Gaza at risk of becoming ‘graveyard of international law’ – Palestinian lawyer
Raji Sourani says west is ‘jeopardising something precious’ by shielding Israel from legal consequences
Category: Columns
Civilians in northern Gaza cut off from supplies and services critical for survival
Statement by Muhannad Hadi, Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory
What’s really behind the war?
South Africa provides no strategic guide. The indigenous population is neither needed nor wanted. Zionism has two key strategic aims: ethnic cleansing and maintaining regional hegemony, Moshé Machover explains
As Israel’s Genocide in Gaza Passes the One-Year Mark, International Inaction Fuels Renewed Wave of Genocidal Violence against Palestinians
This week, our organisations mark a year of shame in which the international community failed to prevent, punish, or put an end to Israel’s ongoing genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza. A year full of mourning, grief, and despair, as the international community offers the Palestinian people nothing but empty words.
Losing academic integrity in favor of whitewashing the Israeli army in the Occupied Territories
“On 6 March 2024, Barak Medina and Anna Peters published an article in the German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) with a question as their title: “Fighting Terror with Military Means?”… Why do we bother to write against another case of grave violation of basic academic standards? There are several reasons for making our rejection of Medina’s and Peter’s declared support for the Israeli army public.” By S.B. & A.M. The authors, who sign with initials for security reasons, are an Israeli and a German academics.
What Life Looked Like for Palestinians Before October 7
An interview with Amira Hass
Israel is fast turning Gaza into a wasteland, the result of decades of occupation and apartheid. Israeli journalist Amira Hass explains what life was like for Palestinians before the current genocide.
Rashid Khalidi, America’s foremost scholar of Palestine, is retiring: ‘I don’t want to be a cog in the machine any more’
As the Columbia University professor steps down, he addresses student protests, links between Ireland and Palestine and how ‘higher education has developed into a hedge fund’
OPEN LETTER FROM AMERICAN MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHO SERVED IN GAZA
Dozens of US doctors and nurses who worked in Gaza have written to Joe Biden claiming that the true death toll from Israel’s months-long assault is much higher than previously reported, demanding the US withdraw diplomatic and military support for Israel until there is a ceasefire.
What atrocity would Israel have to commit for our leaders to break their silence?
To avenge 7 October, crimes of all kinds are condoned. But politicians should take note: the British public disagrees
New Policies Suppress Pro-Palestinian Speech
Radhika Sainath writes that the rewriting of policies to restrict protests over Gaza will have dire consequences for campus speech.