Rather than directly accusing Israeli officials of committing genocide in Gaza, law professor Omer Shatz is taking a different tack: trying to establish a pattern of incitement to genocide. He explains why he is pressing for the International Criminal Court to act
Brutal beatings, diseases, starvation – my Palestinian friends in the West Bank who served time in Israeli prisons since late 2023 returned with appalling reports of what can only be called systematic torture
The Israeli response to Hamas’s attacks on 7 October 2023 has killed tens of thousands, left most schools and hospitals in ruins, and caused long-term damage to agricultural land in the territory
Israel’s ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza has triggered and escalated an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, deliberately inflicting life-threatening conditions on more than two million Palestinians, with particularly severe and far-reaching consequences on Palestinian women. Nothing, nowhere, and no one has been spared from Israel’s relentless genocidal military campaign unleashed on Gaza and its people.
As we enter 2025, and Israel’s genocidal violence against Palestinians in Gaza continues to increase in both scale and intensity, Al-Haq publishes a new report. ‘How to Hide a Genocide: The Role of Evacuation Orders and Safe Zones in Israel’s Genocidal Campaign in Gaza’ examines the central role played by unlawful “evacuation orders” to alleged “safe zones”, which constitutes the war crime and crime against humanity of forcible transfer, in Israel’s genocidal acts.
Israeli organisations, some linked to the military, have received more than $250m since the war on Gaza began.
Israeli organisations, some linked to the military, have received more than $250m since the war on Gaza began.
Inmates at Israel’s shadowy new facility face non-stop abuse — from deadly beatings and electric shocks, to constant handcuffing and skin diseases.
Barefoot children forced to search through rubbish for food scraps across Gaza
A chronicle of Jabaliya’s destruction, using eyewitness accounts, satellite imagery and video footage
