war crime
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Israel’s war on women and children in Gaza
UN Women’s Special Representative in Palestine Maryse Guimond reported that between March 18 and 25, 830 people were killed, including 174 women and 322 children, while 1,787 others were injured. Continue reading
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Israel’s weapon of mass starvation
In Gaza, Palestinians are experiencing starvation orchestrated by Israel. This starvation is a tool of insidious killing, used in addition to 24/7 bombing. Continue reading
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Yemen: Four years later, parents of 40 school bus children killed in US-supplied bomb await accountability
Parents were angry at the Biden administration’s resumption of weapons sales to Saudi Arabia on August 2, one week ahead of the 4th anniversary of the Yemen school bus children attack on August 9. Continue reading
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US nearly wiped out tens of thousands of civilians with dam strike in Syria – NYT
In 2017, the US bombed a piece of strategic infrastructure in Syria, the Tabqa Dam on the Euphrates River, despite it being on a no-strike list, the New York Times reported. Continue reading
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Airstrike was a “tragic mistake”: Gen. Frank McKenzie (US Central Command)
Airstrike was a “tragic mistake”: Gen. Frank McKenzie (US Central Command) Posted on October 21, 2021 by admin Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said in a statement late Friday that the United States will make “condolence payments” to families of Afghan civilians killed by mistake in U.S. drone strike on August 29. File photo courtesy the U.S.… Continue reading
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Police execution of disabled Palestinian is a war crime
The Israeli police killing of a Palestinian man with disabilities in Jerusalem last month amounts to an extrajudicial execution, the group Al-Haq stated in an urgent appeal to United Nations human rights experts on Tuesday. Continue reading
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The US is using wheat as a weapon of war in Syria
Apache helicopters of the US occupation forces flew low Sunday morning, according to residents of the Adla village, in the Shaddadi countryside, south of Hasaka, as they dropped ‘thermal balloons’, an incendiary weapon, causing the wheat fields to explode into flames while the hot dry winds fanned the raging fire. Continue reading
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The Murder Of Qassem Soleimani Will Deter No One
The Trump administration sees the U.S. assassination of Qassem Soleimani as a form of deterrence not only with regards to Iran but also towards Russia, China and others. That view is wrong. Continue reading
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Financial N-option will settle Trump’s oil war
On foreign soil, as a guest nation, US has assassinated a diplomatic envoy whose mission the US had requested. The bombshell facts were delivered by caretaker Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi, during an extraordinary, historic parliamentary session in Baghdad on Sunday. Continue reading
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US Applies More Than 8,000 “Sanctions” to 39 Countries, Affecting 1/3 of Humanity
The imposition of arbitrary measures or “sanctions” by the United States against numerous countries around the world was denounced by the Venezuelan delegation present at the XVIII Summit of Non-Aligned Countries, held in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Venezuelan ambassador to the United Nations Organization, Samuel Moncada, denounced the economic terrorism executed by US President Donald Trump,… Continue reading
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Masih Ur-Rahman Mubarez – Searching for justice one year on
This week marks a year since Masih Ur-Rahman Mubarez’s entire family was killed. On September 23 2018, his house was hit by an airstrike. Inside were his wife, seven children and four other young relatives. No-one survived. Continue reading
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Gaza protester dies as Israel admits to unjustified killings
Last week it was revealed that the Israeli military has decided to change its open-fire regulations, acknowledging it killed dozens of protesters without justification. Continue reading
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Shoot protesters while they rest — Israel’s new rules By Maureen Clare Murphy
Shooting “key instigators” during unarmed protests in Gaza when they’re resting. Opening fire on teenagers attempting to make their way to pray in Jerusalem when they pose no danger. This is the routine, unjustified and criminal use of live fire against Palestinians by Israeli occupation forces. Continue reading
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Israel’s War Criminals in Their Own Words By Philip Giraldi
Israel’s public face, sustained and propagated by a wealthy and powerful diaspora that has significant control over the media, insists that the country is the Middle East’s only true democracy, that is operates under a rule of law for all its citizens and that its army is the “most moral in the world.” All of… Continue reading
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UN Commission Report Accuses Israel of War Crimes in Gaza
International law professor Kevin Jon Heller discusses the report of the UN Human Rights Council, which says Israel must be held accountable for war crimes committed against unarmed civilians and that Israeli courts do not hold them accountable (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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UN investigators call for arrests over Gaza war crimes By Maureen Clare Murphy
Israeli forces may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity by using lethal military force against unarmed protesters in Gaza, a United Nations independent commission of inquiry has found. Continue reading
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Israel has injured 24,000 Gaza protesters By Maureen Clare
Palestinians have paid a great price for their call for life with dignity during mass protests held along Gaza’s boundary with Israel over the past eight months. Continue reading
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ICC Prosecutor: The Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar Bedouin Community Is a War Crime Committed by Israel By Ali Salam
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, released a statement on Wednesday, with regard to Palestine. She refers to the Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar, stating that “extensive destruction of property without military necessity, as well as population transfers in an occupied territory constitute war crimes under the Rome Statute.” Continue reading
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The United States Did It Again: Its Warplanes Use White Phosphorous Munitions in Syria By Peter Korzun
The US-led coalition used white phosphorus (WP) munitions while delivering air strikes against the Syrian province of Deir Ez-Zor on Oct. 13. The attack resulted in civilian casualties. Last month, WP munitions were also used by two US Air Force (USAF) F-15s in an attack on the town of Hajin in Deir-ez-Zor. The Syrian government… Continue reading
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Selected Articles
6 August 2018 — Global Research News The Satanic Nature of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki By Prof. Edward Curtin, August 06, 2018 When on August 6 and 9, 1945 the United States killed 200-300 thousand innocent Japanese civilians with atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, they did so intentionally. It was an act of Continue reading
The New Dark Age 