JURIST Guest Columnist Anthony D'Amato of Northwestern University School of Law, a former defense counsel for war crimes suspects, says that both Hezbollah and Israel are guilty of committing war crimes in the latest Middle East conflict... The laws of...
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Israel arrests Hamas leaders, warns of assassination as abduction crisis worsens
The Israeli military arrested seven Palestinian Cabinet ministers and some 20 lawmakers Thursday as tensions mounted between Israel and Palestinians sparked by the Sunday abduction of Israeli soldier Cpl. Gilad Shalit in Gaza. Israel...
The Hamas party , which controls the Palestinian Legislative Council , launched a challenge to a referendum proposed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas , calling an emergency debate Monday on whether a referendum is...
Israel police evict settlers from Palestinian home after Supreme Court order
Israeli police on Sunday evicted a group of Jewish settlers squatting in a Palestinian house in the West Bank city of Hebron, a region where Jewish settlement is no longer allowed. Three settler families left peacefully, but police scuffled...
The Israeli Cabinet on Sunday approved several amendments to the route of the Israeli security fence around Jerusalem and the West Bank and Israeli Prime Minister-designate Ehud Olmert urged that the barrier be completed as...
Israel PM order to close security fence gaps around Jerusalem prompts legal wrangle
Israeli activist group Peace Now has condemned Wednesday's directive from Israeli Prime Minister-elect Ehud Omert to top security officials to block the gaps in the controversial security fence [JURIST report; IDF...
International brief ~ Israel cabinet declares Sharon permanently incapacitated
Leading Tuesday's international brief, Israel's cabinet has declared Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to be permanently incapacitated , marking the official end of the Sharon administration and opening the way for acting-PM Ehud Olmert to...
The Israeli Justice Ministry said Sunday that Israel will declare Prime Minister Ariel Sharon officially incapacitated on Tuesday. Sharon has been in a coma since suffering a massive stroke in early January. Acting...
Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday that Israel plans to put a group of Palestinian prisoners on trial for the 2001 killing of an Israeli tourism minister. The men were seized after Israeli forces...
International brief ~ Israel imposes sanctions against Hamas
Leading Monday's international brief, the Israeli Cabinet has agreed to impose a hefty series of sanctions against the Palestinian Authority (PA) unless the ruling party of Hamas commits to non-violence and drops its call...