One target at a time: The logic that helped Israeli liberals commit genocide
By attaching a military goal to each act of killing, Israelis of all stripes could partake in the slaughter without questioning the morality of their actions.
Category: Columns
Al Mezan Urges Immediate Release of Dr. Abu Safiya Ahead of Tomorrow’s Court Hearing
Gaza, 15 October 2025 – Al Mezan is extremely worried about the arbitrary detention of Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya, a Palestinian paediatrician and the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital. Dr. Abu Safiya was not included in the group of Palestinians prisoners and detainees released by Israel as part of the recent ceasefire agreement, raising the alarm that his detention is likely to be extended once again under Israel’s Unlawful Combatants Law.
In Gaza, We Are Literally Losing Our Ability to Speak
The human mind, faced with relentless pain, erects invisible barricades. Here, amid genocide, one of them is the ability to express our trauma out loud.
EUROPEAN DECLARATION OF CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION
No academia as usual during Israeli occupation, apartheid and genocide in Palestine
Statement by the KNAW Board on the situation in Gaza
As the scholarly consensus regarding the genocidal nature of Israel’s violence increases, the KNAW Board furthermore calls on the Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science to actively press for suspension of Israel’s participation in the EU’s Horizon Europe programme for scientific and scholarly cooperation.
Indian academia in times of genocide
It is our duty, as academics and scientists, to do everything in our power to put pressure on the Israeli government to change its policy.
Open letter to World Bank President Ajay Banga condemning the smear campaign against Massimiliano Cali
A group of scholars firmly rejects and condemns the toxic smear campaign targeting the World Bank Senior Economist, Mr. Massimiliano Cali. Mr. Cali is the husband of Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. It is clear that he is being singled out by bad-faith actors such as “UN Watch,” an organization with a long record of smearing critics of Israel, in a malign attempt to delegitimize and silence Ms. Albanese in her role as Special Rapporteur. This campaign comes in the wake of the shameful sanctions imposed on Ms. Albanese by the US government, and at a time when the Israeli government is intensifying its war on Gaza—a war that many respected institutions and leading experts have identified as genocidal.
Film Workers Pledge to end Complicity
Inspired by Filmmakers United Against Apartheid who refused to screen their films in apartheid South Africa, we pledge not to screen films, appear at or otherwise work with Israeli film institutions—including festivals, cinemas, broadcasters and production companies—that are implicated* in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people.
Terrified Palestinians in Gaza City are being bombed day and night
Without means to travel and no safe place to seek shelter, many Palestinians have no option but to stay in Gaza City despite the intensifying military offensive.
Classical Music For Palestine
In a rare public statement, more than 300 French and international musicians condemn “the support of Western powers for the genocidal policy of the State of Israel, which tramples international law and its institutions with total impunity.” They call on the so-called “classical” music world to clarify its stance on the ongoing genocide in Gaza.