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An Appeal by Japanese Researchers Specialized in Middle Eastern Studies Calling for Immediate Ceasefire and Humanitarian Support for Gaza
The following appeal was issued by a group of Japanese researchers (specialized in Middle Eastern Studies) on the present situation in Gaza. The appeal, which was initially published in Japanese on 17 October, has since been approved and signed by more than 4, 000 persons (academics and citizens), expressing the deep concern of Japanese civil society about the ongoing humanitarian disaster in Gaza and their support for a peaceful solution of the crisis.
Amnesty International: Urgent call for an immediate ceasefire by all parties to end unprecedented civilian suffering
Amnesty International is issuing an urgent call for an immediate ceasefire by all parties in the occupied Gaza Strip and Israel to prevent further loss of civilian lives and to ensure access to life-saving aid for people in Gaza amidst an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe.
2,913 Palestinian children killed in Gaza with U.S. approval
People search for survivors and the bodies of victims through the rubble of buildings destroyed during Israeli bombardment, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 26, 2023. (Photo: Mahmud Hams / AFP)
Adalah to Israel Bar Association: Halt Incitement Against Palestinian Lawyers
Palestinian lawyers are being threatened due to their social media posts and other forms of expression. The bar association has declared its intention to advance emergency regulations that would allow the immediate suspension of lawyers’ licenses.
‘Our voices will go on’: Dahdouh’s Al Jazeera team stands behind him
Gaza bureau chief’s colleagues pay tribute to the veteran reporter as he mourns his family killed in Israeli air raid.
Letter of the Head of the High Follow-up Committee for Palestinian Arab Citizens in Israel with regard to the unjust campaigns conducted by academic Israeli institutions against their Palestinian students and lecturers
Dear Academics and Academic Institutions: I am writing to you as the Head of the High Follow-up Committee for Palestinian Arab Citizens in Israel, which is an umbrella organization representing….
Defending Freedom of Expression on Palestine: An Academic Issue
« We, researchers, jurists, anthropologists, sociologists, historians, geographers, economists, political scientists, specialists in Middle Eastern and Arab societies, as well as our supportive colleagues » We wish to draw the attention of….
A Brief History of the Netanyahu-Hamas Alliance
For 14 years, Netanyahu’s policy was to keep Hamas in power; the pogrom of October 7, 2023, helps the Israeli prime minister preserve his own rule
2,055 Palestinian children killed in Gaza, more than 800 missing
A digger arrives to start removing rubble following an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip on October 12, 2023. (Photo: Said Khatib / AFP)