On May 24th Karim Khan, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), announced that he was seeking arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, along with Hamas leaders, for war crimes in Gaza. Now the matter rests with a panel of three ICC judges who must decide whether the warrants should …
On August 12th U.S. State Department Spokesman Mathew Miller explained that the U.S. will not restrict assistance to certain units of the Israeli military that had been accused of violating human rights. While aid to such units is prohibited under what is known as the Leahy Law, the State Department determined that law did not …
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On August 7th Turkey officially requested to join the International Court of Justice (ICJ) genocide case brought by South Africa against Israel. By filing its 53 page declaration in the Hague, Turkey joined approximately a dozen other countries that have either already submitted such petitions or announced their intention to do so. But what does …
On May 20th, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan announced that he was seeking arrest warrants for both Israeli and Hamas leaders for Gaza war crimes. However, to be issued, the warrants must still be approved by a panel of three ICC judges. Numerous countries and organizations have submitted ‘friend of the court’ briefs giving reasons why …
United Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese recently triggered an uproar by reposting on X a comparison of a photo of Bibi’s recent speech at the U.S. capitol to a photo of a speech given by Hitler. According to X statistics, this received over 2000 comments and was viewed nearly one million times. In response, Israel’s …
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