News Source: Times of Oman
| about 1 month ago
Egypt has returned most of its Palestinian prisoners to Hamas and still holds only a small number, security officials said days after the brother of a senior Hamas member died in an Alexandria jail. The officials said 51 Palestinians, most of them...
News Source: Financial Times
| about 1 month ago
The passing of the resolution, drafted by the Palestinians and their allies, steps up pressure for the prosecution of Israeli military and political leaders. The report on the Gaza conflict in December and Jan-uary, compiled by a four-member team...
News Source: Canada.com
| about 1 month ago
The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday set the stage for more powerful UN bodies to focus on a slew of war-crimes allegations against Israel, endorsing a report it commissioned on last winter's Israeli assault on Gaza. The Geneva-based...
News Source: The Scotsman
| about 1 month ago
Israeli soldiers for alleged crimes during last winter's devastating Gaza war cleared its first hurdle at the UN yesterday...The report found Israel had proven unable to investigate its own military and therefore the International Criminal Court...
News Source: Inter Press Service
| about 1 month ago
The 47-member Human Rights Council (HRC) approved a resolution Friday endorsing war crimes charges against Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, as spelled out in a report by a four-member international fact-finding mission headed by...
News Source: Christian Science Monitor
| about 1 month ago
The United Nations Human Rights Council's decision Friday to adopt the controversial Goldstone report on the Gaza war increases the pressure on Israel to conduct its own investigation into alleged war crimes. The council voted 25-to-6, with 11...