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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 474

Alan Baker

A convoy of the Lebanese delegation arrives to the headquarters of the UN peacekeeping force in the southern Lebanese border town of Naqoura, Lebanon, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. Lebanon and Israel are to begin indirect talks Wednesday over their disputed maritime border, with American officials mediating the talks that both sides insist are purely technical and not a sign of any normalization of ties. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
October 14, 2020, 6:08 am
Israeli and Lebanese officials hold first border negotiations in 30 years
In meeting hosted by UN and mediated by US, delegates from two sides were said to sit in the same tent but not talk directly to each other; both say no normalization in sight
By Raphael Ahren
Vehicles belonging to UN peacekeepers drive along a road along the Israel-Lebanon border near the southern Lebanese town of Kfar Kila on September 1, 2019. (Ali Dia/AFP)
October 13, 2020, 4:16 pm
Israel lowers expectations ahead of ‘historic’ maritime talks with Lebanon
Wednesday’s negotiations aimed only at solving minor border dispute to allow offshore drilling in disputed areas, Jerusalem stresses; senior official expects results within months
By Raphael Ahren
The Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC), composed of Judge Péter Kovács, Presiding Judge, Judge Marc Perrin de Brichambaut and Judge Reine Alapini-Gansou (courtesy ICC)
July 9, 2020, 12:08 pm
These three judges could send Israel to the dock in The Hague
Jurists from France, Hungary and Benin will soon rule if the International Criminal Court has jurisdiction to investigate war crimes allegedly committed in Palestine
By Raphael Ahren
International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda addresses the 18th session of the ICC Assembly of States Parties in The Hague, December 2, 2019. (Courtesy International Criminal Court)
December 26, 2019, 10:07 am
From The Gambia to The Hague: Meet Israel’s new public enemy number one
ICC prosecutor Bensouda’s bid to probe Israel for war crimes is being met with intense hostility, including by reporters highlighting her past work for a brutal African dictator
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu observes the Jordan Valley with IDF officers during a tour in 2011. (Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)
September 11, 2019, 6:41 am
How would Netanyahu go about annexing the settlements? An explainer
Technical and legal questions remain, but the PM on Tuesday shed more light on his plans to apply sovereignty to Jewish communities in the West Bank, starting in the Jordan Valley
By Raphael Ahren
Exterior view of the headquarters of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, January 12, 2016 (AP Photo/Mike Corder)
August 14, 2018, 7:34 pm
Israel said to formally protest ICC’s unusual appeal to ‘Palestinian victims’
Judges’ decision to launch public campaign before prosecutor decides if ‘war crimes’ probe applicable undermines court’s ability to treat Israel fairly, officials say
By Michael Bachner and Raphael Ahren
Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda sits in the International Criminal Court in The Hague, September 27, 2016. (AFP/ANP/Bas Czerwinski)
July 16, 2018, 1:55 pm
In rare step, International Criminal Court reaches out to ‘Palestinian victims’
Israel declines to comment, but former top Foreign Ministry official says The Hague-based court is either being politically manipulated ‘or manipulating itself’
By Raphael Ahren
New Zealand's Murray McCully chairing a UN Security Council meeting on September 14, 2015. (UN/JC McIlwaine)
December 22, 2016, 5:57 am
Will Palestinians get a Security Council motion passed – and will it matter?
In the waning days of the Obama administration, three countries are eager to propose anti-settlement resolutions at the UN. Our diplomatic correspondent looks at the timing, the math, and the potential significance
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his government at the weekly cabinet meeting, held in the Golan Heights, on April 17, 2016. (Effi Sharir/Pool)
April 29, 2016, 3:33 am
Israel treads carefully with claim to Golan
Although PM says Heights will remain under state’s sovereignty forever, expert stresses situation on the ground has not changed and land was never annexed
By Josef Federman
Mahmoud Abbas, right, meeting with French politician Bruno Lemaire in Ramallah on September 5, 2015. (AFP/ABBAS MOMANI)
September 7, 2015, 3:48 pm
Israel unfazed by PA threat to end Oslo accords, declare Palestine occupied state
Palestinian Authority always warning it will ‘jump off a cliff,’ says official, accusing Abbas of engaging in ‘brinkmanship’ while refusing to negotiate
By Raphael Ahren
The Human Rights Council in Geneva (UN/Jean-Marc Ferré)
June 23, 2015, 12:03 pm
UN’s Gaza report will make the rounds, but won’t put Israelis in the dock
Palestinians will exploit document to the fullest, but since it lacks specific evidence, it won’t provide ammunition against IDF at International Criminal Court
By Raphael Ahren
The Babi Yar memorial in Kiev, Ukraine, is defaced with swastikas, in September 2014. (Screenshot/YouTube)
May 12, 2015, 2:45 am
Think tank fumes at foreign diplomats for skipping anti-Semitism event
160 no-shows as JCPA launches convention declaring anti-Semitism an international crime; not even Israel has indicated it will sign
By Raphael Ahren
A still shot from footage taken by Israeli NGO Regavim showing a school in Area C bearing an EU flag. (Photo credit: Regavim)
February 6, 2015, 9:18 pm
PM orders demolition of EU-funded Palestinian ‘settlements’ in West Bank
European Union official defends unlicensed construction in Area C, says Palestinians have a right to build there
By JTA and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a Japan-Israel business forum in Jerusalem on January 18, 2015. (Photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 20, 2015, 2:34 pm
Election fever may be driving Israel’s premature ICC fury
Jerusalem’s anger at court’s preliminary probe, which still needs to clear a number of hurdles, likely has more to do with political posturing than genuine fear of criminal prosecution
By Raphael Ahren
Judge Richard Goldstone (second from right) and Christine Chinkin (right) at public hearings in 2009 about alleged Israeli violations committed during Operation Cast Lead. (UN/Flash 90)
July 26, 2014, 5:51 pm
Will Goldstone 2 be as bad as the first one?
Some experts expect war crime accusations and law suits to emerge from new UN inquiry into Gaza conflict
By Raphael Ahren
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