Daily Archives: January 10, 2009 »
Report: Israel Forced Civilians Into Single House, Repeatedly Bombed It
Israeli ground troops ordered around 110 Palestinian civilians into a single home in Gaza City’s Zeitun neighborhood and ordered them to stay indoors on Sunday. On Monday morning, Israeli forces repeatedly shelled the building,
Read More »Should the Torturers Go on Trial?
By William Pfaff | The impending end of the Bush administration and the inauguration of Barack Obama, expected to repudiate the illegalities and human-rights abuses of his predecessor, pose the enormous and explosive question
Read More »The Dying Days of the Guantánamo Trials
With less than two weeks until the Bush administration leaves office, Andy Worthington, author of The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison, reports on developments — or the
Read More »U.S. Weaponry Facilitates Killings in Gaza
By Thalif Deen | IPS – Israel’s two-week military onslaught has resulted in the deaths of over 700 people, including more than 300 civilians, mostly victims of U.S. weaponry. The devastating Israeli firepower, unleashed
Read More »UN human rights chief accuses Israel of war crimes
Official calls for investigation into Zeitoun shelling that killed up to 30 in one house as Israelis dismiss ‘unworkable’ ceasefire Rory McCarthy in Jerusalem | The United Nations‘ most senior human rights official said
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