Amira Howeidy's Articles

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

South Africa has presented the International Court of Justice with evidence in its case alleging Israel’s violation of the Genocide Convention.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

The International Court of Justice begins two-day hearings this week of South Africa’s case against Israel, accused of violating the Genocide Convention.

Israel’s primary objective in its war on Gaza is to exact extraordinary revenge upon the Palestinians rather than to retrieve its captives from Hamas, analyst Mouin Rabbani tells Al-Ahram Wekly.

Human Rights Watch’s Omar Shakir explains how Israel’s targeting of Gaza’s hospitals has been allowed to continue, in an interview with Al-Ahram Weekly.

Abu Obaida, spokesman of Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing, has become a ubiquitous social media presence, reports Amira Howeidy

Palestinian-British surgeon Ghassan Abu Sitta left the UK for Gaza as soon as the war started. He speaks with Amira Howeidy about the catastrophic situation in the besieged enclave

Legal experts warn Israel’s repeated war crimes against Palestinians and its continued impunity threaten the rules of international order and the safety of citizens everywhere, reports Amira Howeidy

The unprecedented attack on Israel earlier this week by the Palestinian group Hamas has reminded many that the rules of war are only recalled in the Arab-Israeli conflict when the victims are Israelis.

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