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War crimes complaint filed against ex-Israeli PM over deadly Gaza assault
A human rights group has filed a complaint in Germany against former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, accusing him of war crimes committed during the 2008-2009 military attack on Gaza.
“Under Olmert’s leadership, the Israeli government and military high command executed a large-scale military campaign that resulted in the indiscriminate bombardment of densely populated civilian areas, the destruction of hospitals, schools, and UN facilities, and the killing of more than 1,300 Palestinians, among them over 300 children and 115 women,” the Hind Rajab Foundation said in a statement.
“The victims of Gaza deserve justice, no matter how much time has passed,” said Dyab Abou Jahjah, general director of the foundation. “Those responsible for war crimes must know that accountability has no expiration date and that the world is closing in on impunity.”
The foundation pursues global legal action against Israelis accused of war crimes in Gaza. It is named after Hind Rajab, who was five years old when she was shot dead with her family members by Israeli forces in 2024 in Gaza.
US city votes to divest from Israel
Residents of Somerville in the US state of Massachusetts have approved a nonbinding measure for their local government to divest from Israel.
The initiative in the city next to Boston was forwarded by the local pro-Palestine advocacy group Somerville for Palestine and received 11,489 yes votes and 7,920 against. The vote is symbolic, and it remains up to authorities to choose to follow through.
In recent months, several large investment funds in Europe have cut ties with Israeli companies for their involvement in either the war on Gaza or because of links to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, which are illegal under international law.
In May, Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world, said it would divest from Israel’s Paz Retail and Energy because of the company’s involvement in supplying infrastructure and fuel to Israeli settlements.
Trump says he was ‘very much in charge’ of Israel’s attack on Iran
The US president has told reporters that Israel’s military attack on Iran in June was “very, very powerful”.
“I was very much in charge of that,” Trump said from the Oval Office. “When Israel attacked Iran first … that was a great day for Israel because that attack did more damage than the rest of them put together.”
The Israeli military launched a series of attacks on Iranian nuclear, military and civilian sites on June 13, killing more than 600 Iranians and injuring thousands more over 12 days.
When Israel began its devastating assault on Iran, Washington was quick to distance itself from the attack. But Trump has been increasingly taking credit for the outcome of the war, which subsequently saw the US bomb three Iranian nuclear facilities.
