Gaza Crisis
UN mulls sending international war crimes probe to Gaza
The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council to meet Friday for deciding whether to send international war crimes investigators to probe the deadly shootings of Gaza protesters by Israeli forces.
Israel, Hamas at odds over truce
Israel offers Gaza truce extension
Gazans battle for survival
NHRC chief accuses big powers of encouraging Israel
UN pledges to rebuild Gaza for the 'last time'
End Israeli restrictions on Palestinian land, demand UK MPs
Excessive Israeli restrictions on Palestinian territories cannot be justified on the grounds they protect the Jewish state, a British parliamentary committee said yesterday. "We challenge the assertion that restrictions which curtail economic development in the OPTs [Occupied Palestinian Territories] are based on Israel's security needs and can be justified on security grounds," the report by the International Development Committee said. The group, which monitors the British government's ministry of international development, called for London and Europe to speak out against restrictions that prevent economic development "as a matter of urgency".
British paper runs ad on dead Gaza child
Save the Children yesterday placed full-page adverts in British newspapers listing the names of 373 Palestinian children killed in Israel's offensive on Gaza, as part of the charity's campaign for a permanent ceasefire. The black-and-white advert in broadsheet newspapers carries the names of the children that the Palestinian Ministry of Health and United Nations (OCHA) have reported to have died between July 8 and August 3. Readers are invited to send text messages as part of the campaign to force a permanent ceasefire "for the children of Gaza and Israel".
Palestine seeks ICC war crimes case against Israel
Israel-Palestinian talks begin in Cairo
Gaza truce holds, finally
