The United Nations is preparing to investigate the targeting of its schools in Gaza during Israel’s recent operation in Gaza, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told an Arabic newspaper. Several United Nations workers were kicked in airstrikes on the schools, which were housing internally displaced Palestinians. Weapons were found by the U.N. to be stored by…
The parents of a 4-year-old boy killed in a mortar attack at his home on a kibbutz near the Gaza border in a letter called on the head of the United Nations to speak out about Hamas’ war crimes. “Daniel was killed from a mortar shell that was fired by Hamas members from an elementary…
Syrian rebels have issued a list of demands for the release of United Nations peacekeepers stationed on the Golan Heights between Syria and Israel. The 45 Fijian troops from the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force have been held captive for five days in an unknown location. The rebels from the Nusra Front, which has ties…
Hamas-led gunmen in Gaza executed 18 Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel on Friday, a day after Israel tracked down and killed three top Hamas commanders, the highest-ranking militants to be killed in the six-week war. Seven people were shot dead in front of worshippers outside a mosque in one of Gaza’s main squares, witnesses…
Before his foot even touches Gaza’s ground, the Canadian human rights scholar recently appointed to head the United Nations’ inquiry into the latest war there has come under withering preemptive attack. Israeli officials and their American supporters have compared the choice of William Schabas to chair the Gaza inquiry commission to “inviting ISIS to organize…
Leaders of several Jewish organizations met with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday to express concerns about recent actions and comments made by U.N. officials. The meeting took place on Wednesday morning at the U.N. and included representatives from several major Jewish organizations, including the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations,…
1) The head of the inquiry commission comes from a Jewish family William Schabas, chosen to chair the inquiry committee, a move compared by Israel to “inviting ISIS to organize religious tolerance week,” has strong Jewish roots. His paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Galicia in Central Europe who moved to New York at…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicated he will not cooperate with a United Nations commission investigating Israel’s conduct during its war in Gaza. Most ministers in the government also oppose any dealings with the U.N. team, the Times of Israel reported. In a video posted on his official Facebook page, Netanyahu criticized the U.N. Human…
די דרשה איז אויך לינגוויסטיש אינטערעסאַנט: כאָטש דער רבי רעדט ליטוויש ייִדיש, זאָגט ער אַרויס „פֿרוי“ ווי „פֿרו“.
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