The British government has taken the initiative to review its sale of £8 billion in arms and military goods to Israel, in order to assess whether each licence is appropriate in the context of the conflict in Gaza, reports The Guardian. Downing Street considers that the conflict has started « because of Hamas », which has been proved definitively wrong (see for …

U.S. President Donald Trump spoke separately to the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar on Sunday to discuss his “concerns about the ongoing dispute” between Qatar and its Gulf and Arab neighbors, the White House said. Trump, who is spending a long weekend at his property in New Jersey, spoke to Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz, as …

An Open Letter to the international community concerning the tragedy of the citizens of Derna, Libya; a call for urgent intervention to save innocent lives. Prepared by the International Movement for Libya  When the international community came together to support the Libyan people in their victorious revolution their aim was to promote peace and build a stable civil state underpinned …

In Gaza, Israel is seeking the political, as well as military, emasculation of Hamas through the widespread destruction of Gaza’s infrastructure and economy. This is known as the “Dahiya Doctrine,” named after a suburb of Beirut that was almost leveled during Israel’s attack on Lebanon in summer 2006. The doctrine was encapsulated in a phrase used by Dan Halutz, Israel’s …

The right to privacy will considerably suffer from the adoption of emergency legislation that has been proposed by the British government on July 10, 2014. The law would grant British intelligence and law enforcement agencies with access to data about millions of people’s communications. But the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, declared, while releasing a report entitled …

The International action group for peace in Libya was founded in May 2018 by former prime minister of Libya, Mr Omar Alhassi and Dr Mahmoud Refaat who is an international lawyer, journalist and writer with numerous of international personalities from Europe and the international community. Mr Omar Alhassi is the president and Mahmoud Refaat is the general coordinator of the …

Muslims in Europe have been the permanent victims of discriminations, especially against the practice of their religion. Entrenched in the minds of many is the fear that Islam would be a religion of war and intolerance. The debate started after the assassination of Theo Van Gogh and the cartoon controversy in Denmark, but it is a common scheme of propaganda …

According to NATO authorities, no demands were made by the Iraqi authorities to make use of the opportunities for military support offered by NATO in Iraq. Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen has confirmed no training mission in Iraq is being planned by the Atlantic coalition. But he also says that NATO is “very concerned by the situation in Iraq and in …

The European Institute for International Law and International Relations (EIIR) announces to launch The Humanitarian Action Group for Yemen. The objective of the Humanitarian Action Group for Yemen is for intending to ensure food and medical equipment to civilians in Yemen who are surrounded by the coalition of Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates also to work close to the …