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In a week, Israeli army executes 13 children in and near Al-Shifa Hospital
Palestinian Territory – In blatant violation of international law, particularly international humanitarian law, the Israeli army has executed 13 children by direct shooting in Al-Shifa Medical Complex and its Gaza City environs. This is a war crime and a crime against humanity, and is part of the genocide that the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip having been experiencing for the past six months.
South Africa welcomes additional provisional measures ordered by the ICJ
The International Court of Justice (‘the Court’) has granted South Africa’s Urgent Request of 6 March 2024, for further provisional measures to prevent Israel from causing irreparable harm to the rights invoked by South Africa under the 1948 Genocide Convention in respect of the ongoing siege of Gaza.
The International Court of Justice indicates additional provisional measures concerning the « Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) »
THE HAGUE, 28 March 2024. In the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v…..
Israel Deploys Expansive Facial Recognition Program in Gaza
The experimental effort, which has not been disclosed, is being used to conduct mass surveillance of Palestinians in Gaza, according to military officials and others.
War on Gaza: Israeli army forces family to leave 94-year-old grandmother behind
The fate of Palestinian woman Naifa Rizq al-Sawada is currently unknown. Her daughter says she ‘cannot move, eat, or drink alone’
Ireland backs bid to include blocking of aid in definition of genocide
Dublin joins South Africa’s case in the international court of justice, arguing that stopping delivery of essentials may constitute ‘genocidal intent’
Opinion: Why I’m resigning from the State Department
Editor’s Note: Annelle Sheline, PhD, served for a year as a foreign affairs officer at the Office of Near Eastern Affairs in the Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. The views expressed here are her own. Read more opinion on CNN.
MPs and peers sign letter urging UK government to ban arms sales to Israel
Ministers under growing pressure to act amid signs Israel intends to ignore UN ceasefire resolution
Hebrew University’s Faculty of Repressive Science
The suspension of Palestinian professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian empties all meaning from the university’s proclaimed values of pluralism and equality.