Zochrot Stands Firm: Responding to German Government’s Withdrawal of Support
Statement on the German Government’s Defunding of Zochrot
Category: Columns
UN experts horrified at blatant disregard for health rights in Gaza following deadly raid on Kamal Adwan hospital
GENEVA – The UN Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, and the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese, today called for an end to blatant disregard of the right to health in Gaza, following last week’s raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital and the arbitrary arrest and detention of its director, Dr Hussam Abu Safiya.
Unrwa may be forced to stop saving lives in Gaza. Will the world let that happen?
Outrage over Israel’s attempt to dismantle our UN agency has largely petered out. The stakes are very high now
Philippe Lazzarini is commissioner-general of Unrwa
Targeted aid killings: How Israel starved a population and sowed chaos in northern Gaza
“Our committees were subjected to direct Israeli bombing.”
Publication advice on collaboration with academic partners in Israel
The Advisory Committee on Collaborations was asked by the Executive Board to prepare an advisory report on Tilburg University’s partnerships with universities in Israel in the context of the Gaza conflict. Based on these findings, the Advisory Committee concludes that Tilburg University, as a moral actor, cannot remain passive and must act. The Committee translates this moral judgment into the following perspective for action: the Advisory Committee advises Tilburg University to suspend, within the legal and administrative frameworks, the collaborative activities under investigation.
‘We Give Them 48 Hours to Leave’: Israel’s Plans to Transfer Gazans Go Back 60 Years
In the 1960s and 1970s, left-wing governments of Israel proposed plans to ‘thin’ the population of the Gaza Strip. A perusal of the minutes of meetings reveals that their ideas don’t differ much from those of today’s far-right government
A Massive Database of Evidence, Compiled by a Historian, Documents Israel’s War Crimes in Gaza
A woman with a child is shot while waving a white flag ■ Starving girls are crushed to death in line for bread ■ A cuffed 62-year-old man is run over, evidently by a tank ■ An aerial strike targets people trying to help a wounded boy ■ A database of thousands of videos, photos, testimonies, reports and investigations documents the horrors committed by Israel in Gaza
Open Call to the Japanese Government and International Community to Act Immediately to Stop the Escalation of Crisis in Gaza and the Expansion of Israeli Wars
The Third Appeal Issued by a Group of Japanese Researchers Specialized in Middle Eastern Studies, signed by more than 1300 Japanese scholars & citizens up to now
“The attitude of the Netanyahu administration, continuing war and mass killings in defiance of international law, reminds us of the path taken by Japan in the 1930s, which eventually led to the Second World War. Such an attitude, which shakes the foundations of world order based on the UN Charter and international law, will ultimately bring not only the Middle East but the entire world to the brink of ruin.”
US Response to ICC Netanyahu Warrant Could Deal Death Blow to International Law
“The Hague Invasion Act” authorizes the military to forcibly extract US and allied nationals if arrested for war crimes.
A Picture of Farming in Gaza Today: In Remembrance of Youssef Saqr Abu Rabie
Youssef Saqr Abu Rabie, a twenty-four year old farmer from Beit Lahia, returned home with his family from the Jabalia refugee camp in early March, once the Israeli forces had retreated. There, he saw “indescribable destruction” of his city.