Tag Archives: Israel-Palestine

War crimes charges filed by international attorneys against 15 Israeli officials

http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4599&Itemid=1 According to Palestinian News Network (PNN) – international lawyers are filing war crime charges against Israeli officials at the international Criminal Court in the Hague. The French lawyer orchestrating the case claims that there is some fear of interference from the United Nations Security Council under pressure from the United States to stop proceedings [...]

Europe is failing two life-and-death tests. We must act together, now

Weak, divided, incoherent, hypocritical and infuriating – that’s how you hear the EU described privately in Beijing and Washington. The events of this first week of 2009 suggest that its critics are right. By Timothy Garton Ash. Look at the mess we’re in. Europe faces two acute crises that threaten both our interests and our values. [...]