War crimes

Assessing Russian crimes against Ukraine at deeper levels - opinion

The crimes perpetrated against Ukraine are even worse than the objective facts suggest, leaving observers with just a superficial understanding of cumulative harms.

SERVICE MEMBERS of the National Guard of Ukraine wait before firing toward Russian troops, at a position in a front line, amid Russia’s attack on their country last Saturday in the Kharkiv region.
AN IDF vehicle crosses the border back into Israel from Gaza last week. The war was not preplanned by Israel, nor was there ever any ‘intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group,’ the writer notes.

Israel is not guilty of genocide in Gaza - opinion

Reserve soldiers of the IDF's Hasmonean Brigade operate in the Gaza Strip on June 26, 2025.

Reservist org. to provide legal aid to two IDF soldiers arrested at Belgium music festival

 Israelis and Iranians meet at Tomorrowland Festival in Belgium, holding both Israeli and Iranian flags.

Two IDF soldiers arrested in Belgium, investigated for war crimes accusations


Former PM Ehud Olmert calls Katz's humanitarian city plan a 'concentration camp'

Katz recently said that the Defense Ministry would build a new 'humanitarian city' in the Rafah area for at least 600,000 Palestinians.

 Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert testifies during a hearing of the civil investigative committee on the October 7 massacre, in Tel Aviv, August 8, 2024.

RCMP: Israeli Canadians could be investigated for Gaza-based war crimes

The RCMP confirmed to The Jerusalem Report that it had launched a “structural investigation” into the Israel-Hamas conflict in early 2024 as part of its mandate to investigate war crimes.

PRO-PALESTINIAN protesters demonstrate outside the Liberal Party of Canada holiday party in Ottawa.

Knesset sanctions two MKs for accusing IDF of war crimes

The most severe sanction was issued against Hadash-Ta’al chairman MK Ayman Odeh, who is already facing impeachment in a separate procedure.

The Knesset

Are Israelis facilitating an anti-Israel blood libel? - opinion

By assisting the libelous pro-jihadi gospels of a “genocide” and such, they lend a hand to nailing us all to a new cross of antisemitism.

 MOSHE YA’ALON, who has held the positions of defense minister and IDF chief of staff, speaks during the Tel Aviv Conference at Tel Aviv University in May 2025.

Why international law is on Israel’s side in the Gaza conflict - opinion

Israel's war in Gaza is necessary to national survival, and its associated military actions impact Palestinian civilians because of Palestinian perfidy.

 IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip on June 4, 2025.

German court sentences Syrian for war crimes committed while collaborating with Hezbollah

The Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart found the 33-year-old man guilty of leading a militia that carried out brutal attacks on Sunni Muslim civilians.

The Sayyida Zaynab shrine is visible through a window at a hotel used by Iranians under former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, in Damascus, Syria, December 14, 2024.

Israel ‘without a doubt’ committed war crimes in Gaza, former Biden official claims

Miller shared that Western pressure on Israel, pushes for a Palestinian state, and pro-Palestinian protests likely led Hamas to hold out on a deal.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu confers with then-defense minister Yoav Gallant during a meeting with US President Joe Biden last year in Tel Aviv. Last week, Netanyahu celebrated Donald Trump’s victory after ridding himself of Yoav Gallant as defense minister, the writer notes.

Stockholm court indicts Swedish Islamic State member for serious war, terrorism crimes in Syria

Footage shows the suspect participating in a brutal execution, which included forcing a Jordanian pilot into a cage that was set on fire.

 An ISIS member carries an Islamic State flag in Syria.

Former PM Ehud Olmert says Israel is close to committing war crime in Gaza

"We are fighting Hamas murderers, we are not fighting innocent civilians, and this must be clear," said Olmert.

 Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert in Tel Aviv. August 8, 2024.

IDF major update on war crimes probes delayed for months - exclusive

The last significant update published by the IDF on its war crimes probes was in August 2024.

 Israeli soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, February 8, 2024

British lawyers file war crimes complaint against 10 British citizens who served in IDF

Attorney Michael Mansfield and six other lawyers reportedly filed a 240-page report allegedly implicating the UK citizens dual-nationals in “involvement” in war crimes,

 IDF troops operating in northern Gaza, April 4, 2025.