Yonatan Shapira is an ex-captain and pilot in the Israeli Air Force. In 2003, he helped coordinate the circulation of a letter that was signed by 27 Israeli Air Force pilots expressing their refusal to engage in Israeli military actions targeting Palestinians. Additionally, Shapira has endorsed the domestic Israeli movement supporting Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions [...]
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UK government faces growing calls to suspend arms sales to Israel following aid workers attack
Leader of the UK’s Liberal Democrat Party Sir Ed Davey called upon the UK government on Wednesday to suspend arms sales to Israel. This follows the deaths of British aid workers John Chapman, James Kirby and Jim Henderson, who were among the seven World Central Kitchen (WCK) workers killed in an “unintended strike” by the [...]
UK lawyers call for government action regarding humanitarian crisis in Gaza
A coalition comprising of UK lawyers, legal academics and former members of the judiciary issued an open letter on Wednesday to the UK government calling for action regarding the escalating humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. The letter comes amidst growing calls for the UK government to suspend arms sales to Israel following an attack [...]
Israel PM Netanyahu announces death of 7 aid workers in Gaza from 'unintended strike'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday the death of seven humanitarian aid workers in Gaza from Israeli strikes. The workers are from World Central Kitchen. In a press release, Netanyahu stated, “Unfortunately, in the past day there was a tragic event in which our forces unintentionally harmed non-combatants in the Gaza Strip. This happens [...]
Complaints of anti-Muslim bias in the US reached a record high in 2023, according to a report released Tuesday by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). The civil rights group received 8,061 complaints of anti-Muslim incidents last year, marking the highest number of complaints reported in the group’s 30-year history. The report found that complaints [...]
Thousands protest in Israel demanding ouster of PM Netanyahu
Tens of thousands of Israelis protested in Jerusalem against the government over the weekend and into Monday. The demonstrators are demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resign after viewing him as the roadblock in returning the over 100 hostages that were taken during the October 7 Hamas attack last year. They also seek accountability for [...]
Yonatan Shapira is an ex-captain and pilot in the Israeli Air Force. In 2003, he helped coordinate the circulation of a letter that was signed by 27 Israeli Air Force pilots expressing their refusal to engage in Israeli military actions targeting Palestinians. Additionally, Shapira has endorsed the domestic Israeli movement supporting Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions [...]
Explainer: Why a UN Special Rapporteur Believes the Israel-Hamas Conflict Constitutes Genocide
A report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council this week shines a distressing light on the catastrophic human toll and the systematic destruction in Gaza following military operations by Israel. In the report, entitled Anatomy of a Genocide, Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, detailed the toll of the staggering loss of life, [...]
US grand jury indicts Rwanda man for allegedly concealing role in 1994 genocide
A US federal grand jury has brought an indictment against Eric Nshimye for his alleged concealment of his role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide to obtain asylum and citizenship in the US. The Tuesday indictment outlined accusations against Nshimiye, spanning falsifying information, obstructing justice and committing perjury in connection with his immigration to the US. [...]
ICJ orders additional provisional measures in genocide case against Israel
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an order on Thursday imposing additional emergency provisional measures Israel must follow in South Africa’s genocide case against the country. The order comes after South Africa requested additional measures in light of the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, a request that Israel asked the court to deny. The [...]