Israel s successful vaccination campaign and its subsequent positive spell in the international spotlight is a result of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu s politicisation of medical matters in th.
Brooklyn Rabbi who fled to Israel in 2010 when he was accused of molesting children is finally extradited back to New York
Gershon Kranczer, 65, was arraigned at Brooklyn Supreme Court on Thursday for allegedly sexually assaulting at least two of his minor female relatives
Kranczer fled to Israel in 2010 with his son, Asher, who is legally blind, while under investigation in an alleged attempt to escape the law
His wife, who is also his first cousin, had allegedly driven them to the airport
It was not immediately clear if Asher Kranczer has already been arrested or extradited to the United States
No one favors genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity or wanton aggression. Despite that near universal revulsion, few want the International Criminal Court to investigate citizens of their country for
The seemingly biased decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague (Netherlands), to investigate Israeli actions during the 2014 Gaza War, prompted a sharp reaction from Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Prime Minister Netanyahu observed in his statement that Israel (as well as the US) is not a member of the ICC. He stated that, “Today the Court (ICC) proved once again that it is a political body and not a judicial institution.” He added, “The Court ignores real war crimes and instead persecutes the State of Israel, a state with a firm democratic government which sanctifies the rule of law, and it is not a member of the Court.”
The decision to supply excess vaccines comes amid controversy over Israel’s vaccine distribution.
On Thursday, Defense Minister Benny Gantz called for a halt in the shipments, saying Israel’s stockpile of vaccines is the property of the state. He attacked the prime minister’s go-it-alone approach and questioned Netanyahu’s claims that there are really excess supplies when Israelis still have not been fully vaccinated.
Israel’s Justice Ministry put a freeze on a plan that reportedly would have seen up to 100,000 vaccine doses sent to numerous countries.
In a statement, Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit said he had received a number of requests to review Netanyahu’s decision. One of those requests, he said, came from Netanyahu’s National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat, who told Mandelblit he had been instructed, apparently by the prime minister, to “freeze any action on the matter.”