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Highly infectious poliovirus found in Gaza sewage samples
Gaza ministry warns thousands of people displaced by the Israel-Gaza war are at risk of contracting the disease which can cause deformities and paralysis
Why ICJ ruling against Israel’s settlement policies will be hard to ignore
Judgment challenges allies such as UK and US, which for years soft-pedalled on occupation of Palestinian territories
Israel using water as weapon of war as Gaza supply plummets by 94%, creating deadly health catastrophe: Oxfam
Israel damaged or destroyed five water and sanitation sites every three days since the start of this war
Scholarships for Gaza students who have managed to leave Gaza and are either in France or Egypt
The Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs has launched a special campaign to award scholarships to students from Gaza residing in Egypt or France. To be eligible, students must be taking degree programmes at the second- and third-year Bachelor’s, Master’s or doctorate levels, or a DU Passerelle, a one-year language training programme, during the academic year 2024-2025.
A Holocaust Scholar Meets with Israeli Reservists
Omer Bartov on his experience speaking with right-wing students who had just returned from military service in Gaza.
Resisting Israeli Scholasticide and Academic Apartheid
Israel’s genocidal war is both massacring Palestinians and destroying their physical and social infrastructure. In particular, Israel has targeted Palestinian educational institutions. In late April, UN experts concluded, “with more….
Marking a Decade of Impunity: The Killing of Four Bakr Children by the Israeli Military in Gaza
Gaza, Haifa, 16 July 2024 — Today marks exactly 10 years since the killing of four Palestinian children from the Bakr family – Ahed (9 years), Zakaria (10 years), Mohammed (11 years), and Ismail (9 years) – by the Israeli military in Gaza. In marking this somber anniversary, Al Mezan, Adalah, and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) highlight the systematic failure of the Israeli legal system to hold perpetrators accountable for acts of violence against Palestinians. This failure persists amid Israel’s genocidal military campaign against more than two million Palestinians in Gaza over the last nine months.
This Week in Palestine (TWiP) “Heroes from Gaza”
Message from the Editor
“We have no food at home,” said one journalist with whom we have cooperated regarding this July 2024 issue of This Week in Palestine (TWiP) themed “Heroes from Gaza.” If working in such conditions doesn’t make a person a hero, then who deserves such a title?