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On Wednesday, during a rally in Gaza, Hamas leader Khaled Meshal alluded to Mengistu’s capture when speaking about Israelis now being held by the terror group, including the bodies of two IDF soldiers who were killed during last summer’s war.

India has, however, maintained that there’s no change in its long-standing policy on support to the Palestinian cause. “The issue in this particular Resolution was the reference to the worldwide Criminal Court (ICC)”.

Michael Ratner, President Emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights, told IPS that once again, as it was true in the 2008-2009 Israeli assault on Gaza, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry report on last year’ s Gaza war was devastating regarding Israel’s...

“That India’s representative in Geneva abstained on Friday is a significant shift testament to the strong ties that have developed between Israel and India over the last 20 years, and which are taking off now under Prime Minister Narendra Modi”, a columnist wrote.

“There are another 14 who have begun the expulsion process”, a spokeswoman for Israel’s immigration authority told AFP.

In particular, it called on “the parties concerned to cooperate fully with the preliminary examination of the worldwide Criminal Court and with any subsequent investigation that may be opened”.

The Palestinian Authority has made its first submission of evidence of alleged Israeli war crimes to the worldwide Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.

A test the world can not afford to fail. “Secretary Kerry, we urge the Department of State to elevate the human rights of Palestinian children to a priority status in our bilateral relations with the government of Israel”.

Clinton said in the letter released Monday that she agreed on the need to make countering the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction movement, or BDS movement, a priority.

After last year’s deadly war, Israel allowed the import of building materials under United Nations supervision to make sure that the group was not the one getting them.

Some 70 people embarked the ships from all over Greece before setting off to the Palestinian territory. Judge Davis admitted, when I testified before her in February, that the commission, though investigating a war, had no military expertise.

Hillary Rodham Clinton says in a letter to American Jewish organizations that she opposes a grassroots protest movement promoting boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israel over policies involving the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories.

The ship leading a Gaza-bound flotilla that aims to break the naval blockade reportedly left the Greek isle of Crete early Friday morning, after unspecified delays.

Israel has strongly resisted allegations its troops violated global law, claims that could have serious implications after Palestinians joined the global Criminal Court, where they are pursuing war crimes charges against Israel.

Several hundred Israelis demonstrated in Jerusalem Wednesday evening, calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to act against a recent surge in deadly attacks carried out by Palestinians. The Israelis are offering reconstruction of Gaza in exchange of truce from Hamas in Gaza.