#international-law

#international-law

Some of Mohammad al-Sbeih's fondest childhood memories are of his small farm in the hills south of Bethlehem, where three generations of his family grew wheat and barley. It was a hard plot to farm as it was on a hillside with terraces, but it was so beautiful, Sbeih remembers. Now, however, the houses and roads of an Israeli settlement, Neve Daniel, are built where the Sbeih family once grew food, and the expansive view towards the sea is the chief selling point of a rental property being advertised on Booking.com.

Saif Abu Keshek, a Spanish-Palestinian, and Brazilian Thiago Avila will be freed on Saturday, according to a statement from the rights group Adalah, which was representing the two men. The pair will be handed over to immigration authorities and held in custody pending their deportation. Hadeel Abu Salih, the lawyer who co-represented the pair in Israeli courts, told Al Jazeera that they are expected to be released to their home countries in the coming days. Adalah said it is closely monitoring the situation to ensure the release goes ahead.

Public responsibility also brings with it a moral obligation not to look the other way. It is an honour to bestow the Order of Civil Merit on a voice that upholds the conscience of the world.

About 100 pro-Palestinian protesters have gathered outside a New York synagogue for the second time in six months to demonstrate against an Israeli real estate event featuring properties for sale in the occupied West Bank.

Italy condemned the seizure of the Global Sumud Flotilla vessels and called on Israel to immediately release all unlawfully detained Italians, emphasizing the need for respect of international law.

The Palestinian Football Association has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against FIFA's decision not to sanction Israel over clubs based in occupied West Bank settlements, arguing that these clubs are illegal under international law and should not compete in leagues run by the Israel Football Association.

Historically, the conversation about a war's justness began by asking whether a responsible sovereign had declared it. Today, some just war scholars argue only the United Nations holds this authority, since the U.N. charter forbids the use of force against another nation except for self-defense.

The closure of the international humanitarian law cell follows a review by Olly Robbins, the permanent secretary at the Foreign Office dismissed last week by the prime minister over the Peter Mandelson scandal.

Elon Musk failed to appear today for a voluntary interview with Paris prosecutors investigating Grok's generation of sexualised images, including an estimated 23,000 images appearing to depict children over an 11-day period in late December and early January.

Finance Minister Smotrich stated, 'On this exciting day, we celebrate a historic correction to the criminal expulsion,' during the reopening ceremony of Sa-Nur, emphasizing the government's stance against the idea of a Palestinian state.

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Al-Haq, and Al Mezan Center for Human Rights are attempting to subpoena arms export documents to assess the legality of permits granted to Israel.

When civilian banks, logistics platforms, and payment processors share physical data center infrastructure with military AI systems, those facilities become legitimate military targets under international humanitarian law - and the civilian services housed inside lose their legal protection.