Recently published Israeli accounts of war crimes committed in the 1967 War confirm that the systematic annihilation of the Palestinians is intrinsic to Israel’s identity.
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The Palestine-Israel division of the international NGO Human Rights Watch has resigned in protest over the organisation’s blocking of a report on the Palestinian right of return, writes Amira Howeidy in an interview with lead author Omar Shakir
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The Palestinian yearning to return has been represented as a quixotic gesture, an impossible dream, in the face of Israel's efforts to obliterate the past and to massage history to make it serve Israeli interests.
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Two iconic figures in the Hamas Al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Obaida and Mohamed Al-Sinwar, are believed to have been killed by Israel.
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Israel’s war on Iran has underscored the Arab view of Israel as an aggressive source of instability in the region
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The background of the second batch of Palestinian prisoners released by Israel this week offers incisive insight into the nature of the 76-year-old conflict.
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Why are Palestinian prisoners of war in Israeli captivity so fundamental to the Palestinian liberation project? Leading Palestinian lawyer Raji Sourani speaks to Al-Ahram Weekly
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New York’s Columbia University has allegedly forced legal scholar Katherine Franke to retire for defending students demonstrating in solidarity with Gaza
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The ICC’s unprecedented arrest warrant against a sitting Israeli head of government is a turning point in the 76-year-old Palestinian-Israeli conflict, writes Amira Howeidy
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South Africa has presented the International Court of Justice with evidence in its case alleging Israel’s violation of the Genocide Convention.
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Largely absent from US presidential election talking points, the war on Gaza may be the decisive factor, costing Democratic candidate Kamala Harris Arab-American votes.
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Israel’s deadly escalation against Hizbullah has dealt the group a painful blow, but it has not yet succeeded in restoring Israel’s strategic superiority that was undermined by Hamas, Lebanon expert Hicham Safieddine tells Amira Howeidy
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The polio vaccination campaign in Gaza that unrolled this week is the first time in 11 months that Israel has allowed humanitarian groups to address an infectious disease in the enclave out of fears of a cross-border outbreak, writes Amira Howeidy
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The ICJ’s dismantling of the legitimacy of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian Territories since 1967, requiring it to withdraw, pay reparations, and allow the Palestinian right of return, is nothing short of historic.
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Israel has responded to the International Court of Justice’s order for it to halt its offensive in Rafah with further massacres in the besieged enclave, reports Amira Howeidy
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The decision by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to seek arrest warrants against Israeli politicians has been hailed as a historic move in defying Israel’s impunity, reports Amira Howeidy
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Reports on Qatari plans to evict Hamas from Doha have recalled the decades-old history of the nomadic Palestinian leadership in exile, writes Amira Howeidy
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Israel has escalated its war on Gaza in response to the ICJ’s provisional measures to prevent genocide a month ago. South African political analyst and former diplomat Zeenat Adam explains that Pretoria’s efforts to bring justice to the Palestinians can neither be achieved alone nor without reform of the international justice system to Al-Ahram Weekly.
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As the ICJ wraps up a week of hearings on Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian Territories, it now begins closed-door deliberations on South Africa’s case against Israel for allegedly violating the Genocide Convention.
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The International Court of Justice dealt Israel a decisive blow in its ruling on 26 January, Palestinian analyst Diana Buttu says in an interview with Al-Ahram Weekly
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