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The Palestinian Authority’s envoy to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has said the PA has no hope of pressing charges against Israel in international courts—because Palestinian terrorist groups are far worse violators of international law themselves. Since peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority fell apart after the PA applied for membership in international agencies, many Palestinian factions and advocates have pushed for the PA to sign the Rome Statute and press charges against Israel in the International Criminal Court at the Hague (ICC). But contrasting Israel’s conduct during Operation Protective Edge to stop rocket fire from...

How ironic that Richard Goldstone's retraction of his libelous report alleging Israeli "war crimes" -- commissioned by the UN Human Rights Council -- came just two days after the Obama administration announced it would seek re-election to that same body. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised Goldstone's stunning admission, in a Washington Post oped, that -- contrary to his report's conclusion -- Israel did not intentionally target civilians during the 2008 war in Gaza. But Netanyahu is being way too charitable. After all, Goldstone is merely acknowledging what was apparent to nearly any reasonable and objective observer. That it took...

Hezbollah rockets rained on the northern part of the country on Thursday, and this resort, tucked into the far northwestern corner, was perhaps the hardest hit. *** The second day of heavy shooting across the border by the Lebanese militant group began early in the morning, when one rocket slammed into an open field just 200 yards from Western Galilee Hospital, the town’s main medical center. An apartment building took a direct hit and burst into flames. One woman was killed while on the balcony of her apartment in another building. A man also died in the town of Safad....