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Amnesty now calls Israel an "apartheid state". That seems destructive, but it also shows that little has changed in the country's government policies. When Amnesty International's human rights activists announce their verdict, they are not doing justice, but they are shaping the debate worldwide. Now it is: Israel is committing the crime of apartheid against the Palestinians. That's in the title of the new report that Amnesty released on Tuesday. It goes far beyond the usual criticism of Israel's occupation policy, it is tantamount to a request to see Israel in a new light: not as a democratic state that also maintains a problematic military regime, but as an essentially discriminatory order. Amnesty calls for a halt to arms deliveries to Israel and for trials against those responsible in Israel. This is a real turning point. Not because Amnesty's assessment is new. The great public uproar surrounding "apartheid" began last year when the Israeli ...

Violence escalates in the conflict between the Ethiopian government and the rebel group TPLF. The UN body is now calling for an end to the fighting. The UN Security Council has called for an end to the violence in the crisis country Ethiopia. The UN body demanded that the conflicting parties "negotiate a permanent ceasefire and create the conditions for the start of an inclusive Ethiopian national dialogue". The 15 members of the Security Council expressed deep concern about the escalating violence and the humanitarian situation in the country. "Hate speech and incitement to violence and division" must be avoided. The conflict between the Ethiopian government and the rebel group TPLF from the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray, which had been going on for a year, had intensified significantly in the past few days. The government announced a state of emergency on Tuesday. The military conflict began when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed began ousting the TPLF, which was in...