The United Nations is pressuring Israel for a more plausible explanation for why so many of their facilities were attacked during the 22-day war on the Gaza Strip. Those attacks caused scores of civilian casualties, just some of the thousands of civilians killed and...
United Nations Security Council to Press Israel on Gaza School Attacks
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has demanded a full explanation from Israel regarding its attacks on UN schools and other facilities during the 22-day war in the Gaza Strip, which he called "outrageous." After the statement by Secretary General Ban, the...
Israeli High Court Overturns Ban on Arab Parties
The Israeli High Court of Justice today overturned the Knesset(Israeli Parliament)'s attempt to ban the two Arab political parties with Knesset representation from contesting next month's elections. The decision was unanimous in favor of lifting the ban on the United...
Gaza Toll Passes 1,400 as More Bodies Are Recovered From Rubble
Bodies continued to be pulled from the rubble that used to be the cities of the Gaza Strip today, and the death toll in Israel's 22-day way has now passed 1,400. 5,500 others were also wounded. In addition, two children in Gaza City were killed when they found an...
Israel’s Crackdown on War Opposition Alienates Arab Citizens
As soon as Israel started its war on the Gaza Strip, it became all too clear that the nation's Arab minority, long shunned and distrusted, was to be seen as traitors for their opposition to the attacks. They were arrested for protesting, their political parties were...
US Military Analysts Chide Israel For ‘Restraint’ Shown in Gaza
Just one day into their three day fact-finding mission to Israel, some high profile US military analysts have taken Israel to task for its behavior in its war on the Gaza Strip. Not for all those people they killed, but rather for all those people they left alive. "I...
Israel Brushes Off Complaints of Enormous Gaza Civilian Toll
With the lion's share of the 1,300 Palestinians killed in the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip innocent civilians, there remains considerable international disquiet over the nation's conduct during the war, particularly in light of its use of white phosphorus weapons...
Israeli Arab Parties Contest Election Ban
Today, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel filed an appeal to the Israeli Court of Justice on behalf of the Balad and United Arab List-Ta'al Parties, hoping to overturn last week's decision by the Israeli parliament's Central Elections Committee to ban...
Israel’s Gaza Pullout Could Be Finished in a Matter of Hours
The situation on the ground in the Gaza Strip is fast-changing, and so too is the Israeli government's stated intentions with respect to its continued military presence. While just yesterday top officials said it was too soon to discuss a timetable, forces are now...
Israel’s Use of White Phosphorus in Civilian Areas ‘Clear and Undeniable’
The repeated accusations during the course of Israel's three week war on the Gaza Strip regarding their use of white phosphorus against civilians gained yet more momentum today, when Amnesty International's fact-finding team determined that there was indisputable...