Jerusalemite Committee: settlement activity a violation of international convent

“Settling” constitutes a warcime according to international law and ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislations’ Law resources below this article [ PIC 25/09/2013 – 06:42 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Hanna Issa, secretary-general of the Islamic Christian committee to support Jerusalem and holy sites considered that Israeli settlement activity in the occupied territories, […]

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Israel won’t pursue criminal charges despite damning Gaza report

Maan News Agency | May 9, 2013 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Israeli army said Wednesday it has found no incidents warranting criminal investigations into the conduct of its soldiers during Operation Pillars of Defense, despite a report suggesting its inquiry was lacking. The army’s comments follow reports by Israeli rights group B’Tselem that the army […]

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Anti-Syria alliance seeks to hide Israeli occupation

Syrian Ambassador to the UN Bashar al-Ja’afari PressTV | Fri Apr 26, 2013 5:25AM GMT   The Israeli regime seized the Syrian territory on the strategically important Golan Heights in the 1967 war. Tel Aviv annexed the territory on December 14, 1981. Israel is also massively expanding the construction of its illegal settlements in the […]

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Israel ‘pays (CONVICTED) settler 1.3 million shekels’ for damage to (STOLEN) West Bank land

“Settling” constitutes a warcime according to international law and ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislations’ Law resources below this article Israel will compensate Menachem Levy of the Jewish Underground for damages done to a Palestinian land he's invaded. #PAlestine #Apartheid — Leehee Rothschild (@leehee_r) February 14, 2013 Menachem Levy was sentenced to life […]

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My “2 Cents” on HRW’s condemnation of Gaza’s resistance

Dec 24, 2012 by occpal | Updated May 4, 2013 Apparently nothing has changed a lot since HRW trolled around to extract money in a corrupt fundraiser to “relieve” potential Saudi donors including a Royal member of the Shura Council of their oil-dollars by bragging about the group’s “battles” with the “pro-Israel pressure groups while serving […]

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GROUNDBREAKING REPORT | How Europe helps sustain illegal Israeli settlements

The Rights Forum | Dec 4, 2012 (Translation from original Dutch resource at The Rights Forum) End of october 2012, 22 European social organisations presented the report “Trading Peace Away- How Europe helps sustain illegal Israeli settlements” The preamble of this groundbreaking report was written by Hans Van Den Broek,  former Minister of Foreign Affairs […]

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PRESS STATEMENT PCHR | Israel Defies International Law by Approving More Settlement Projects in Occupied Jerusalem

Tuesday December 04, 2012 20:01 by The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights – PCHR In violation of international law, Israel is continuing its policy of settlement expansion in the West Bank in general, and occupied East Jerusalem in particular. The Office of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved the construction of 3,600 additional […]

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Australia summons Israel ambassador over settlements

Maan News Agency | Dec 4, 2012 CANBERRA (Reuters) — Australia summoned the Israeli ambassador on Tuesday to protest against Israel’s decision to expand Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank and withhold tax revenue from the Palestinian Authority. Australia’s move followed similar actions in Europe including Spain, France, Britain, Sweden and Denmark […]

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#WestBankUnderAttack | Israeli soldiers murder a Palestinian toddler in tear gas attack near J’lem

[ PIC 19/11/2012 – 10:12 AM ] The slain toddler OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– A 20-months old toddler on Sunday evening died of serious burns he sustained after the fall of a tear gas grenade fired by Israeli troops into the house of his family in Qalandiya refugee camp near occupied Jerusalem. Local sources said the […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | UHCC: Israel is using internationally-banned weapons

[ PIC 17/11/2012 – 01:49 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Union of Health Care Committees (UHCC) charged that the Israeli occupation was deliberately targeting the children and women of Gaza by using internationally prohibited weapons. UHCC reported in a press statement on Saturday that such large numbers of dead and injured children in the ongoing Israeli […]

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#EndGazaBlockade | Gaza Blockade’s Fifth Anniversary ~ by @StephenLendman

Indybay | Stephen Lendman | June 15, 2012 Gaza’s blockade is illegal. Collective punishment is prohibited. Fourth Geneva’s Article 33 states: “No protected person may be punished for an offence he or she has not personally committed. Collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited.” “Pillage is prohibited.” “Reprisals against […]

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Power blackout in Gaza ‘imminent’

Related: Deprivation of Basic Needs Cost Lives! Healthcare | Electricity | Water | Communication Maan News Agency | Febr 12, 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Gaza Energy Authority said Saturday that the sole remaining power plant in the Gaza Strip would run out of fuel by the evening, causing a wide-scale blackout. Energy official […]

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Amnesty: Forced relocation of Bedouin could be war crime

Related: Israel. Not looking for Peace. Nor Talks. But this… Maan News Agency | Febr 9, 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Amnesty International on Wednesday urged Israel to cancel plans to forcibly displace around 2,300 Bedouin residents from a Jerusalem district. “Thousands of Bedouin living in some of the most vulnerable communities in the West Bank […]

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Sleep easy, war criminals

Britain’s insulting new rules on arrest warrants will only encourage Israel’s view of itself as above international law Michael Mansfield |guardian.co.uk |Friday 7 October 2011 Izzeldin Abuelaish, a Palestinian doctor who saw three of his children and a niece killed when Israeli shells smashed into his home in Gaza. Photograph: Khalil Hamra/Associated Press Israel has […]

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Israel, cluster munitions inseparable

PressTV –  Thu Sep 15, 2011 7:42AM GMT Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri says the Israeli regime and fatal cluster bombs cannot be separated from one another, Press TV reports. Berri said on Wednesday that Israel has not even provided the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon with “maps that […]

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