Criminal accountability is a crucial step in addressing Ethiopia’s past atrocities, which have deeply injured the nation and impaired its people’s peaceful coexistence. This accountability is promised in the country’s ongoing transitional justice process. The forthcoming transitional justice policy proposes a dual approach to prosecute international crimes, such as crimes against humanity, torture, enforced disappearances, … Read more
Egyptians are also applauding the pro-Palestinian stance of UN expert Francesca Albanese, who recently said she was being threatened over a report she published in which she accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. As fears grow of Gazans dying of starvation, the ICJ’s orders should be viewed as a victory for South Africa. It … Read more
Despite a United Nations Security Council demand for an immediate cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, the situation in Gaza is so desperate that some teenagers in the decimated Palestinian territory say they hope to be killed swiftly to escape the “nightmare” around them, a spokesman for the U.N. children’s agency said Tuesday. The grim assessment … Read more
WASHINGTON: An active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force has died after he set himself ablaze outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., while declaring that he “will no longer be complicit in genocide.” The 25-year-old airman, Aaron Bushnell, of San Antonio, Texas, died from his injuries, the Metropolitan Police Department said Monday. Bushnell had … Read more
Brazilian President Lula da Silva compared IDF’s operations in Gaza Strip to ‘Holocaust’. Israel responded to President Silva’s remark and termed it ‘shameful’. ‘Holocaust’, Says Brazilian President On Gaza Operations; Israel Says ‘Red Line’ Crossed Tel Aviv: Amid the ongoing conflict between the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) and Hamas militants, Brazilian President Lula da Silva … Read more
Israel accused Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of trivialising the Holocaust and causing offence to the Jewish people on Sunday after he likened the Israeli war against Hamas militants in Gaza to the Nazi genocide during World War Two. “What is happening in the Gaza Strip with the Palestinian people has no parallel … Read more
EXPLAINER As civilian casualties continue to mount in Gaza, global calls for countries to halt arms sales to Israel grow. The United States Senate has approved a bill committing $14bn to support Israel’s war on Gaza this week. Even before the start of the war last October, the US firmly supported Israel with the supply … Read more
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, the main organisation aiding Gaza’s population amid the humanitarian disaster, said nine countries suspended their funding following Israel’s allegations that a number of Gaza staff members took part in the October 7 Hamas attack that sparked the war. Those include the United States, Britain, Italy and Finland. Pro-Palestinian supporters … Read more
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday, January 26, ordered Israel to take action to prevent acts of genocide during its war against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. This came during a session of the ICJ in the Dutch city of The Hague, to decide on South Africa’s request to take precautionary measures in the … Read more
The International Court of Justice on Friday ordered Israel to prevent genocide in the Gaza Strip as it carries out its military operations. Reading the decision on provisional measures, the court’s president, Judge Joan Donoghue, said, “The State of Israel shall in accordance with its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of … Read more
