Far more significant are the arms industry, which U.S. aid to Israel subsidizes; the oil industry, which sees Israel as a balance to the regional power of oil-rich Arab states; the Christian right, which believes Jewish rule over all of biblical Israel is a prerequisite for the Second Coming; and..…

It is harder to evaluate the extent to which US military torture in Afghanistan has been investigated and prosecuted. In 2015, the US reported to the United Nations Committee against Torture that its military has opened 70 investigations into detainee abuse that resulted in trials by..…

In January, ICC prosecutor opened the court's first investigation outside Africa, into Georgia, and is conducting preliminary examinations of situations outside Africa including Afghanistan, Colombia, Palestine, crimes attributed to the armed forces of United Kingdom deployed Iraq.. The..…

As a member of the US Senate Armed Services Committee, I traveled to Afghanistan in January 2002, just three weeks after American forces had routed the Taliban. ..…