Tag: Gaza

  • Spain signals end to war crimes, genocide hunting

    Ben Harding | Reuters 20 May 2009 Spanish judges who tried to extradite ex-Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and investigate Bush administration officials over Guantanamo will likely be barred from doing so again after a parliamentary vote on Tuesday. Under pressure from foreign governments, members of Spain’s congress almost unanimously passed a resolution which, if translated…

  • Spain to limit judges’ jurisdiction; includes probe against Israelis

    The Jerusalem Post 20 May 2009 Spain’s congress on Tuesday reportedly passed a resolution to limit the jurisdiction of investigative judges. The move follows pressure from foreign governments such as the US, China and Israel, which has strongly criticized Judge Fernando Andreu’s ongoing investigation into the 2002 assassination of Hamas terrorist Salah Shehadeh in Gaza,…

  • Harvest challenges

    Eva Bartlett | In Gaza 1 June 2009 Just after 7 am on May 30th, Palestinian farmers in Khoza’a, east of Khan Younis, returned to the land they’d been menaced off of 5 days earlier. “The same day the Israelis dropped papers saying they would shoot at us for being on our land they did…

  • An independent fact-finding committee calls for the prosecution of Israeli political leaders and members of the military

    30 May 2009 An independent fact-finding committee (IFFC) established by the League of Arab States (LAS) to investigate and report on violations of human rights and international humanitarian law arising out of Israel’s offensive in Gaza from 27 December 2008 to 18 January 2009, code named Operation Cast Lead, has submitted a report to the…

  • Goldstone’s UN inquiry team arrives in Gaza

    BBC 1 June 2009 A UN team investigating possible war crimes in Gaza, led by Richard Goldstone, has arrived in the Strip on a week-long fact finding mission. The four-member team entered from Egypt after Israel failed to grant visas, despite repeated requests by the UN. The UN wants to investigate whether Israel and Hamas…