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A Call for Action in Gaza: AfAS Emphasises the Need for Humanitarian Aid, Educational Institution Protection, and Ceasefire
We at AfAS assert the imperative need for the observance of human rights conventions in the midst of the dire situation faced by the civilian population in Gaza. We urgently….
How Hamas Became the Violent Face of Palestinian Resistance
An interview with Tareq Baconi
Hamas has been all over the news since its brutal October 7 attack, but there’s much less understanding of how the group emerged. Only by studying Hamas’s history can we chart a better way forward.
Letter from AURDIP to France Universités concerning the war in Gaza
Ivar Ekeland, president of the French Organization of Academics for the Respect of International Law in Palestine, wrote to France Universités (formerly Conference of University Presidents) to ask them to comment on the siege of Gaza as they expressed themselves on the attack of October 7, 2023 and on the invasion of Ukraine. Quoting the United Nations Secretary General who declared that the siege of Gaza was not a humanitarian crisis, but a crisis of humanity, the honorary president of Paris-Dauphine University asked his colleagues to sanction Israeli universities as they sanction Russian universities.
Harvard Faculty Statement In Support of Academic Freedom
Harvard academics’ response to their president’s letter titled “Combating Anti-Semitism.”
I Joined Gaza’s Trail of Tears and Displacement
After weeks of reporting on Israel’s war from Gaza City, I was one of thousands of Palestinians who fled south on Friday.
A painter, a poet, a novelist: the artists being killed in Gaza
The territory’s vibrant arts community was testament to Palestinian resilience, but now it is losing voices central to its spirit
Fights in bread lines, despair in shelters: War threatens to unravel Gaza’s close-knit society
For the people of the Gaza Strip, each day has become a mind-numbing cycle of despair. With the Israel-Hamas war in its second month, trapped civilians are struggling to survive without electricity or running water.
A Dangerous Conflation. An open letter from Jewish writers
A group of Jewish writers drafted this letter after seeing an old argument gain new power: the claim that critiquing Israel is antisemitic. Editors at a corporate-owned magazine were prepared to publish the letter, but their lawyers advised against it. The writers share this letter in solidarity with those who continue to speak out in support of Palestinian freedom.
Gaza is on the verge of collapse
Why haven’t leaders of the United States and European countries demanded a mutual cease-fire, which would stop the death and destruction, and facilitate the release of hostages and the safe entry of needed levels of aid?