Palestinians identify the body of a child killed in Israeli attacks, at Al Shifa Hospital, Gaza City, July 30, 2014 (Photo: Activestills)

B’Tselem: Not holding out hope that investigations into Gaza hostilities will lead to results

In response to the Israeli army announcement detailing some of the investigations opened into “exceptional” cases during operation Protective Edge, Israeli human rights group B’Tselem stated that based on past experience, it isn’t holding out hope that this process will lead to results other than a whitewash. B’Tselem announced that it will not assist the…

Palestinian men move the body of journalist, Rami Rayan, the victim of an Israeli air strike on a market place to an ambulance in the Shejaiya neighbourhood near Gaza City on July 30, 2014 (Photo: Ashraf Amra)

Families of 16 journalists killed in Gaza demand justice

Dozens of relatives of Palestinian journalists killed during the Israeli offensive on Gaza took part in a sit-in protest in front of the UN offices in Gaza City on Thursday demanding an international committee to investigate their relatives’ deaths. The Israeli offensive left more than 2,100 Palestinians dead in the tiny coastal enclave, including 16…

Child of holocaust survivors at Demonstration in support of Gaza in Toronto, rally from Queens Park to the US consulate on July 24, 2014 (Photo: Linda Dawn Hammond / IndyFoto)

Holocaust survivors condemn Israel for Gaza massacre

Hundreds of Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors have signed a letter, published as an advertisement in the New York Times, condemning the massacre of Palestinians in Gaza and calling for a boycott of Israel. According to the letter, the condemnation was prompted by an advertisement written by Elie Wiesel and published in major news…