Tag: War Crimes
Gaza photojournalists accused of Oct. 7 war crimes
Two Gaza-based Palestinian photojournalists who infiltrated Israel during Hamas’s massacres on Oct. 7 committed war crimes, experts say.
“I believe that this is clearly an incidence that would come under and be covered by both...
Herzog attends exhibition in memory of Nova Festival victims
Israeli President Isaac Herzog spoke on Wednesday evening at the opening ceremony of the exhibition "6:29" at the Tel Aviv Expo in memory of those murdered at the Nova Festival on Oct. 7.
“It feels...
Israeli hostages recount beatings, death threats in captivity
Israeli hostages recovered from captivity in Gaza have largely kept out of the public eye, but accounts slowly reaching the press from their family members point to widespread abuse by Hamas.
Hostages report having been...
Dutch Supreme Court: Gantz immune from 2014 ‘war crimes’ suit
The Netherlands' highest court ruled on Friday that former Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz was immune from civil prosecution over the deaths of six Palestinians in an airstrike undertaken by the Israel Defense Forces...
Credit Suisse served Nazi clients as recently as 2020
Banking giant Credit Suisse had dealings with and held accounts linked to Nazis from World War II until as recently as 2020, according to reports the U.S. Senate Budget Committee reports released on Israel’s Holocaust...
Top US Nazi hunter tapped to lead investigation into war crimes in Ukraine
A new U.S. Justice Department team focused on identifying and prosecuting those who have committed war crimes in Ukraine will be led by a former Nazi hunter for the DOJ, announced Attorney General Merrick Garland on...
Germany seeks prison time for alleged Nazi guard at former concentration camp
German prosecutors are seeking a five-year prison term for a man who allegedly served as a Nazi guard at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II, reported the Associated Press.
The 101-year-old defendant, who was...
Is ‘Never Again’ an empty promise?
Growing up as a Jew in traumatized post-Holocaust Germany, I have been haunted by the imperative of “Never Again.” As the Russian army retreats from areas north of Kyiv and we are collectively getting a...
Lapid: Russian forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said on Tuesday that Russian forces committed war crimes “against a defenseless civilian population.”
He added to that by saying, “I strongly condemn these war crimes.”
Speaking during a trilateral meeting in...
Human Rights Watch’s new report is a dud
Human Rights Watch has just published a new report supposedly examining Israel’s conduct during its 11-day war with Hamas in May, and it comes as little surprise that their conclusion is that Israel committed war crimes.
Little...