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2024-07-26 19:41
By Professor Hossein Askari
Could the Gaza war morph into a Muslim-Jewish war and entrap the United States?
PORTLAND - Most people have witnessed the unfolding Israeli horrors in Gaza. No sane human being could classify Israel’s war as self-defense. It is brutal carnage in real time. Israel has killed well over 40,000 Palestinians, including 30,000 women and children in Gaza, with many more likely buried under the rubble and thousands injured; it has denied food and basic medicine to suffering Palestinians who have had limbs amputated without anesthetic and who face imminent danger of starvation, cholera and polio; and it has displaced the entire population of Gaza several times over.
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2024-07-21 20:03
By Professor Hossein Askari
Is America for or against the international rule of law?
As it undermines the UN to the point of no return
Let’s begin with the latest ruling from the United Nation’s highest court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ): Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal. The ICJ rendered its all-encompassing judgment on Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and its settlements, calling for an end to Israel’s presence there. Under United Nations charter, the opinion, while not binding, carries legal weight.
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2024-05-24 22:05
By Matin Jamshidi
UK-US stance against ICC is scandalous
TEHRAN - Like Israel, Britain and the United States feel irritated as International Criminal Court Prosecutor General Ahmad Khan is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his war minister Yoav Gallant for “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity” against the Palestinian people in the blockaded Gaza Strip.
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2024-05-21 21:43
France, Belgium and Slovenia say they support ICC move
France, Belgium and Slovenia released statements supporting the world’s top criminal court and its chief prosecutor’s request for arrest warrants for leaders of Israel and Hamas.
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2024-05-12 20:08
By Matin Jamshidi
Congressional threats against ICC are horrible
Moves to protect Netanyahu, criminal-in-chief, from ICC justice send shockwaves across the world
TEHRAN - House Republicans are preparing legislation to sanction International Criminal Court officials as a "precaution" against potential arrest warrants against Israeli officials for the war in the Gaza Strip, according to Axios.
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2024-05-04 01:38
ICC demands Israel, US end threats against the court over Gaza war probe
The prosecutor’s office at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has demanded an end to the intimidation of its staff, saying such threats could constitute an offence against the “administration of justice” by the world’s permanent war crimes court.
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2024-01-08 20:58
UN rapporteurs criticize ICC for being slow in indicting those guilty of war crimes in Gaza
The UN special rapporteur on Palestine, Francesca Albanese, and UN special rapporteur on the right to adequate housing Balakrishnan Rajagopal criticized the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Sunday for being slow in prosecuting those responsible for war crimes committed by Israel in Gaza.