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Days of Palestine
13-06-2025
- Politics
- Days of Palestine
Hind Rajab Organization: Arrest Warrants Filed Against 1,000 Israeli Soldiers with Dual Citizenship in 8 Countries
DaysofPal- The judicial authorities in Peru have officially referred a case involving alleged genocide committed by an Israeli soldier in the Gaza Strip to the Human Rights Prosecutor. This step comes in response to a complaint filed by the Hind Rajab Human Rights Organization, accusing the soldier, who holds dual nationality, of participating in the destruction of civilian neighborhoods and infrastructure during the Israeli assault on Gaza between 2023 and 2024. According to media reports, the organization submitted documented audiovisual and intelligence-based evidence implicating the soldier, who served in the Israeli occupation forces' combat engineering corps, in 'direct participation in implementing a scorched-earth policy and wiping out entire neighborhoods.' The unit is described as one of the key forces responsible for turning civilian areas in Gaza into 'uninhabitable zones.' This Peruvian initiative marks a significant development in the realm of universal jurisdiction and highlights the growing willingness of the international community to hold perpetrators of crimes against Palestinian civilians accountable. The organization is represented in the case by prominent Peruvian lawyer Julio César Arbizu Gonzales, who confirmed that the Peruvian Public Prosecutor has begun actively investigating the evidence rather than merely assessing its admissibility. This move comes in line with Peru's international obligations, especially under the Rome Statute and international humanitarian law. The organization emphasized that the case is not symbolic or procedural but represents 'a genuine beginning of legal accountability.' The organization's head, Diab Abu Jahjah, stated that the opening of the investigation marks a pivotal moment in breaking the cycle of impunity. He stressed that justice is not an option but a duty—and a clear message that 'those who commit international crimes will not enjoy protection, even outside conflict zones.' The organization also revealed that it has submitted arrest warrant requests for 1,000 Israeli soldiers with dual nationality across eight countries. The names have not been disclosed in order to avoid alerting the suspects to possible legal proceedings. The organization urged all countries that are signatories to the Geneva Conventions and the Rome Statute to take similar measures should any suspects involved in Gaza war crimes enter their territories. It is worth noting that the 'Hind Rajab' Human Rights Organization was founded in 2024, named after six-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab, who was killed in January 2024 after being trapped for hours inside a vehicle in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City. Israeli forces reportedly targeted her location and blocked rescue teams from reaching her, despite her repeated pleas for help over the phone. Shortlink for this post:
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Campaigners use Kendal as backdrop for pro-Palestine march
Peace campaigners walked silently through the centre of Kendal last weekend to maintain their support for the people of Palestine. Following their weekly vigil outside Kendal town hall, the South Lakeland and Lancaster District Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) walked up Stricklandgate to protest against Israel's attacks on Gaza. They were led by Maria Gardner, who has now been sitting outside the town hall every Saturday for over 19 months as part of the campaign. READ MORE: Kendal campaigners continue their support for Palestine | The Westmorland Gazette Spokesperson, Philip Gilligan said: 'More than 18,000 children have now been killed in Israel's relentless and brutal attacks in Gaza. "It is time for our local and national politicians to act - Gaza's children need more than empty platitudes, they need decisive and meaningful action. "The UK Government needs to stop the supply of arms and components for arms used by Israel and needs to help bring Israel's current government to account for its many war crimes.' The group is calling on local MPs to urge the UK Government to recognise the Palestinian state. READ MORE: Cumbrians join 4000-mile trek for people of Palestine | The Westmorland Gazette They have argued that the people of Westmorland have 'long been horrified' by what they have witnessed on television during the conflict. Their banners highlighted the case of Hind Rajab, after the six-year-old was found dead last year alongside relatives and two paramedics from the ambulance sent to treat her. Mr Gilligan added: "Hind's case illustrates all too well the callousness with which the lives of innocent children have been taken by Israel. "We know from the news reports, at the time, that the ambulance sent to treat Hind's injuries was targeted and bombed, despite the Red Crescent having informed the Israeli forces of its mission. "Israel has killed yet more children in Gaza during the past few days, while others are dying daily from starvation and preventable disease as a direct result of Israel's cynical blockade of humanitarian aid."
Saba Yemen
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Peru opens investigation against Israeli soldier on charges of war crimes in Gaza
Gaza - Saba: The Hind Rajab Human Rights Foundation stated that the Republic of Peru has opened a formal criminal investigation against an Israeli soldier on charges of committing war crimes in the Gaza Strip. The human rights organization submitted a legal complaint, accompanied by documented audio and video evidence, accusing the soldier, who served in the Israeli army's combat engineering corps, of direct participation in the destruction of civilian neighborhoods in Gaza between 2023 and 2024 during the Israeli genocide in Gaza. The organization said in a statement: "Rather than serving as a support unit, the engineering corps served as the primary operational arm of the destruction, systematically reducing civilian areas to rubble, razing entire communities, and rendering vast swaths of Gaza uninhabitable." The organization considered Peru's initiation of a formal investigation into the evidence it presented a significant development for international justice and an affirmation of the importance of exercising universal jurisdiction, rather than merely recognizing it, when those responsible for international crimes are found within the territory of a state. In her statement, Hind Rajab called on all states, especially those party to the Geneva Conventions and the Rome Statute, to follow Peru's example by initiating legal proceedings against individuals implicated in the genocide in Gaza, who may fall within their international jurisdiction. Commenting on Peru's move, the organization's president, Diab Abu Jahjah, said it was not a symbolic step, but rather the beginning of real legal accountability, adding that "justice is not an option, but a duty." This legal complaint is one of dozens of files the human rights organization has prepared to pursue soldiers in the Israeli army's combat engineering corps, focusing on their role in carrying out Israel's genocidal campaign against Palestinians in Gaza. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
The Guardian
22-05-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
What did you do during the genocide in Gaza?
Now, when Israel is executing a 'final solution' in Gaza, when it is far too late for dissent to make any difference, the tide is slowly starting to turn. Now that Gaza is flattened, turned into mass graves and rubble, people who have kept quiet for the past 19 months are slowly starting to speak up. Now that Israel and the US are not even trying to pretend that they aren't intent on emptying Gaza and the West Bank of Palestinians, of 'taking control' of all of the land, some criticism has started to trickle in. Over in the UK, they've pulled out the 'e' word. After 19 months of genocidal violence and almost three months of a starvation campaign the UK has decided to describe the situation as egregious. The UK, along with France and Canada have threatened – and I'm sure Israel's leaders are quaking in their boots over this – that there might be a 'concrete' response if the mass killing and starvation continues. Meanwhile, there's been a slight shift in the media coverage. Instead of just parroting the Israeli government's talking points, major media figures such as Piers Morgan are starting to challenge Israeli spokespeople about why the international media has not been freely allowed into Gaza to see what is happening for themselves. All of this is too little, too late. It will not bring back little Hind Rajab, a five-year-old girl who was killed when 335 bullets were fired by Israeli soldiers into the car the terrified child was trapped in. Or the aid workers executed by Israel and buried in shallow graves. It will not rebuild the hospitals, kindergartens, IVF centers and universities that have been systematically levelled by Israel. It will not give kids in Gaza – the largest cohort of child amputees in the world – their limbs back. It will not fix the long-term damage that malnutrition and almost two years of no schooling has done to a generation. The criticism we are seeing now is simply an exercise in ass-covering. Performative opposition, so that in the future, when the true scale of the slaughter in Gaza is clear, the politicians and media figures responsible for enabling and justifying this horror for 19 months can say: 'Look! I said something! I didn't just stand by!' And what will you say? When future generations read about Gaza with horror and wonder how the western world, with all its moral superiority, its rule-based order and its focus on international human rights law, allowed a livestreamed genocide to happen, what will you say? When future generations learn that, for 19 months, we woke up every morning to videos of children being burned alive – bombed with weapons that the US taxpayer helped pay for and the western world helped justify – will you be able to say that you spoke up? A lot of ordinary people will be able to hold their head up high and say they were not silent; that they use whatever platforms or privilege they had. Logan Rozos, an NYU student who had his diploma withheld because he used his commencement speech to recognize 'the atrocities currently happening in Palestine', will be able to say he wasn't quiet. The students expelled from Columbia University for protesting will be able to say they put their futures on the line in the name of justice. Actors like Melissa Barrera, who was fired from Scream 7 over her pro-Palestine posts, will be able to say that she prioritized integrity over her career. The people with real power, however, will not be able to say the same; they will not be able to wash the blood from their hands. It seems likely that all this horror will eventually be pinned on Benjamin Netanyahu while others try to absolve themselves of blame. But this isn't just Netanyahu's genocide. This is the Biden-Harris genocide; the Trump-Vance genocide; the Keir Starmer and David Lammy genocide. It is Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's genocide. This is the mainstream media's genocide. The list goes on. We would not be where we are today were it not for the systematic dehumanization of Palestinians by the western media and the suppression of pro-Palestinian speech. We would not be here if western reporters and Joe Biden hadn't manufactured consent for the genocide by repeating the incendiary lie that Hamas had beheaded babies. We would not be here if the Biden administration had actually worked towards a ceasefire instead of lying about their efforts and giving Israel carte blanche to do whatever it liked. Eventually history will judge all these people. But perhaps that is wishful thinking. Perhaps I am being naive in thinking that, even if all the Palestinians are sent off to exile in Libya and Gaza is turned into a Trump-branded resort, there will ever be a reckoning. After all, how many Americans or Europeans really know about the Nakba? How many people know about Israel's 'Cast Thy Bread' operation in 1948 where the drinking water in Palestinian villages was poisoned? How many Americans know about Rachel Corrie, the young non-violent activist from Washington who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer while she tried to save Palestinian homes in Gaza from destruction in 2003? Ever since the Nakba, Palestinian voices have been actively suppressed and Israeli atrocities have been minimized. (One Palestinian writer I know had a piece about mapping in Palestine pulled from a very prestigious US magazine several years ago after they refused to remove discussion of the Nakba.) You will have heard of every atrocity committed by a Palestinian however. You will have been told over and over again that all this started on 7 October 2023. It is too late for real justice in Gaza now. We can never bring back the dead children. We can't erase what has happened. But it is not too late for accountability. The atrocities must be documented. The dead in Gaza must be properly counted so we know how many people have been murdered. The media must stop parroting the official death figure of more than 55,000 people being dead without putting this into context and noting that when you account for indirect deaths from starvation, disease, or cold, the real number of deaths is likely enormously higher. If you have stayed quiet until now, telling yourself that all this is just far too complicated for you to speak up about, it is not too late to raise your voice. What is happening in Gaza is different from the horrors happening in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo because, if you are in the west, it is happening in your name. It is happening with your tax money and with the help of your leaders. If you are in the US, your elected representatives have delivered a standing ovation for this genocide. We are all complicit. Although some of us are far more complicit than others. So, again, think about what you want to say to future generations when they ask what you did at this very moment. Silence is not neutrality. And your silence will not be forgotten. As Martin Luther King Jr said: 'In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.' Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian US columnist
Arab News
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Arab News
Kaouther Ben Hania and Oscar-winning producers on board to direct film on killing of Palestinian girl
LONDON: Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania will direct a new feature dramatizing the death of Hind Rajab, the five-year-old Palestinian girl killed in Gaza earlier this year, a Variety report said on Wednesday. For the latest updates, follow us on Instagram @ The project, which is currently untitled, is set to be shot in Tunisia and produced by Nadim Cheikhrouha ('Four Daughters'), alongside Oscar-winning producers Odessa Rae ('Navalny') and James Wilson ('The Zone of Interest'), with backing from Film4. Hind Rajab's death became a global symbol of the humanitarian toll of Israel's military campaign in Gaza following the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks. She was one of thousands of children killed in the conflict, but her story sparked particular international outrage. In one notable protest, student demonstrators at Columbia University renamed occupied buildings in her honor. Rajab was fleeing Gaza City with members of her family on Jan. 29, 2024, when their car came under Israeli fire, killing her uncle, aunt and three cousins. Hind was left trapped in the vehicle for hours, speaking with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society by phone as paramedics attempted to reach her. On Feb. 10, after Israeli forces withdrew from the area, rescuers found the bodies of Hind, the paramedics and the family still inside the vehicle. Israel initially denied responsibility, but investigations by The Washington Post, Sky News and the research agency, Forensic Architecture, later concluded that Israeli tanks were in the vicinity and had likely fired at the car. The same investigations indicated an Israeli tank had also targeted the ambulance sent to rescue her. Ben Hania, one of the Arab world's most acclaimed filmmakers, has received multiple Academy Award nominations. Her 2017 feature, 'Beauty and the Dogs,' was Tunisia's Oscar submission, while 'The Man Who Sold His Skin' (2020) was nominated for best international feature. Her latest film, 'Four Daughters,' was nominated for best documentary feature at the 2024 Oscars.
