News Source: News 24
| about 1 month ago
Israel braced on Wednesday for what is expected to be a bruising United Nations debate on a report that accuses the Jewish state and Hamas of war crimes during its Gaza offensive at the turn of the year. The UN Security Council was to discuss the so-...
News Source: Ynet News
| about 1 month ago
Richard Goldstone, head of UN-appointed inqiry team on Gaza war Photo: Reuters Israeli Ambassador to UN Shalev, files official complaint Photo: Reuters Israeli to use alleged weapons shed explosion that occurred in Lebanon Monday to divert...
News Source: Jerusalem Post
| about 1 month ago
Israel is poised for a showdown with Palestinian diplomats and representatives of Arab states who plan to use Wednesday's UN Security Council debate to press for action on the Goldstone Report. Israel's ambassador to the UN in New York, Gabriela...
News Source: The independent
| about 1 month ago
The internal report issued by the Fatah department headed by the faction's No 2 Mohammed Ghneim, says: "All hopes placed in the new U.S. administration and President Obama have evaporated," and adds that the President "couldn't withstand the pressure...
News Source: Jerusalem Post
| about 1 month ago
The Palestinian Authority's former ambassador to Egypt, Nabil Amr, on Sunday expressed fear that PA President Mahmoud Abbas was seeking to harm him because of his criticism of the decision to abandon a vote in support of last month's Goldstone Report...
News Source: Yedioth Ahronoth
| about 1 month ago
UN rights body opens door to new Gaza debate The UN Human Rights Council will hold an extraordinary meeting this week on the occupied Palestinian territories, providing another chance for Israel's critics to discuss a Gaza war crimes report. The...