The UN’s top human rights official has condemned Israel’s plans to take over parts of the occupied West Bank, warning that the move would undermine peace efforts, and saying: “Annexation is illegal. Period.” Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and former president of Chile, described Israel’s annexation […]
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As activists across the United States have united behind the slogan “defund the police,” with some using that to mean shifting a share of funding to social services while others call for the elimination of policing altogether, a new study points to the danger of an abrupt or haphazard withdrawal […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov blasted attempts by the United States to selectively interpret the contents of the nuclear deal on Iran in its favor, saying they could lead to serious consequences. Ryabkov said that he considered “outrageous” US attempts to selectively interpret in its favor […]
Russia Today: Arguing that Palestine doesn’t “qualify as a sovereign state” and that the International Criminal Court lacks jurisdiction over Israel, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has threatened “consequences” for any “illegitimate” probes. Following his trip to Israel this week, Pompeo issued a brief statement, denouncing the ongoing efforts by […]
Arguing that Palestine doesn’t “qualify as a sovereign state” and that the International Criminal Court lacks jurisdiction over Israel, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has threatened “consequences” for any “illegitimate” probes. Following his trip to Israel this week, Pompeo issued a brief statement, denouncing the ongoing efforts by the […]