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Israel’s armed drones are heralding an era of automated killing
The army's use of UAVs has led to soaring exports and a mounting Palestinian death toll, yet there is no public debate over their legality or morality.
By
Sebastian Ben Daniel (John Brown)
September 19, 2023
Israel wiped out a Palestinian-German family. Germany refuses to investigate
Germany refuses to probe Israel's killing of seven members of the Kilani family in the 2014 Gaza war, despite five of them having their German citizenship.
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Hebh Jamal
June 22, 2022
The best way to avoid an ICC probe: Don’t commit war crimes
With every settlement and military operation, Israel has been paving its own road to The Hague.
By
Avner Gvaryahu
February 15, 2021
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Gaza’s women are being besieged on all sides
Between an endless siege that chokes the economy and a traditional society facing increased gender violence, Gaza’s women have few options for survival. By Reem Amer and Tanya Rubinstein Over the past few weeks the Israeli media has focused much of its time on the all-female flotilla to Gaza, which was stopped by the Israeli army on…
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October 18, 2016
With no justice on the horizon for Gaza, what comes next?
A new report by B’Tselem concludes that the Israeli military’s investigations into its own alleged crimes are little more than a whitewash. So what comes next? Sometimes a seemingly dry bit of research can seem to rise to the level of literature, challenging the status quo in ways that, in the long run, only literature…
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Samer Badawi
September 23, 2016
Resource: The Whitewashing Procedure
The Israeli bodies responsible for investigating the events of Operation Protective Edge are engaged primarily in creating the false impression of a functioning system that ostensibly seeks to discover the truth. In the meantime, those actually responsible for violations are not even questioned, and the investigations have been confined to superficial inspections of a number…
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+972 Resources
September 23, 2016
Who’s sending death threats to Palestinian advocates in The Hague?
In an interview with +972, the Hague representative of Al-Haq, a Palestinian human rights group, talks about the slew of threats she and her organization have received for months, and why she believes the Israeli government is behind them. In a small ceremony in The Hague on April 1, 2015, the Palestinian Authority officially signed…
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Amjad Iraqi
August 17, 2016
Hamas avoiding armed confrontation with Israel — for now
The recent escalation in violence has caused many in Gaza to support renewing armed struggle against Israel. Hamas, however, is wary of firing rockets, preferring to cheer on Palestinians from the sidelines. By Abeer Ayyoub GAZA CITY — While usually considered one of the most volatile places in Palestine, the Gaza Strip seems to be…
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+972 Magazine
October 16, 2015
PHOTOS: The Gaza families obliterated in just 51 days
Out of the 2,200 Palestinians killed in last summer’s assault on the Gaza Strip, over 80 percent were civilians. Nearly 150 families lost three or more relatives, with some families disappearing entirely. Activestills’ Anne Paq returns to Gaza to tell the story behind the numbers. Photography: Anne Paq / Activestills.org, Editing: Shiraz Grinbaum / Activestills.org “Time will reduce…
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Activestills
August 26, 2015
Voices without borders: Four young writers from Gaza tell their story
Young Gazans are finally getting an opportunity to present themselves to the world in their own words. +972 speaks to some of the participants in the 'We Are Not Numbers' writing project about hope, love, war and, of course, writing.
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Natasha Roth-Rowland
August 25, 2015
What I learned touring the rubble piles of Gaza
A year after the devastating war on Gaza, an activist visits human rights defenders still working among piles of rubble and roiling from trauma. By Jen Marlowe I crouched on the floor of the beat-up Mercedes yellow cab, so that I could film Yaser Abed Alkhafor at a better angle. We were driving slowly through…
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+972 Magazine
August 13, 2015
A warrant for the repression of Israel’s Palestinian citizens
Bentzi Sau, a candidate for the national police commissioner, has riled Palestinian citizens who continue to experience his interpretation of law enforcement: oppression and harassment. Last week, a petition issued by the global civic organization Avaaz in Arabic and Hebrew circulated on social media, showing a photograph of a man dressed in police uniform. In…
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Amjad Iraqi
August 9, 2015
Mortality rate increases among Gaza infants for first time in 50 years
With Gaza’s infant mortality rate up for the first time in 50 years, health officials worry that a continued blockade, and lack of sufficient neonatal care, may cause the upward trend to continue. For the first time in 50 years, Gaza’s refugee population has seen an increase in the number of infant deaths, according to…
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Natasha Roth-Rowland
August 9, 2015
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