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- US State Department ‘firmly opposes’ ICC probe into Israeli war crimes allegations, insisting court lacks jurisdiction
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has voiced “firm” opposition to a bid in the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate alleged war crimes committed by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories.Dec 21, 2019 02:50World News - Netanyahu says ICC has ‘NO JURISDICTION’ to probe Israeli ‘war crimes’ in PalestineThe International Criminal Court (ICC) has decided it will launch a full-fledged probe into alleged war crimes in the Palestinian lands by Israel. In response, Tel Aviv has declared the court’s jurisdiction there null and void.Dec 20, 2019 16:48World News
- Fruit of ‘US-backed colonization’: Israel to DOUBLE Jewish population in West Bank’s HebronTwo weeks after the US announced that it did not consider illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories to be in breach of international law, Israel announced a plan to double the Jewish population of Hebron.Dec 1, 2019 14:54World News
- ‘I felt like I was about to die’: Palestinian journalist blinded by ‘Israeli sniper fire’ talks to RTPalestinian journalist Muath Amarneh lost his eye covering a protest near the West Bank town of Surif. Israel denies shooting Amarneh, but the freelance cameraman told RT Arabic that his colleagues are being deliberately targeted.Nov 29, 2019 10:41World News
- Palestine warns breaking off relations with US over ‘legalization’ of West Bank settlements is imminentPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to end the nation's relationship with the US after the Trump administration declared Israel's Jewish-only settlements in the West Bank – illegal under international law – legal.Nov 26, 2019 19:27World News
- ‘No other democracy’: Human Rights Watch slams Israel’s expulsion of director over BDS activismHuman Rights Watch has condemned the decision by Israel to deport Omar Shakir, HRW’s director for Israel and Palestinian territories. Israel revoked his visa over activism on behalf of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS).Nov 25, 2019 22:37World News
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