The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/geneva-convention/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:54:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Geneva Convention | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/geneva-convention/ 32 32 Smotrich says ICC prosecutor has requested warrant for his arrest; orders demolition of West Bank hamlet https://www.timesofisrael.com/smotrich-says-icc-has-issued-warrant-for-his-arrest-promptly-orders-demolition-of-west-bank-hamlet/ Tue, 19 May 2026 13:26:40 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3826593 Warrant may be sought for far-right leader's role in expanding settlements, which ICC could seek to prosecute as war crime. He calls the move a 'declaration of war,' instructs that Palestinian village east of Jerusalem be knocked down

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]]> Israel is planning to conquer Gaza City – what legal obligations will that incur? https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-is-planning-to-conquer-gaza-city-what-legal-obligations-will-that-incur/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:05:55 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3625274 Displacing the estimated one million residents of Gaza City will heighten Israel's responsibility to ensure a humanitarian catastrophe is avoided, say legal experts

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]]> Israel hails cancellation of ‘biased’ Geneva Conventions meeting on Palestinians https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-hails-cancellation-of-biased-geneva-conventions-meeting-on-palestinians/ Thu, 06 Mar 2025 21:43:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3497669 Swiss government invited signatories to talk on applying convention to West Bank and Gaza, but too few participants signed up; Foreign Ministry says it worked 'intensively' for this

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]]> All’s fair in Lebanon war? When it comes to removing Hezbollah, Israeli experts say yes https://www.timesofisrael.com/alls-fair-in-lebanon-war-when-it-comes-to-removing-hezbollah-israeli-experts-say-yes/ Wed, 09 Oct 2024 07:22:21 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3387322 Allegations of 'forcible displacement' of Lebanese civilians and disproportionate strikes on Hezbollah leaders do not match up with reality on the ground, according to academics

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]]> Red Cross ‘cannot force its way in’ to see hostages, but critics say it could do more https://www.timesofisrael.com/red-cross-cannot-force-its-way-in-to-see-hostages-but-critics-say-it-could-do-more/ Mon, 20 Nov 2023 21:33:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3158178 ICRC says it can't visit Gaza hostages unless Hamas allows it to do so, but government and families say it could exert more diplomatic pressure, including with Egypt and Qatar

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]]> Is the IDF’s ongoing Gaza operation complying with the laws of war? https://www.timesofisrael.com/is-the-idfs-ongoing-gaza-operation-complying-with-the-laws-of-war/ Tue, 24 Oct 2023 21:40:23 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3129162 Civilian casualties in Gaza, as Israel sets about destroying the ruling terror group, are inevitable but not illegal, experts explain, if the army acts with necessary caution

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]]> US study flags possible war crime as Russia holds thousands of Ukrainian children https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-study-flags-possible-war-crime-as-russia-holds-thousands-of-ukrainian-children/ Tue, 14 Feb 2023 19:20:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2951732 In possible violation of Geneva Convention, at least 6,000 children as young as 4 months said taken to 43 camps across Russia to receive 'patriotic and military-related education'

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]]> Human Rights Watch urges Ukraine to stop parading around Russian prisoners https://www.timesofisrael.com/human-rights-watch-urges-ukraine-to-stop-parading-around-russian-prisoners/ Thu, 17 Mar 2022 13:06:02 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2726619 Watchdog says such treatment of POWs violates Geneva Conventions on humanitarian law during conflict

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]]> UK minister urges Israel not to demolish West Bank Bedouin village https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-minister-urges-israel-not-to-demolish-west-bank-bedouin-village/ Wed, 30 May 2018 16:50:39 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1861370 Alistair Burt visits Khan al-Ahmar, says moving residents could be 'forcible transfer of people'; Israeli court ruled construction was illegal

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]]> Police accused of assaulting staff, patients at East Jerusalem hospital https://www.timesofisrael.com/police-accused-of-assaulting-staff-patients-at-east-jerusalem-hospital/ Wed, 16 Aug 2017 16:25:02 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com?p=1677381&preview_id=1677381 Left-wing group says border guards used violence while searching for rioters, may have caused the death of a patient

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]]> In NYT piece, jailed Fatah terrorist accuses Israel of ‘judicial apartheid’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-nyt-piece-jailed-fatah-terrorist-accuses-israel-of-inhumane-treatment-of-prisoners/ Mon, 17 Apr 2017 05:17:46 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com?p=1601422&preview_id=1601422 Explaining mass hunger strike he is leading, Marwan Barghouti claims courts are 'a charade of justice' and 'instruments of occupation'

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]]> The true significance of Israel’s settlement legalization law https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-true-significance-of-israels-settlement-legalization-law/ Tue, 07 Feb 2017 18:50:06 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1557255 The flurry of hand-wringing over the Regulation Law has largely missed what may be its most dramatic consequence -- that it makes it harder for Israel to stick to its longstanding policy of permanent indecision in the West Bank

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]]> Washington tried to defer Regulation Bill vote — report https://www.timesofisrael.com/washington-tried-to-defer-regulation-bill-vote-report/ Mon, 06 Feb 2017 21:06:18 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1556519 Right-wing politicians 'pushing Trump into conflict with Israel,' sources say, according to TV report; vote going ahead anyway

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]]> McCain to Trump: We are not bringing back waterboarding https://www.timesofisrael.com/mccain-to-trump-waterboarding-wont-be-reinstated/ Sat, 19 Nov 2016 21:41:30 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1502871 Leading Republican warns any effort by president-elect to restore extreme interrogations will be challenged in court

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]]> West Bank settlements are legal, Foreign Ministry asserts https://www.timesofisrael.com/west-bank-settlements-are-legal-foreign-ministry-asserts/ Thu, 03 Dec 2015 20:19:27 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1296277 Official document distributed to Israeli diplomats says Jewish communities beyond Green Line are 'not colonization'

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