by Ira Chernus September 18, 2009 It was a telling coincidence that two reports were issued on the very same day. The Geneva Initiative, a group of Israeli and Palestinian diplomats and technical experts, released its updated 400-page plan, spelling out the practical details of a reasonable two-state settlement. But Israeli newspapers barely noticed. They were too [...]

por Jerrold Kessel y Pierre Klochendler JERUSALÉN, 16 sep (IPS) – La comisión Goldstone presentó un informe acusando a Israel de cometer delitos equivalentes a “crímenes de guerra” en su ofensiva contra Hamás en la palestina franja de Gaza entre diciembre y enero pasados. Todavía está por verse qué acciones legales podría desencadenar. El informe de 574 [...]

by Neil MacFarquhar September 15, 2009 UNITED NATIONS — A United Nations fact-finding mission investigating the three-week war in Gaza last winter issued a highly critical report on Tuesday detailing what it called extensive evidence that both Israel and Palestinian militant groups took actions amounting to war crimes, and possibly crimes against humanity. While the long-anticipated, 575-page report [...]