Middle East

West Bank student’s deportation upheld

BBC News - West Bank student Berlanty Azzim's deportation upheld Berlanty has a Gaza ID card. She went to the West Bank under a visitors permit but instead stayed for four years to study Business Management - which she would be finishing this coming month. At the end of October, she was stopped at an Israeli checkpoint, detained for six hours, then blindfolded, handcuffed and told she would be taken to a detention centre in the southern West Bank. When her blindfold was removed hours l...

UN backs Gaza war crimes report

BBC NEWS | Middle East | UN backs Gaza war crimes report. Positive movement within the UN General Assembly as the debate on the recent Goldstone Report has brought about a resolution that both Israel and Palestine must begin investigations on possible war crimes and human rights violations. Although not legally binding, the resolution places international pressure on both sides and also threatens moving the issue to the International Criminal Court if no progress is made within 6 months. ...