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Apr. 27, 2021 4:14 AM
The military prosecution and the Military Advocate General’s office on Monday presented a periodic update on the work of the committee appointed by the IDF chief of staff on incorporating women in combat roles. The survey was submitted following a High Court of Justice response to a petition by four young women seeking to serve in combat roles in elite units. The court rejected their petition in November 2020, and accepted the state’s position that the chief of staff appoint a committee to examine the issue. However, the court instructed the IDF to submit a report every few months so it could monitor the committee’s progress.
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Apartheid is deemed a crime against humanity by the Rome Statute, which established the International Criminal Court. The definition has three elements: an intent to maintain domination by one racial group over another; systematic oppression of the group; and inhumane acts.
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A right-wing activist and a Palestinian demonstrator go head-to-head in Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem, this monthCredit: Ohad Zwigenberg
The Rome Statute and customary international law define the crime of persecution as severe deprivation of fundamental rights of a racial, ethnic or other group with discriminatory intent. This is the first time that Human Rights Watch, which is one of the most influential human rights organizations in the world, has sweepingly claimed that Israeli policy in the Palestinian Territories constitutes crimes against humanity.
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Apr. 27, 2021 11:48 AM
More than a year into the coronavirus pandemic, some of the worst fears are coming true in the crowded Gaza Strip: A sudden surge in infections and deaths is threatening to overwhelm hospitals weakened by years of conflict and border closures.
Gaza’s main treatment center for COVID-19 patients warns that oxygen supplies are dwindling fast. In another hospital, coronavirus patients are packed three to a room.
For months, Gaza’s Hamas rulers seemed to have a handle on containing the pandemic. But their decision to lift most movement restrictions in February coupled with the spread of a more aggressive virus variant and lack of vaccines has led to a fierce second surge.
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Apr. 27, 2021 2:49 AM
Once, years ago, I attended a large get-together in a restaurant. The host ordered a bottle of wine and a waiter came to the table with the bottle. He started to open it, when suddenly someone shouted: “Wait, are you an Arab?” The waiter did not reply but his face fell. He withdrew in embarrassment and a hush came over the table. The public humiliation stunned all of us. I was ashamed to belong to the same group of people as the kippah-wearing man who shouted.
Two minutes later, a Jewish waiter came out, took the bottle and replaced it with another. But by then no one felt like drinking the wine, aside from that one religious guy, who felt very righteous. For according to the halakha, as soon as a goy touches a bottle of wine, it becomes “yayin nesekh,” which Jews are forbidden to drink.
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