Tag: Israel / Palestine Conflict

Israel never punishes evil acts by their soldiers because the soldiers are told to commit them by the Leadership – Peter Israel’s military says it is dropping charges against five soldiers accused of beating and sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee in an alleged assault partially caught on camera.  The decision, which came as much of… Continue reading Sexual assault charges against Israeli soldiers dropped

Nuclear Weapons and the End of the World   by Jonathan Kuttab As the disastrous war launched by Israel and the United States continues and its impact expands, serious analysts are worried that, unless it ends soon, it may well lead to a protracted multi-nation conflagration and even the temptation to use nuclear weapons in… Continue reading Nuclear Weapons and the End of the World

Israel’s military has dropped the prosecution of five reservists accused of the violent rape of a Palestinian man in a notorious defence detention centre, under the cover of the country’s war with Iran. Warning: This story contains distressing details of sexual abuse. The shocking incident in July 2024 was caught on CCTV and later broadcast… Continue reading Israel’s military drops prosecution of reservists who allegedly raped Palestinian detainee

Gaza & Iran   by Jonathan Kuttab It should come as no surprise that we at FOSNA are opposed to the current war that was unleashed on Iran by Israel and the US, and which now seems to be engulfing much of the Middle East. Any war, even one appearing to be justified, is bad.… Continue reading Gaza & Iran

Attack on Nablus-area mosque is latest in surge of Israeli settler and military violence targeting Palestinians. Israeli settlers have defaced and set fire to a mosque in the occupied West Bank during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, marking the latest incident in a wave of Israeli violence against Palestinians in the territory. The Wafa news… Continue reading Israeli settlers deface, set fire to West Bank mosque during Ramadan

Academic studies suggest that the number of dead has been underestimated Israeli forces have killed tens of thousands of Palestinians since the genocide in Gaza began on 7 October 2023. While the Palestinian Ministry of Health of health says it documanted just over 72,000 deaths, a study published by The Lancet Global Health in February found that the true toll… Continue reading Genocide in Gaza: How many Palestinians did Israel kill?

Minab is not a remote military enclave. It is a populated coastal city in Iran’s southern Hormozgan province, east of Bandar Abbas and situated along routes that connect inland communities to the Strait of Hormuz. It is a place where fishermen return at dawn, where markets open early, and where children walk to school carrying… Continue reading From Gaza to Minab: The Israeli War on Children Expands

Over the last week. the war has been spreading and escalating. Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon and Beirut, which forced more than 300,000 people to flee and killed more than 200 people. In Iran, US-Israeli strikes targeted five key fuel depots in the Iranian capital Tehran in an act of ecocide and environmental devastation. More than 9 million people were exposed to toxic chemicals and chemical rain as a result of the massive fires. More… Continue reading Wave of Prayer

A chink of good news – Peter Israel’s High Court has temporarily halted a ban on international aid groups from working in the occupied Palestinian territories unless they meet strict new rules. The injunction came ahead of an Israeli deadline for 37 well-known organisations to stop work, something the groups warn will remove a lifeline… Continue reading Aid groups in Gaza and West Bank thrown lifeline as Israel court pauses ban threat