Will Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community serve in its military? | Israel War on Gaza News

Will Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community serve in its military? | Israel War on Gaza News

There is renewed push to force ultra-Orthodox Jews to serve in the Israeli military. Israel has called on its reserves to wage its ground war on Gaza. But its ultra-Orthodox Jewish community has an exemption to military service going back decades. Now, the defence minister says they need to join…

UN official warns of possible war crimes, rape as a weapon in Sudan | Conflict News

UN official warns of possible war crimes, rape as a weapon in Sudan | Conflict News

The United Nations human rights chief has said that the apparent deliberate denial of safe access for humanitarian agencies within war-torn Sudan could amount to a war crime. “Sudan has become a living nightmare. Almost half of the population – 25 million people – are in urgent need of food…

Israeli MP denounces ‘tsunami of fanatic nationalism’ in Israel | Israel War on Gaza

Israeli MP denounces ‘tsunami of fanatic nationalism’ in Israel | Israel War on Gaza

‘We are on the brink of a fascist dictatorship,’ Knesset member Ofer Cassif tells Marc Lamont Hill. Over the past five months, Israel’s war on Gaza has caused mass devastation and led to more than 30,000 deaths. In January, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague found that…

Iran Revolutionary Guard member and two others killed in attack in Syria | Conflict News

Iran Revolutionary Guard member and two others killed in attack in Syria | Conflict News

Iranian media reports say IRGC member Reza Zarei was killed in a suspected Israeli attack in the port city of Baniyas. A member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and two other people have been killed in a suspected Israeli attack, Iran’s state news agency IRNA reported. IRNA said…

In New York, Israeli conscientious objectors find community after ostracism | Israel War on Gaza News

In New York, Israeli conscientious objectors find community after ostracism | Israel War on Gaza News

New York, United States – He feared being called a “mishtamet”. A draft dodger. Someone who shrinks from their responsibility. But at age 17, Jewish social worker Asaf Calderon made a fateful decision: not to participate in the mandatory military service required of nearly all Israeli citizens. Instead, he pursued…

Can US strikes on Yemen’s Houthis be justified as ‘self-defence’? | Houthis News

Can US strikes on Yemen’s Houthis be justified as ‘self-defence’? | Houthis News

Israel has used it as justification for the slaughter of more than 30,000 Palestinians in Gaza – with thousands more lost under the rubble and presumed dead – in under five months. And, now, the United States has used it to justify its air strikes on Houthi fighters in Yemen….

Flour massacre: How Gaza food killings unfolded, and Israel’s story changed | Israel War on Gaza News

Flour massacre: How Gaza food killings unfolded, and Israel’s story changed | Israel War on Gaza News

At least 112 Palestinians have been killed and more than 750 wounded after Israeli troops opened fire on hundreds waiting for food aid southwest of Gaza City. Here is what we know: What happened and when? The incident unfolded at about 04:30 local time (02:30 GMT) on Thursday, when people…

The war on Gaza is a health justice issue, too | Israel War on Gaza

The war on Gaza is a health justice issue, too | Israel War on Gaza

This week, more than 40 organisations working on health justice around the globe put out an urgent call to the global health and human rights community. In an open letter, we issued a call to global health bodies, health institutions, professional associations and the World Medical Association (WMA) to take…