Stephanie Nebehay
By Stephanie Nebehay
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Fast Forward Israel Accuses U.N. Human Rights Council Of Bias Toward Palestinians
GENEVA (Reuters) – Israel accused the United Nations on Tuesday of continuous discrimination against it over its treatment of Palestinians, and called for reforms of the U.N. human rights body. The Human Rights Council’s regular examination of Israel’s record, the first since 2013, comes after President Trump recognized Jerusalem last month as the capital of…
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Fast Forward UN Delays Database Of Companies Backing Israel Occupation
A U.N. report on establishing a database of companies with business ties to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank has been delayed, the U.N. Human Rights Council said on Monday. Reuters reported on Friday that the politically sensitive report, due this month from the office of U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad…
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Fast Forward U.N. Report Accuses Israel and Hamas of Possible Gaza War Crimes
UN investigators said on Monday that Israel and Palestinian militant groups committed grave abuses of international humanitarian law during the 2014 Gaza conflict that may amount to war crimes. They called on all sides to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC), which has opened a separate preliminary investigation. The Palestinian Authority is expected to…
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The Schmooze George Clooney’s Fiancee on Israel War Crimes Panel
Getty Images (Reuters) — Amal Alamuddin, the British-Lebanese lawyer engaged to George Clooney, was named with two other experts experts to an international commission of inquiry into possible human rights violations and war crimes committed by both sides during Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip. Alamuddin will join William Schabas, a Canadian professor of international…
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