Tag: Israel-Palestine conflict

The premier institute had previously cancelled a lecture on Israel-Palestine conflict by Professor Achin Vanaik in November last year as well as a two-day conference on Left politics in 2022.

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.

In 1981, India’s post office issued a stamp showing the flags...

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

That was the renowned Urdu poet Ghalib describing the...

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

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

After facing criticism from the OP Jindal University’s officials as well as the Israeli ambassador, after having his lecture at IIT-Bombay cancelled, Achin Vanaik stands by his statements, saying he was misinterpreted

The Maharashtra unit of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has condemned the lodging of a criminal case by the Mumbai police against 13 persons — all members of the minority community — in connection with a prayer gathering to commemorate children killed in Palestine on the occasion of Children’s Day

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.