International Law

West Bank, Gaza antiquities bill raises international law concerns, legal adviser warns Knesset

The comments came as lawmakers prepared to advance the legislation on West Bank and Gaza antiquities toward final votes in the committee.

View of the ancient archeological site of Sebastia, near the West Bank city of Nablus, May 12, 2025.
JUDGES ARRIVE for a session of the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

ICC denies ‘inaccurate’ report it is seeking new warrants against Israeli officials

ABANDONED MILITARY jets are seen at the Aleppo airport on December 14, 2024 in Aleppo, Syria. Aleppo was the first major city to fall in last week's lightning offensive by rebel forces as they toppled Syria's Assad regime.

Syrian pilot confessions reveal centralized bombing orders during war

he Helvetia statue in front of a Swiss flag on the Swiss Parliament building (Bundeshaus)

Swiss National Council votes against recognizing Palestinian state


Eliya Cohen calls for hostages to 'press button' on Hamas terrorists as death penalty bill advances

"Raping, murdering, smashing heads, desecrating bodies, burning babies, kidnapping civilians, and torturing them 24/7, is that not a violation of the international convention?" said Cohen.

Eliya Cohen, a hostage held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, is escorted by Hamas militants as he is released as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, February 22, 2025.

Drone strike on displaced civilians in North Kordofan city kills 24, Sudanese authorities blame RSF

In a statement, the North Kordofan government “strongly condemns, in the harshest terms, the horrific terrorist crime committed by the RSF militia.”

People sit on a pickup truck as they prepare to travel about 250 km south to Adre, on the Chad-Sudan border, at a transport station in Tine, eastern Chad, November 25, 2025. The movement comes amid the ongoing conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army.

Watch: Hamas seen exploiting emergency vehicles to transport weapons within Gaza Strip

The IDF released footage showing armed operatives transporting the weapons via ambulance, which was recorded during routine drone sweeps along the Strip's Yellow Line. 

Hamas terrorist in vehicle as they go with Red Cross vehicle to area within the Yellow Line, Gaza City, November 20, 2025.

'Must be held accountable': Trump admin. sued over deaths in boat strike off Venezuela's coast

The Center for Constitutional Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union filed the novel lawsuit under the Death on the High Seas Act and the Alien Tort Statute.

Family members of Chad Joseph who believe Joseph was killed in a US military strike on a boat in the Caribbean, sit together as his family demands evidence to support US President Donald Trump’s claim that the victims were drug traffickers, in Las Cuevas, Trinidad and Tobago October 16, 2025.

Global media coverage frames Israel as a criminal state - analysis

A comparative analysis of leading international media outlets shows how legal rhetoric is overwhelmingly applied to Israel – and rarely to Iran

 A civilian retrieves personal belongings from the rubble of his house in Tel Aviv after a ballistic missile fired from Iran struck the city on June 23, 2025.

Obtuse global piracy in Venezuela: Trump's illegal actions shatters US world standing - opinion

His invasion of Venezuela to seize its oil, under the pretense of combating drug trafficking, shatters the US's moral, legal, and ideological standing, while also violating international law

An activist holds a poster that reads ‘Condemns Donald Trump’s military aggression in Venezuela’, during an anti-US protest, after the US struck Venezuela and captured its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, outside the US Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 6, 2026.

Venezuela – moral satisfaction, legal danger: When justice is done outside the law - opinion

On the international stage, observers are pleased, even relieved, by the possibility that a criminal regime is paying a price. Yet for that reason, we must pause and confront the legal question.

Opponents of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro demonstrate in Doral, Florida, on January 4, 2026.

Somaliland denies trading recognition with Israel for accepting Gazans

Last week, Israel became the first country to recognize the independence of Somaliland, angering international powers who bemoaned the move at the United Nations Security Council.

Residents wave Somaliland flags as they gather to celebrate Israel's announcement recognising Somaliland's statehood in downtown Hargeisa, on December 26, 2025.

Israel’s recognition highlights Somaliland’s entrapment in the world’s colonial past - analysis

The lack of willingness of countries to recognize Somaliland is solely due to the legacy of colonialism and how colonial decisions transformed into international law.

Somalis react after Israel became the first country to formally recognise the self-declared Republic of Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state, in Mogadishu, Somalia, December 27, 2025

Hypocrisy: Mamdani's claim to follow int'l law is merely disguised antisemitism - opinion

At his core, Zohran Mamdani is a hypocrite. If he truly wants to enforce “international law,” he has an overflowing list of targets unrelated to the world’s only Jewish state.

New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference in Central Park in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York City, US, November 24, 2025.