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A UN report released Thursday documented Israeli attacks on healthcare facilities and medical personnel in the Gaza Strip in violation of international human rights laws, calling the attacks war crimes and crimes against humanity. The report, written by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, also [...]

A joint media report has led Dutch prosecutors to consider a criminal case based on claims that senior Israeli intelligence officials have interfered with an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into alleged crimes in occupied Palestine, The Guardian confirmed on Tuesday. The Guardian, +972 Magazine and Local Call jointly investigated what they allege are nine years [...]

“For by Wise Counsel, Thou Shalt Make Thy War.” Proverbs 24.6 For mostly good reason, policy discussions of Israel’s nuclear strategy and doctrine have been intentionally vague and without evident nuance. More specifically, there have been few open-literature assessments of a limited nuclear war and its law-supported capacity for enhancing Israel’s strategic deterrence. Now, however, [...]

As we mark the one-year anniversary of the horrific October 7 attacks on Israeli civilians, it’s essential to reflect not only on the immediate tragedies of that day, but also on the ensuing conflict that has led to a cycle of escalating violence and suffering. While Israel’s initial retaliation against Hamas may have been lawful [...]

The head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, arrived in Lebanon on Saturday in an effort to express solidarity and bring awareness to alleged breaches of humanitarian law that include Israel’s targeting of medical facilities and displacement of civilians. Imran Riza, the UN humanitarian coordinator in Lebanon, expressed serious concern [...]

French President Emmanuel Macron, speaking to public broadcaster France Inter on Saturday, announced that France should no longer deliver weapons to Israel and urged other countries to halt arms deliveries to Israel, citing the escalation of its attacks in Gaza and Lebanon. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu rebuked Macron for the proposed arms embargo, noting that [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Maryland blocked the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) on Tuesday from prohibiting a planned October 7 vigil commemorating those killed in the Israel-Gaza War. A student organization, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), filed a lawsuit against UMCP after their request for the [...]

Iran launched scores of ballistic missiles into Israeli territory on Tuesday, in what it described as an exercise of its “legitimate right to self-defense under the UN Charter.” The attack came hours after Israel announced a ground incursion into Lebanon, and as UN experts warned of the dire consequences of regional hostilities. In a statement, [...]

A Human Rights Watch (HRW) statement on Monday highlighted the disproportionate harm that children with disabilities in Gaza are suffering as a result of Israel’s violations of humanitarian law, which include military strikes against hospitals, restrictions on humanitarian aid, and the 16-year blockade on the Gaza Strip. HRW states that the unlawful conditions being imposed [...]

The imperatives are plain. Whatever the trajectory of wars in the region, Israel has a law-based obligation to keep Iran non-nuclear. Immediately and incrementally, therefore, Jerusalem will need to ensure “escalation dominance” during periods of competitive risk-taking. This overriding responsibility concerns both Iran’s sub-state proxies (especially Shiite Hezbollah and Sunni Hamas) and Iran directly. What [...]