Tag: Hamas-Israel conflict

Israel’s Rafah camp – ‘humanitarian city’ or crime against humanity?

Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz has announced a controversial plan to move up to 600,000 Palestinians in Gaza into a designated “humanitarian area” on the ruins of the southern...

Illegality of the Israeli Occupation of Palestine

This month, October 2024, the ongoing war in Gaza...

Ex-Muslims demand an end to war, occupation, rape and terrorism

On the eve of the one year of Israel's brute and unrelenting war, a group of ex-Muslims have demanded an end to war, occupation, rape and terrorism

Bassem Yousef and Rethinking Holocaust Exceptionalism

One of the more frustrating debates I’ve seen on...

Your Man in the Hague (in a Good Way)

I attended the hearing on Thursday of South Africa’s case against Israel for genocide at the International Court of Justice. I was able to sit in the public gallery and watch all the proceedings. I was, however, handicapped in reporting by the fact that we were not allowed pens or pencils (though we were allowed paper). I asked the Head of Security at the ICJ why pens were not allowed in the public gallery. He told me, with a perfectly straight face, that they could be used as a weapon. So bereft of my deadly ballpoint, this account is less detailed and more impressionistic than I would wish to give you.

Students called “Pakistani” after school debate justifies Israeli violence against Palestinians

A school in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur held a debate on the Israel-Palestine conflict, after which Muslim students were designated as “Pakistani” when they expressed their discomfort

Gaza 2023

A tribute to the people of Palestine

Gaza and International Humanitarian Law

How Human Shields, Chemical Weapons and Humanitarian Aid, all three of which fall under International Humanitarian Law (IHL) have been disproportionately used in the ongoing conflict

In the face of death, destruction and displacement, beauty plays a vital role in Gaza

When people find themselves displaced from their homes, finding or creating beauty can be just as vital as food, water and shelter.

Against gender violence: feminists support Gaza ceasefire

This statement is unequivocal. The statement has been issued on Friday November 24,  2023, by Female cultural, political and trade union personalities

UN Security Council calls for stop in Gaza fighting for aid

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 15  - The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday, November 15, called for urgent, immediate  and extended humanitarian stop (pauses) in the “fighting” between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip for a "sufficient number of days" to allow aid access, reported Reuters.

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