War crimes

A witness to the apocalypse: Sweida atrocities will stay with me forever - opinion

What will become of Sweida is now a global responsibility.

|ByL. CHNEIF
PEOPLE STAND inside a destroyed home in Sweida, Syria, that had been targeted in a massacre of Druze villages in the area by Syrian forces.
Israeli soldiers enter Gaza at the border as seen from Israel, October 3, 2025

IDF closes dozens of alleged pre-2025 war crime cases - exclusive

The publication of such cases was delayed by fear of abuse by ICJ and ICC. The IDF says the cases are justified under laws of war.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
IDF combat engineer veteran holding a public event at Boston University. The Hind Rajab Foundation seek a criminal investigation, accusing him of war crimes in Gaza. Pictured in February 2026.

Hind Rajab Foundation asks US Justice Dept. to probe IDF veteran over alleged Gaza war crimes

The IDF veteran served as a combat engineer during the Israel-Hamas War and is due to speak at Boston University on Wednesday.

|ByYOAV ETIEL
Anti-Iranian regime protesters in Paris, France, hold banners, including of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi over a background with the Pahlavi royal crest, reading "FREE IRAN," January 18, 2026.

WATCH: Pahlavi announces six demands for int'l community, Iranian diaspora to support protesters

Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi outlined six key demands to rally global support for Iranian activists and protesters, urging a coordinated international effort to weaken the regime.

|ByJAMES GENN

IDF denies Green Beret claims of indiscriminate shooting, tank fire at Gaza aid sites

IDF rejected claims of violence against civilians at Gaza aid distribution site made by a US veteran and ex-GHF worker in a BBC interview.

JULY 28, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Palestinian man shows blood stains on his palm after he carried casualties among people seeking aid supplies from the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 29, 2025

I am a war scholar - there is no genocide in Gaza - opinion

I have reviewed their orders, watched their targeting process, and seen soldiers take real risks to avoid harming civilians. Nothing I have seen or studied resembles genocide or genocidal intent.

JULY 27, 2025ByJOHN SPENCER
Palestinians carry aid supplies that entered Gaza through Israel, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, July 27, 2025

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.

JULY 23, 2025ByLOUIS RENÉ BERES
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.

Israel is not guilty of genocide in Gaza - opinion

Tens of thousands of Gazans have died in Israel's retaliatory war against Hamas, but the war was launched in response to Hamas's October 7 attack.

JULY 22, 2025BySHERWIN POMERANTZ
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.

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

Two soldiers were arrested by Belgian authorities following a complaint filed by the Hind Rajab Foundation, an anti-Israel legal organization pursuing legal action against IDF soldiers.

JULY 21, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Reserve soldiers of the IDF's Hasmonean Brigade operate in the Gaza Strip on June 26, 2025.

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

The Hind Rajab Foundation said the two Israeli soldiers were visiting Belgium to participate in the Tomorrowland music festival.

JULY 21, 2025ByYOAV ETIEL, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israelis and Iranians meet at Tomorrowland Festival in Belgium, holding both Israeli and Iranian flags.

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.

JULY 14, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

JUNE 29, 2025ByGIL LEWINSKY
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.

JUNE 23, 2025ByELIAV BREUER
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.

JUNE 15, 2025ByYISRAEL MEDAD
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.