IDF

U.N investigation finds Israel and Hamas responsible for war crimes

An Independent U.N investigations team that's found Israel committed war crimes in Gaza has officially presented its findings to the Human Rights Council. The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory headed by Navi Pillay investigated the military attacks in Gaza since 7 October last year. It also says Hamas is responsible for war crimes committed in Israel. Jody Jacobs reports from the United Nations in […]

20 June, 2024 36

World

Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel was a strategic miscalculation. Can all-out war now be averted?

By Ran Porat, Monash University Close to midnight on April 13, hundreds of military drones were launched from both Iran and Iraq toward Israel. Subsequently, several waves of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and rockets followed, originating from Iran, Iraq, Yemen and Lebanon – all directed at Israel. This unprecedented multi-front attack on Israel constitutes a de facto declaration of war and marks the first direct assault […]

15 April, 2024 26

South Africa

South Africa says force should be used to break Israel blockade on Gaza aid

South Africa's Minister of International Relations Naledi Pandor on Tuesday said that countries should use force to break Israel's blockade on aid getting into Gaza. Pandor was meeting with his Danish counterpart in Pretoria. The two leaders discussed bilateral ties and Israel's war on Gaza. "Those powerful armed forces of the world should be instructed by their presidents or prime ministers that they will go to the Rafah border and […]

6 March, 2024 24

World

Qatar ‘appalled’ at alleged criticism by Netanyahu

Qatar said Wednesday it was "appalled" by remarks attributed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was allegedly caught on tape calling the emirate's role as mediator in the Gaza war "problematic". At a meeting this week with the families of hostages held in Gaza, Netanyahu blamed Qatar for financing Hamas and said he was upset at a US decision to extend the presence of a military base in the […]

25 January, 2024 12

Opinion Pieces

The Narrow Aid Pipeline to Gaza Could Shrink Further If Israel Gets Its Way

A scene from a Gaza hospital, posted by WHO director Dr. Tedros on X/Twitter, Dec. 24, 2023. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to seize control of the Philadelphi Corridor, a stretch of land running along the Egypt-Gaza border, to enable Israeli forces’ eradication of Hamas and its tunnel network in Gaza’s south. But a 2005 treaty disallows an Israeli takeover of the corridor. By Fatma Katr via PassBlue Israel’s […]

19 January, 2024 17

World

The World Food Program’s Boss Faces Backlash for Attending an Event Honoring Israel

By Anastasiia Carrier, via PassBlue A new letter circulating among World Food Program employees is questioning the ethics of Cindy McCain, the program’s executive director, after she attended a forum honoring the people of Israel recently. The letter reflects the intensifying controversies hitting the United Nations over the Israel Defense Forces’ disproportionate bombardment of the Palestinian enclave of Gaza in response to Hamas’s massacre of Oct. 7. The controversies include the IDF’s […]

22 November, 2023 12