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Urgent Call to Save World Heritage sites at risk in Lebanon
Cultural institutions and specialised organisations, archaeologists and heritage specialists, academics, writers, artists and concerned global citizens can sign this call for an immediate action to protect the city of Baalbeck and its archaeological complex, inscribed as a UNESCO world heritage site since 1984.
Haaretz Editorial | Starvation, Murder, Persecution: ICC Warrants Are an Unprecedented Moral Nadir for Israel
The arrest warrants that the International Criminal Court issued against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant position Israel at an unprecedented moral nadir, as a country whose leaders are accused of grave crimes against humanity and war crimes against the Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip.
Mathematicians Against the Genocide in Gaza – Press release
More than 1000 mathematicians, primarily from France but increasingly from around the world, have signed a statement condemning the ongoing genocide in Gaza. They are calling on the scientific community to suspend all collaborations with Israeli institutions that do not explicitly denounce the genocide in Gaza and the illegal colonization of Palestine.
The Israeli Army Is Allowing Gangs in Gaza to Loot Aid Trucks and Extort Protection Fees From Drivers
Armed clans in the Rafah area are blocking trucks entering Gaza from Israel, leading some organizations to avoid sending desperately needed humanitarian aid. These incidents are occurring in an area under full IDF control, with the army refraining from action due to concerns that harm to aid workers could provoke international criticism
Food prices soar in Gaza after looting of almost 100 aid trucks worsens shortages
WHO says hijacking by armed men has aggravated already severe scarcity of food, medicine and other aid
Situation in the State of Palestine: ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I rejects the State of Israel’s challenges to jurisdiction and issues warrants of arrest for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant
Today, on 21 November 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (‘Court’), in its composition for the Situation in the State of Palestine, unanimously issued two decisions rejecting challenges by the State of Israel (‘Israel’) brought under articles 18 and 19 of the Rome Statute (the ‘Statute’). It also issued warrants of arrest for Mr Benjamin Netanyahu and Mr Yoav Gallant.
Unaccompanied Palestinian children in Egypt have nowhere else to go
14-year-old Ziad traveled from Gaza to Egypt alone after sustaining serious injuries when an Israeli quadcopter targeted him with live ammunition. (Photo: DCIP)
‘He was the light of my life and I lost him’: How a famous surgeon died in an Israeli prison after being taken from Gaza hospital
When war in Gaza erupted last year, Dr Adnan Al-Bursh worked around the clock while documenting the horror unfolding around him. Then he was detained. Now, Sky News has spoken to people who claim to have witnessed the circumstances leading to his death.
Josep Borrell: War in Gaza: we cannot continue with business as usual
15.11.2024 Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission
HR/VP Blog post – After a year of unheeded pleas by the Israeli authorities regarding respect for international law in the Gaza war, we cannot continue with business as usual. This is why I have proposed to EU Member States to ban imports from illegal settlements and to suspend the political dialogue with Israel. We will discuss these measures at the Foreign Affairs Council next week.