaza as famine looms.
SOME 30 GAZAN DETAINEES DIE INSIDE IDF FACILITIES SINCE WAR BROKE OUT
Israel announced last week that 27 Gazan detainees rounded up after the 7 October Hamas attack have died in its custody—sparking new criticism about its treatment of Palestinians.