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2 weeks ago | 
middleeasteye.net | Sondos Asem |Imran Mulla |Peter Oborne
David Cameron, the former British foreign secretary, may be liable for prosecution under international law and within the UK for hisattempts to obstruct the work of the International Criminal Court (ICC), experts have said. Middle East Eye revealed on Monday that Cameron privately threatened Karim Khan, the British chief prosecutor at the ICC, in April 2024 to defund and withdraw from the ICC if it issued arrest warrants for Israeli leaders.
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3 weeks ago | 
middleeasteye.net | Sondos Asem
The administration of US President Donald Trump on Thursday issued sanctions on four judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) over investigations into the US and its ally Israel. The sanctions build on the designation of ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan in February, carried out under an executive order issued shortly after Trump assumed office.
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3 weeks ago | 
middleeasteye.net | Sondos Asem
The head of the world's largest academic association on genocide has declared Israel's actions in Gaza a genocide. Dr Melanie O'Brien, president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS), outlined her legal opinion in an interview with Middle East Eye, ahead of an upcoming episode of the Expert Witness podcast featuring leading genocide experts.
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3 weeks ago | 
middleeasteye.net | Sondos Asem
2 June 2025 15:40 BST ago In this episode of Expert Witness, Unrwa chief and Swiss-Italian humanitarian Philippe Lazzarini talks to Middle East Eye on the current humanitarian situation in occupied Palestine, and the future of the cash-strapped agency. Lazzarini is the 11th commissioner-general of Unrwa, the largest provider of humanitarian assistance to some six million Palestinians in occupied Palestine, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.
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1 month ago | 
middleeasteye.net | Sondos Asem
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) has urged Gulf states to give a fraction of the money mentioned in US President Donald Trump's 'mega deals' to Palestinian refugees struggling to survive in the occupied Palestinian territories and neighbouring countries.
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1 month ago | 
middleeasteye.net | Sondos Asem
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has told Middle East Eye that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to fully seize Gaza, coupled with the new Israeli-US aid distribution plan for the enclave, appears to be a prelude to a second Nakba. Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of Unrwa, also criticised Israel for sending a small convoy of trucks carrying vital supplies into the enclave, saying it was "far too little" and that "everyone in Gaza is [going] hungry".
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1 month ago | 
middleeasteye.net | Sondos Asem
Bolivian ambassador to the Netherlands, Roberto Calzadilla Sarmiento, spoke to Middle East Eye on 30 April outside the International Court of Justice (ICJ) following hearings into Israel's humanitarian obligations in occupied Palestine. In an interview with MEE news editor Sondos Asem, Sarmiento said the court must reaffirm the obligations of Israel as an occupying power in Palestine.
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1 month ago | 
middleeasteye.net | Sondos Asem
Gladice Pickering, the Executive Director to Namibia's Ministry of Justice, urged the world to hold Israel accountable for its occupation of the West Bank and its war and blockade of Gaza. Pickering was speaking in The Hague, during hearings at the International Court of Justice over Israel's obligations to allow aid into Gaza and Unrwa, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, to operate freely in the besieged strip.
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1 month ago | 
middleeasteye.net | Sondos Asem
The International Court of Justice on 28 April 2025 began hearings into Israel's obligations towards the presence and activities of the UN, other international organisations and third states in occupied Palestine. Following the proceedings, Middle East Eye News Editor Sondos Asem spoke to Ammar Hijazi, the Palestinian ambassador to international organisations in The Hague and to the Netherlands. Hijazi had spoken to the court that day on the dire situation in Gaza under Israel's complete siege.
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1 month ago | 
middleeasteye.net | Sondos Asem
Nuh Yilmaz, the Turkish deputy foreign affairs minister, said the country is his government is "doing its best" to pressure an end to Israel’s ban on Gaza aid enforced since 2 March.
