Tag: War crime

  • British court issued Gaza arrest warrant for former Israeli minister Tzipi Livni

    Ian Black & Ian Cobain | The Guardian 14 December 2009 A British court issued an arrest warrant for Israel’s former foreign minister over war crimes allegedly committed in Gaza this year – only to withdraw it when it was discovered that she was not in the UK, it emerged today. Tzipi Livni, a member…

  • In Gaza even the dead are denied dignity

    Eva Bartlett | In Gaza 14 November 2009 Graves in Gaza: denied dignity Long denied cement, a sparse few are able to improvise with over-expensive, tunnel-delivered Egyptian cement. The others simply bury under the sand. Most of these sand-graves in Jabaliya’s Faluja cemetary are from the Israeli massacre of Gaza nearly a year ago. The…

  • EU lawyers draw up list of IDF officers suspected of Gaza war crimes

    Anshel Pfeffer | Ha’aretz 27 October 2009 Human rights lawyers and pro-Palestinian activists in a number of European countries hold lists with names of Israel Defense Forces soldiers allegedly linked to war crimes committed during Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip. Existing legislation enables arrest warrants to be issued against these officers if they…