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The case for sports sanctions against Israel
Both Fifa and the IOC have avoided statements denouncing the Israel-Gaza war and the ensuing humanitarian crisis, a decision in stark contrast to their handling of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
‘Different rules’: special policies keep US supplying weapons to Israel despite alleged abuses
Revealed: review of internal state department documents shows special mechanisms have been used to shield Israel from US human rights laws
In Gaza, Israel has turned water into a weapon of mass destruction
By denying Palestinians safe water since the war began, Israel has created an unparalleled health crisis and risks causing irreversible ecological damage.
Israeli forces shoot, kill 4-year-old Palestinian girl in the backseat of a car
Four-year-old Ruqaya Ahmad Odeh Jahalin was shot and killed by Israeli forces on January 7, according to documentation collected by Defense for Children International – Palestine. (Photo: Courtesy of the Jahalin family)
Israeli forces shoot dead three Palestinian children near Ramallah, Jericho
Khaled Amer Khaled Hmaidat, 16, left, Suleiman Mohammad Suleiman Kanaan, 17, center, and Luai Majed Salem Al-Soufi, 16, right, were all shot and killed by Israeli forces on January 14. (Photos: Courtesy of the Hmaidat, Suleiman, and Al-Soufi families)
Strike Germany
STRIKE GERMANY is a call for international cultural workers to strike from German cultural institutions. It is a call to refuse German cultural institutions’ use of McCarthyist policies that suppress freedom of expression, specifically expressions of solidarity with Palestine.
STRIKE GERMANY withholds labour and presence from German cultural institutions. Until the demands below are met, participation will be withdrawn from festivals, panels, and exhibitions.
STRIKE GERMANY upholds a commitment to liberationist struggle and against Germany’s embargo on internationalist solidarity.
Ben & Jerry’s calls for permanent ceasefire in Gaza
Stance by ice cream maker’s board risks reigniting tensions with parent company Unilever
‘Nowhere Is Safe’: Doctors in Gaza ‘Live in Operating Rooms’
Unlike other battle and disaster zones, NGO medical staff in the tiny Gaza Strip put their lives at risk when they work to save lives. One employee describes doctors kneeling on the floor to attend to the wounded and thousands of displaced people sheltering in hospitals
Starvation as a Method of Warfare
At the International Court of Justice in The Hague today, South Africa has accused Israel of genocide. At the heart of its argument is the claim that Israel is destroying the people of Gaza through starvation. Article 2(c) of the Genocide Convention prohibits ‘deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part’. Israel says the charges are ‘baseless’.