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UN accuses Israel of ‘extermination’ in Gaza over school strikes

A report from the global body’s inquiry into the Israel-Palestine conflict claimed that the Jewish State was engaged in a ‘concerted campaign to obliterate Palestinian life’

By Jacob Jaffa

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The UN has accused Israel of committing 'extermination' and trying to 'obliterate Palestinian life' in reference to IDF strikes on school facilities in Gaza (Pictured: The aftermath of an Israeli strike on the Yafa school building in Gaza City in April 2025; Image: Getty)
The Board of Deputies has complained to the BBC over a 'problematic and offensive' analysis piece by BBC News International Editor Jeremy Bowen (Image: BBC In Depth)

Board demands answers from BBC over ‘problematic and offensive’ Jeremy Bowen report

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The ICC is reportedly considering issuing arrest warrants for far-right Israeli ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir (left) and Bezalel Smotrich (Image: Getty)

ICC considering warrants against Smotrich and Ben-Gvir

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Former Supreme Court justice Lord Sumption is among 800 lawyers calling on the UK to impose sanctions on Israel (Image: Alamy)

Former Supreme Court justices among 800 lawyers to call for UK sanctions on Israel over Gaza ‘genocide’

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ICC lead prosecutor Karim Khan is understood to be seeking more arrest warrants against Israeli officials (Image: Getty)

ICC chief prosecutor seeking more arrest warrants against Israel

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The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court has frozen its case against Israel while a review of its jurisdiction is heard (Image: Getty)

Appeals court freezes ICC case against Israel

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Herberts Cukurs was a Nazi collaborator in Latvia who has been accused of participating in the mass murder of the country's Jews (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Latvia drops investigation into Nazi collaborator’s Holocaust participation because it was ‘not genocide'

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