Jan 12 WATCH: Israel makes arguments defending itself from genocide accusation in United Nation’s top court By Associated Press Making Israel’s closing statement, attorney Gilad Noam said South Africa’s case against Israel made the nation look like a state “singularly consumed with destroying an entire population. That is patently false.”… Continue reading
Jan 12 Israel rejects genocide charges, claims ‘legitimate’ self defense at United Nations’ top court By Mike Corder, Raf Casert, Associated Press Israel is insisting at the United Nations’ highest court that its war in Gaza is a legitimate defense of its people, in response to accusations it is committing genocide against Palestinians. Continue reading
Jan 12 WATCH: South Africa tells top UN court Israel is committing genocide in Gaza in landmark case By Mike Corder, Raf Casert, Associated Press South African attorneys pleaded Thursday with the United Nations' top court to order a halt to Israeli military operations in Gaza. Continue reading
Jan 11 Watch 4:39 South Africa accuses Israel of genocide against Palestinians at top international court By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn The International Court of Justice in The Hague heard arguments from South Africa accusing Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. It's a rare case and could drag on for years. But as Nick Schifrin reports, South Africa is… Continue watching
Jan 11 Watch 12:43 Experts give 2 perspectives on accusations Israel is committing genocide in Gaza By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Sonia Kopelev Before an international court, South Africa is accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. So how strong is the case and what will be Israel's defense when it presents its side on Friday? Nick Schifrin has two views from… Continue watching
Jan 11 Nelson Mandela’s support for Palestinians endures with South Africa’s genocide case against Israel By Gerald Imray, Associated Press The two leaders believed that the struggle for freedom by Blacks in apartheid South Africa and Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank were the same. That solidarity has survived for more than 30 years. Continue reading
Jan 11 Iran’s navy seizes oil tanker in Gulf of Oman that was at the center of a major U.S.-Iran crisis By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The vessel was once known as the Suez Rajan and was involved in a yearlong dispute that ultimately saw the U.S. Justice Department seize 1 million barrels of Iranian crude oil on it. Continue reading
Jan 11 South Africa argues Israel is committing genocide in Gaza at UN top court as a landmark case begins By Mike Corder, Raf Casert, Associated Press At the start of two days of legal arguments, South Africa said the latest Gaza war is part of decades of oppression of the Palestinians by Israel. Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch 4:06 Blinken urges Palestinian Authority to show it’s ready to govern Gaza after war By William Brangham, Alexis Cox, Zeba Warsi The Biden administration has spent Wednesday pressing the Palestinian Authority to reform itself and show it's ready to govern Gaza after the Israel-Hamas war. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken carried that message to the authority's president, Mahmoud Abbas, in the… Continue watching
Jan 10 Watch 8:50 Houthis launch largest drone and missile attack targeting ships in Red Sea By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Teresa Cebrián Aranda, Madeline Powell The U.N. Security Council demanded that Houthi rebels in Yemen stop attacking international ships in the Red Sea. The U.S. military says there have been more than two dozen attacks in the last seven weeks. The most serious attack was… Continue watching