Israel: 50 Years of Occupation Abuses

Israel: 50 Years of Occupation Abuses

Fifty years after Israel occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip, it controls these areas through repression, institutionalized discrimination, and systematic abuses of the Palestinian population’s rights, Human Rights Watch said today. At least five categories of major violations of international human rights law and humanitarian law characterize the occupation: unlawful killings; forced displacement; abusive detention; the…

US only country to oppose UN holding Israel accountable for war crimes, yet again

US vote against “ensuring accountability and justice for all violations of international law in” the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) The US was the only country in the world to oppose a resolution calling for Israel to be held accountable for war crimes, at the 29th regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC),…