The legacy of Ziad Abu Helaiel – peacefully resisting Israel in West Bank | Israel-Palestine conflict

The legacy of Ziad Abu Helaiel – peacefully resisting Israel in West Bank | Israel-Palestine conflict

Dura, Occupied West Bank – Ziad Abu Helaiel – political activist and social reformer – was best known for his defiant phrase “Bihimmish!” (“doesn’t matter”, in Arabic). The phrase was delivered brazenly, dismissively even, to Israeli soldiers who were trying to scare him as he stood in their way, often…

Why Netanyahu won’t let Israel stop fighting after killing Hamas’s Sinwar | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Why Netanyahu won’t let Israel stop fighting after killing Hamas’s Sinwar | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Beirut, Lebanon – Israeli forces killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in combat on Wednesday in a surprise shootout in Rafah. The news raised some hopes among Western commentators that the killing may be an opening for an end to the ongoing war in Gaza or even to the broader Israel-Palestine…

White House warned of risk of Israeli war crimes days after Oct 7: Report | Israel-Palestine conflict News

White House warned of risk of Israeli war crimes days after Oct 7: Report | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Senior Pentagon and Department of State officials warned US President Joe Biden’s administration of potential Israeli war crimes days after the start of the October 7, 2023, war on Gaza, an investigation by the Reuters news agency finds. Reuters reported on Friday that after reviewing three sets of email exchanges…

Yazidi woman rescued from Gaza 10 years after being taken captive by ISIL | Crimes Against Humanity News

Yazidi woman rescued from Gaza 10 years after being taken captive by ISIL | Crimes Against Humanity News

The now 21-year-old woman has returned home to her family in Iraq after complex rescue involving Israel, US and Jordan. A 21-year-old woman kidnapped by Islamic State fighters in Iraq in 2014 was freed from Gaza this week in a secret operation that involved Iraq, Israel, Jordan and the United…

Ukraine blames Russian air force commander for children’s hospital attack | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukraine blames Russian air force commander for children’s hospital attack | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia’s Sergei Kobylash is named as a suspect in the July 8 attack on Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital in Kyiv. A Russian air force commander is suspected of ordering a deadly missile strike on a Ukrainian children’s hospital in July, according to Ukraine’s prosecutor general. The Russian commander directed forces to…

Unspoken bonds: Gaza’s forcibly displaced and the homes they yearn for | Israel-Palestine conflict

Unspoken bonds: Gaza’s forcibly displaced and the homes they yearn for | Israel-Palestine conflict

Deir el-Balah, Gaza – An insight I gained over the past two decades is that trauma is not only experienced, it is encoded in our genes, passed down through generations, shaping our collective memory, identity and attitude. About 17 years ago, I received my first laptop as a family gift….

Uganda court finds LRA commander guilty of crimes against humanity | Crimes Against Humanity News

Uganda court finds LRA commander guilty of crimes against humanity | Crimes Against Humanity News

Thomas Kwoyelo has been found guilty of dozens of crimes against humanity committed between 1992 and 2005. A Ugandan court has found Thomas Kwoyelo, the only commander of the feared Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) to be tried in the East African country, guilty of multiple counts of crimes against humanity….