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Joint Statement General Debate of the 22nd Session of the Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
On 8 December 2023, Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, Defense for Children International-Palestine, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) delivered a joint statement at the General Debate of the 22nd session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, in New York.
Hamas says Gaza mosque destroyed, urges UNESCO to save heritage
The Great Omari Mosque has been reduced to rubble, with only its ancient minaret standing, according to images released by the Palestinian group.
Bisan Lecture Series – Etienne Balibar – Palestine, Ukraine and other wars of extermination: the local and the global
The next Bisan Lecture webinar will take place on December 13 at 7pm Palestine time (6pm Central European Time, 12 noon US Eastern time). We will have the pleasure to welcome Prof. Etienne Balibar (Paris-Ouest University) who will speak (in English with simultaneous Arabic translation for those who wish) on « Palestine, Ukraine and other wars of extermination: the local and the global ». You can register here.
Poet and scholar Refaat Alareer has been killed by an Israeli airstrike.
The Palestinian poet, writer, literature professor, and activist Dr. Refaat Alareer was killed today in a targeted Israeli airstrike that also killed his brother, his sister, and four of her children. He is survived by his wife, Nusayba, and their children.
Widespread destruction in Gaza puts concept of ‘domicide’ in focus
Concept is increasingly accepted in academia but is not a distinct crime against humanity under international law
Israel is not fighting against Hamas but against civilians, implementing a criminal policy of bombings
On Saturday, 2 December 2023, Israel bombed the neighborhood of Shuja’iyeh in Gaza City. The IDF Spokesperson declared that the goal was to kill Wissam Farhat, defining him as “the commander of Hamas’ Shuja’iyeh Battalion” who “led the battalion in Operation Protective Edge,” participated in planning attacks on Israelis, “took part in planning the ruthless attack in Israeli territory on 7 October, and sent the Nukhbah terrorists to the kibbutz and outpost of Nahal Oz that day.”
« Good evening, World, » the last words of the Palestinian writer Nour el-Din Haggag from Gaza
Nour el-Din Haggag, 27, Palestinian writer from Gaza. Israel murdered him on December 5th. He wanted to be heard, so he wrote this on 28 November. We hear you!
The Second Preliminary Report on the Cultural Sector Damage – War on Gaza Strip, October 7th – December 6th, 2023
During this genocidal war, all aspects of life are targeted without exception. As usual, the cultural life of the country is targeted as part of this relentless war against our people, which essentially aims to complete the Nakba plan that began in 1948. The grandson of the gang’s soldier who bombed the Red Cinema in Jaffa seventy-five years ago destroyed the Rashad Al-Shawwa Center in Gaza, and the same mentality that targeted the National Museum in Jerusalem during the Nakba days later targeted the Qarara Museum and the “Museum” afterward – Dr. Atef Abu Saif, Palestinian writer and the Palestinian Minister of Culture.
Civilian deaths in Gaza are a stain on Israel and its allies
Statement from Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council: