Articles for Protective Edge

Gaza as a global metaphor for reclaiming justice
1 year, 3 months ago

Gaza as a global metaphor for reclaiming justice

Al Jazeera  

“Gaza as a Metaphor and the Right to be Human”, was the title of a paper that I wrote for a conference on International Law and the State of Israel: Legitimacy, Responsibility and Exceptionalism that took place in Cork, Ireland from March 31-April 2, 2017. The attacks on Gaza introduce an apocalyptic vision of the present and the near present, …

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Opinion: ‘Dark, terrifying, claustrophobic.’ What it’s like inside Hamas’ tunnels
1 year, 4 months ago

Opinion: ‘Dark, terrifying, claustrophobic.’ What it’s like inside Hamas’ tunnels

CNN  

Editor’s note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America, a professor of practice at Arizona State University and the host of the Audible podcast “In the Room With Peter Bergen,” also on Apple and Spotify. Peter Bergen CNN One expert on the tunnels is Dr. Daphné Richemond Barak, who wrote “Underground Warfare,” a book, …

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Will Israel be put on trial for war crimes?
8 years, 6 months ago

Will Israel be put on trial for war crimes?

Al Jazeera  

An expected visit by ICC delegation could increase the risk of Israeli officials being tried for war crimes. Since Protective Edge, two of Israel’s largest human rights groups, B’Tselem and Yesh Din, have refused to cooperate with Israeli investigations in Gaza, accusing the Israeli military of using them to “whitewash” its actions. “The main aim appears to be to place …

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Gaza, a year on from Operation Protective Edge: Families still living among the rubble of 18,000 homes destroyed in a 50-day war
9 years, 8 months ago

Gaza, a year on from Operation Protective Edge: Families still living among the rubble of 18,000 homes destroyed in a 50-day war

The Independent  

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Gaza, a year on from Operation Protective Edge: Families still living among the rubble of 18,000 homes destroyed in a 50-day war
9 years, 8 months ago

Gaza, a year on from Operation Protective Edge: Families still living among the rubble of 18,000 homes destroyed in a 50-day war

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The border town of Khuzaa, near Khan Younis, was …

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Legal battles on horizon in the ruins of Gaza
10 years, 1 month ago

Legal battles on horizon in the ruins of Gaza

Al Jazeera  

Alleged war crimes in Khuzaa and other hard-hit areas of Gaza may come under closer scrutiny in the months ahead. “There is ample evidence to show that the Israeli army carried out gross violations of international law, including war crimes,” Saleh Hijazi, a Middle East researcher for Amnesty International, told Al Jazeera. RELATED: ICC ‘close’ to opening Gaza war investigation …

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Amnesty International accuses Israel of committing war crimes during Protective Edge offensive in Gaza
10 years, 3 months ago

Amnesty International accuses Israel of committing war crimes during Protective Edge offensive in Gaza

ABC  

Amnesty International has accused Israel's military of committing war crimes during its Protective Edge offensive in Gaza this year. "All the evidence we have shows this large-scale destruction was carried out deliberately and with no military justification," director of Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa program Philip Luther said. Israeli authorities had said that one building housed a command …

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Israel-Palestine conflict: A turn in western thinking?
10 years, 5 months ago

Israel-Palestine conflict: A turn in western thinking?

Al Jazeera  

Although UN speeches are rarely signifiers of political realities, the presentations by Mahmoud Abbas on behalf of the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian Liberation Organisation and of Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, contained some elements worth noticing. It is something of a weather vane of the global view of the conflict that when Abbas spoke he received thunderous …

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