Israel's Death Penalty Violates ICCPR & Israel's Basic Law
Itamar Ben-Gvir, center, the national security minister, and other Israeli hard-liners campaigned on a promise to execute Palestinian militants.Credit ...Erik Marmor/Getty Images Genocide Emergency Alert: Israel’s Death Penalty Law Violates International Law and Israel’s Basic Law Israel has executed only two convicted criminals since 1948. The first was Meir Tobianski, executed in 1948 for treason, who was posthumously exonerated. The second was Adolf Eichmann, executed i
Genocide Watch
4 days ago
Trump: a whole civilisation will die if Iran ignores demands
Attacks on Iran increase and Israel tells Iranians to avoid train travel as deadline to reopen strait of Hormuz looms By Julian Borger, Dan Sabbagh in Jerusalem and Andrew Roth in Washington A reference to the anti-Trump No Kings protests is left on a building at Tehran’s Sharif University of Technology that was damaged in an airstrike. Photograph: Majid-Asgaripour/Reuters Donald Trump has warned that Iran ’s “whole civilisation will die tonight” if Tehran did not comply wit
The Guardian
6 days ago
Destroying Iran's electric and water supply is a war crime
PHOTO-ILLUSTRATION: by WIRED Middle East Staff based on image from Getty Images The Illegality of Trump’s Threats to Destroy Civilian Infrastructure in Iran By Karolina Bonde, Genocide Watch 6 April 2026 On March 21, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Islamic Republic of Iran demanding that it reopen the Strait of Hormuz. If Iran did not comply, Trump threatened to “obliterate” Iranian power plants, beginning with the largest one. Days late
Genocide Watch
7 days ago
Are Attacks on Iranian Civilian Structures War Crimes?
By Peter Beaumont Senior international correspondent International law experts ‘seriously concerned’ about ‘strikes on schools, health centres and homes’ in contravention of Geneva conventions The US-bombed B1 bridge in Karaj, near Tehran, which was struck on 2 April after Donald Trump threatened to ‘bring Iran back to the stone ages’. Photograph: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images Donald Trump, other senior US officials and their cheerleaders appear to be embracing attacks – and t
Peter Beaumont
Apr 3
Iran's 47 Years of Incitements of Genocide Against Israel
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Ahmadinejad 2018 credit: National Council of Resistance of Iran Taking Iran’s Incitement to Commit Genocide Against Israel Seriously Testimony before the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development of the Parliament of Canada By Professor Gregory H. Stanton [1] 5 May 2009 German Chancellor Angela Merkel was the first world leader to recogn
Genocide Watch
Mar 31
Iceland & Netherlands intervene in ICJ Israel genocide case
12 March 2026 Sondos Asem, Middle East Eye The move adds to an expanding list of governments weighing in on the high-profile Gaza case before the UN’s highest court Iceland and the Netherlands filed declarations to intervene in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday, bringing the number of countries seeking to participate in the proceedings to 18. Both states filed declarations under Article 63 of the court’s statu
Middle East Eye
Mar 27
Genocide Warning: Lebanon
Smoke billows after Israeli strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon, March 6, 2026. credit: REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir Genocide Warning: Lebanon March 2026 By Genocide Watch Hezbollah is a genocidal terrorist organization. Like its Iranian sponsors, Hezbollah openly declares its intention to destroy the nation of Israel, a policy of genocide. Since October 7, 2023, Hezbollah has launched over 10,000 attacks against Israel, including nightly missile
Genocide Watch
Mar 25
Israel Strikes Syria After Druze Clashes
Samantha Granville Beirut Israel says it will not tolerate Syrian attacks on the Druze minority (Reuters) Israel says it has carried out air strikes on Syrian government infrastructure in the south of the country, in response to what it described as attacks on Druze civilians in Suweida province. In a statement, the Israeli military said it hit a command centre and weapons stored at army compounds overnight. "The IDF [Israel Defense Forces] will not tolerate harm towards the
BBC News
Mar 21
Hindutva & Zionism: Ideologies of Exclusion
Hindutva & Zionism: Exclusionary Religion, Racism, and Nationalism A Formula for Forced Displacement and Genocide By Areeka Khan, Genocide Watch March 2026 PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: SAM FINE/PHOTOS VIA GETTY IMAGES This report examines the historical origins and social impact of Hindutva in India and Zionism in Israel and Palestine. It explores how these ideologies shape national identity, citizenship, and belonging, and how they produce, sustain, and justify exclusion, forced disp
Israel extending ‘Gaza playbook’ to Lebanon
Medical Aid for Palestinians accuses Israel of ‘deliberately terrorising civilian populations’ across Lebanon. First responders evacuate a body from the site of an Israeli attack in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on March 6, 2026 [AFP] Israel is exporting its “Gaza playbook” to Lebanon, a nonprofit group has warned, as the Israeli military continues to attack the country after ordering the forced displacement of hundreds of thousands of Lebanese civilians. Medical Aid fo
Al Jazeera
Mar 8
Genocide Alert: Future Consequences of the War in Iran
By Michał Jagielski Senior Iran and Central Asia Team Leader Genocide Watch On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel fired a salvo of missiles, hitting several targets across Iran and starting the ongoing war . As of March 5, the conflict has killed over 1,000 Iranians, including 168 schoolgirls and staff in the attack on an elementary school in Minab, 77 Lebanese, 11 Israelis, 11 people in other affected countries,and six U.S.soldiers. US and Israeli bombing
Genocide Watch
Mar 6
Lebanese civilians flee amid Israeli strikes on Beirut
Highways gridlocked as thousands evacuate while Israel launches its deadliest assault on Lebanon in over a year, killing 31 people. A displaced family fleeing Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon arrives in the southern port city of Sidon, early Monday. [Mohammed Zaatari/AP Photo] Lebanese civilians have fled southern Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs as a deadly escalation erupts between Israel and Hezbollah. Many are seeking sanctuary in makeshift shelters across Lebanon
Al Jazeera
Mar 2
