Israeli police fired skunk water cannon into Palestinian couple s home Weeks later, it still reeks haaretz.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from haaretz.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
From now on, Israeli Army soldiers and officers had better think twice about obeying orders to destroy Palestinian homes. Ruins of the home of Fatenah and ‘Azzam Idris i in the Beit Hanina neighborhood of East Jerusalem. There had been two apartments in the building: one was home to the 8-member Idris family and the other to their relative Mai who lived there with her husband Baha a-Deb’i and their two minor children. Photo by ‘Amer ‘Aruri – B’Tselem.
The International Criminal Court ruling is a game-changer
The judges of the International Criminal Court in The Hague ruled unequivocally that the court has full authority to hear and decide on Palestinian complaints of violations of International Law by the State of Israel and its army. Thereby, the rules of the game have fundamentally changed.