The U.N. high commissioner for human rights called surging settler attacks on Palestinians “very disturbing.” A United Nations report released Thursday warned that conditions in the occupied West Bank have worsened rapidly since October, with Israeli settlers and soldiers ramping up violent attacks on the Palestinian population and subjecting people across the territory to frequent […]
“It’s past time for our political leaders to listen to their constituents and put a stop to this violence,” said a Jewish-American advocacy group. Most members of the U.S. Congress have thus far refused to support a cease-fire in Gaza as Israel’s siege and airstrikes inflict horrific damage on the occupied territory. But according to […]
The Justice Department announced Friday the launch of a pilot program under the 2022 Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) that will allow Alaska Native Tribes to seek to exercise special Tribal criminal jurisdiction (STCJ) over non-Indian offenders for certain crimes, including crimes of sexual and domestic violence. The Department’s implementation plan for […]
“Intimate partner firearm homicide is increasing as the Supreme Court debates whether people subject to domestic violence restraining orders should be allowed to possess firearms,” said the president of national gun control group Brady. As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear a case centered on a law that restricts access to firearms for domestic […]