The International Criminal Court chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, announced last week that she planned to open a full-fledged investigation of Israeli leaders (and Palestinian militias) for war crimes during the 2014 Operation Protective Edge. Several months ago, the ICC issued a preliminary request for Israel and Palestinian NGOs to amass evidence that could be used […]
ICC Reaches Out to Palestinian Victims as War Crimes Case Enters Pre-Trial Phase
An edited version of this article was published recently in Middle East Eye. This is the complete version. On July 13th, the International Criminal Court announced it would commence the pre-trial phase in a war crimes case brought by the Palestinian Authority against Israel. An Israeli news report called the move “unprecedented.” A three-judge panel […]
BREAKING: New Commander of Elite IDF Commando Unit Named, His Identity Under Censorship
חשיפה: המפקד החדש של סיירת מטכ”ל מונה. הוא אל”מ יונתן רום. הצנזורה הצבאית אוסרת את פרסום שמו Maariv announced the appointment of a new commander of the IDF’s elite commando unit, Sayeret Matkal. He is Col. Yonatan Rom, age 41 . He was raised on a cooperative moshav near the western Galilee town of Nahariya. Prior to his […]
Eichmann Exhibit at Jewish Museum Promotes Mossad Brand
New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage has engaged in an act of supreme cultural and political hubris: it is hosting a show consisting entirely of Israeli Mossad artifacts designed to boost the image of that agency and, by extension, Brand Israel. To do this, the Mossad had to go way back in its archive, before […]
