Commentaries by James Yap | Sandra Babcock | Nabila Khan

An aerial photo of displaced Palestinians waiting in northern Nuseirat to return to their homes in Gaza. © 2025 UNRWA Photo by Ashraf Amra

The United States is Israel’s largest supplier of arms. Now, a United Nations committee is investigating whether its transfers of bombs, fighter jets and other weapons violate international law. On May 12, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD Committee) launched a formal inquiry into arms exports by both the United States [...]

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