war crimes

EU expected to accuse Israel of war crimes

The President of the European Council hinted that a re-examination by the European Union will determine that Israel violates human rights and international law in the war in Gaza.

Eyes on dual nationals

Canadian police investigate Gaza war crimes

Canadian-Israeli individuals, including IDF veterans and residents, may face scrutiny under low-profile federal probe tied to Gaza war.

UK special forces face scrutiny after shocking war crime claims

Panorama investigation uncovers eyewitness claims of extrajudicial killings, cover-ups, and institutional complicity over more than a decade

Amb. Danon:

'UN blaming Israel after October 7 is not acceptable'

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon condemns 'antisemitic' UN report accusing Israel of sexual violence and genocide in Gaza while the Human Rights Council ignores the real rapes committed on 10/7.

'Blood libel'

UN continues to make accusations against Israel

A new UN report accuses Israel of war crimes including 'destroying in part the reproductive capacity of the Palestinians in Gaza.'

The most evil society in human history

In the early days of the war, when Hamas was negotiating the first ceasefire of November 2023, the monsters who held the Bibas family captive could not restrain themselves and murdered a baby and toddler before they could be released. Op-ed.

Anti-Israel org. files complaint against Israeli in Sweden

Anti-Israel Hind Rajab Foundation says it filed a complaint against an IDF soldier who is visiting Sweden, accusing him of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The man who wasn't there: A fake witness to the Gaza War

Fact-checking Lee Mordechai’s false Genocide allegations against Israel. Op-ed.

Must IDF soldiers who served in the war fear traveling abroad?

Adv. Yuval Kaplinsky, former Director of the Department of International Affairs in Israel's State Attorney's Office, comments on the investigation against an IDF soldier visiting Brazil.

Former Min. of Defense:

Moshe Ya'alon explains: 'My goal is to protect the soldiers'

Former Minister of Defense, Moshe Ya'alon, explains his comments on 'ethnic cleansing in Gaza,' saying that 'when you push for population cleansing, it is a war crime. I stated my warning to prevent soldiers from being harmed.'

US indicts 2 Assad regime officials for torture, war crimes

Following fall of the Assad regime, US announces indictment of former Syrian Air Force intelligence officers Jamil Hassan and Abdul Salam Mahmoud for the torture of prisoners, including US citizens.

Human Rights Expert:

HRW report on Hamas crimes a 'despicable anti-Jewish report'

Professor Anne Bayefsky, the Director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights, tells Arutz Sheva the newly released Human Rights Watch report on Hamas war crimes refuses to acknowledge Hamas's systemic use of rape.

The world must focus on Iran, not Israel

Ignorance and antisemitism combined with pure malice and evil coalesce in the minds and hearts of Israel's enemies to cover up or turn a blind eye to direct Iranian support for terrorism and war against Israel. They are next. Op-ed.

'Describes an alternate reality'

UN report accuses Israel of war crimes

The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel claimed that Israeli authorities are responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Mansour Abbas retracts:

'There are no wars without crimes against civilians'

After refusing to say in an interview whether he believes Israel commits crimes in the Gaza Strip, Ra'am chairman Mansour Abbas issued a clarification of his remarks

The ICC’s war crimes

If permitted to proceed unpunished for its actions on the global stage, the court will gain in power and stature.

Buried facts about the Gaza war

Connect the dots: It’s America and Iran against Israel. The American appeasement of Iran has left many people mystified. They should have been paying more attention. Opinion.

Challenges of War: Making sense of Jewish death and suffering

The Torah and Judaism do not hide from the topic of death and suffering and in fact early on in the Torah lay down the source of the problem in the first place.

Switzerland to try Assad's uncle for war crimes

Switzerland's Attorney General's Office says Rifaat Al-Assad will be put on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity dating back to 1982.

Op-ed:

Israel’s war is the least deadly conflict in region

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics," Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli once reportedly quipped. The media's coverage of the Israel-Hamas war has offered plenty of all three. Op-ed.

Behind the War on Hamas

The two great evils of history: The Islamists and Hitler.

UN experts:

'Hamas' acts of sexual violence are war crimes'

UN experts say crimes committed against civilians during Hamas' October 7 attacks on Israel amounted to war crimes and could qualify as crimes against humanity.

Israel is within the bounds of international law.

International law is not a suicide pact. Regarding the current Gaza War, the pertinent truth that it is a necessary war, and is unambiguous.

Complaint filed in ICC against Hamas:

'If Hague ignores massacre, it has no right to exist'

Shurat HaDin files complaint with The Hague against Hamas for war crimes and crimes against humanity during their attack on Israel.

'Probably genocide'

Dozens of intl. legal experts: Hamas committed war crimes

International legal experts issue joint statement saying that Hamas' intentional massacre of Jews probably constitutes crime of genocide.'

ICC chief prosecutor:

'We have jurisdiction over war crimes carried out by Hamas'

ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan tells Reuters the court can rule on "war crimes" by Israel even though it is not a member state.

Op-ed:

The rules of war

What Hamas is NOT, is a recognized armed force operating under the aegis of a duly-elected state. Op-ed.

B’nai Brith urges reforms to Canada’s extradition laws

Advocacy organization calls for Canada to either prosecute suspected war criminals or extradite them to relevant countries for trial.

Russian deserter:

Unit accused of war crimes are 'maniacs who enjoy killing'

Nikita Chibrin, who fled notorious Russian military unit, accuses fellow soldiers of killing civilians, rapes and looting.

Zelenskyy:

'Russia committed more than 400 war crimes in Kherson'

Ukrainian President says Russian soldiers committed hundreds of war crimes in Kherson, from which they withdrew late last week.

Sens. call for Russia to be on state sponsors of terrorism list

Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal to introduce legislation to add Russia to list that includes Iran, North Korea, Cuba and Syria.

Ukraine investigating 28,000 Russian war crimes

Ukraine accuses Russia of killing thousands of civilians, including nearly 400 children, along with kidnapping others.

Ukraine probing 21,000 alleged Russian war crimes

Ukrainian Prosecutor General announces that 200 to 300 new cases are being reportedly daily.

101-year old Nazi guard sentenced to 5 years for war crimes

Oldest person charged in Germany with Holocaust war crimes found guilty of accessory to murder while a guard at Sachsenhausen death camp.

Ukraine war

'Nazi hunter' to head DOJ probe of Ukraine war crimes

US Attorney General announces Eli Rosenbaum, known foot his work in hinting ex-Nazis, to head team identifying war criminals in Ukraine war.

101yr old Nazi guard on trial in Germany may get 5 years in jail

Prosecutors in the trial of 101-year old ex-Nazi death camp guard charged in Germany with war crimes ask for five-year sentence.

Russian soldier pleads guilty in first Ukraine war crimes trial

Russian soldier captured by Ukraine pleads guilty to war crimes in a Kyiv courtroom for killing of 62-year old civilian.

Watch: First Russian soldier in court for war crimes charges

A 21-year-old Russian soldier is accused of killing a 62-year-old civilian by shooting him in the head through the window of a passing car.

UNHRC approves inquiry into Russian crimes in Ukraine

United Nations Human Rights Council votes 33-2 to launch inquiry into alleged violations committed by Russian troops in Ukraine.

On Leaders and War: Post Ukraine transformation in the West

We have the opportunity to make the post-Ukraine world a better one with better values and ideologies and leadership by better people. Op-ed

EU chief in Ukraine:

'History will not forget the war crimes'

President of the European Council Charles Michel says there must be justice for war crimes committed in Ukraine.

Biden ups the ante, accuses Putin of 'genocide'

Analysts say the U.S. may come through on their promise to supply Ukraine with fighter jets and that Putin may face trial for war crimes.

Lapid: Russia is committing war crimes

Foreign Minister sharply condemned the Russians: "War crimes against a defenseless civilian population."

Diaspora Minister: Jews can't be silent in face of war crimes

Diaspora Affairs Minister Dr. Nachman Shai condemns Russian massacres of Ukrainian civilians.

Watch: Gruesome evidence of Russia's war crimes

Warning: Graphic violence

New investigation into claims of Russian war crimes in Ukraine

French Holocaust researcher and Babyn Yar memorial center to probe alleged Russian war crimes.

The Siege on Kyiv is Tightening

Rescuing Remaining Jews Has Become Even Harder!No one imagined the horrors or the terrible war that is now taking place.

Pentagon: Russia committed war crimes in Ukraine

Pentagon announces that it will help to gather proof of Russian war crimes in Ukraine.

Blinken:

'I believe Russia is committing war crimes in Ukraine'

Secretary of State says he agrees with Biden that war crimes have been committed in Ukraine.

US calls for war crimes probe of Russia

UK calls Russian bombing of Ukrainian hospital a war crime, as US calls for international war crime investigation of Russian invasion.

ICC confirms launch of Ukraine war crimes probe

ICC prosecutor Karim Khan officially opens investigation into possible war crimes in Ukraine.

Intl. Criminal Court to investigate Ukraine war crimes

Hague Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan announces investigation into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine.

96-year old runaway Nazi war crimes suspect goes on trial

Irmgard Furchner, who is accused of being an accessory to murders at the Stutthof death camp, attempted to flee her trial in September.

Radio host slams NY Times columnist for Israeli war crimes claim

Mark Levin calls Nicholas Kristof's statements on Israel part of a trend of “sickening and dangerous" thinking.

ICC prosecutor threatens new 'war crimes' probe against Israel

International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda says she is looking into whether either side is committing war crimes.

Western donors blind to level of hate in UNRWA textbooks

UNWRA camps also training child soldiers as young as nine – "a war crime in itself."

ICC gives Israel one month to seek deferral of probe

International Criminal Court gives Israel one month to prove it is carrying out its own investigations of "war crimes".

Bennett: ICC won't prevent us from defending ourselves

Former defense minister interviewed on Russian television after ICC announces war crimes investigation against Israel.

ICC authorizes war crimes probe in PA territories

ICC judges rule that Judea, Samaria, Gaza and eastern Jerusalem are within the jurisdiction of the court.

Shock in Australia after soldiers murder Afghan civilians

Commission of inquiry finds elite soldiers committed war crimes against civilians outside of the context of battle.