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The ruling of the I.C.J.—which is distinct from the International Criminal Court—fell short of finding Israel guilty of having committed genocide, but such a decision could take years; South Africa had also urged the court to order an immediate ceasefire, which it did not do. (The court does not have an enforcement mechanism.) But the I.C.J. still found cause for great concern about Israel’s military actions, and also the statements of its leaders. “At least some of the acts and omissions allege…
4 months ago
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Where have you worked before you ended up in Gaza?
I have been in and out of Gaza and the West Bank for the past nineteen years. I was previously in Gaza in 2005, prior to Israeli disengagement, and then again in 2015, right after the 2014 war. And also again several times in and out of the West Bank. I have worked in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan. And I have worked on refugee rescue boats off the coast of Libya.
When you’re working in Iraq, or Pakistan, or Afghanistan, who…
4 months ago
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On Friday, I spoke by phone with Yousef Hammash, who has been an aid worker with the Norwegian Refugee Council, a humanitarian agency, for the past three years. Hammash is Palestinian, and is from the Jabalia camp in Gaza; he and his family—including two children—are currently in Rafah after fleeing their home and spending the last several months travelling from place to place in Gaza amid Israel’s bombardment. Our conversation, edited for length and clarity, is below.
Where were you living on O…
3 months ago
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“For now, this looks like a serious attempt to quantify the important issue of deaths and especially nonviolent deaths in Gaza,” Michael Spagat, an economics professor at Royal Holloway, University of London, and an expert on civilian death tolls, told me. (The study has not yet been peer-reviewed because of time constraints.) To talk about how the report was compiled, and the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, I recently spoke by phone with Paul B. Spiegel, one of the report’s authors and the…
3 months ago
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In the coming weeks, the Israeli military plans to invade the southern city of Rafah, where more than a million people are sheltering. The Biden Administration has cautioned the Israelis to allow civilians to evacuate. On Sunday, Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said that a ceasefire would not affect the plans of invasion. “If we have a deal, it’ll be delayed somewhat. But it’ll happen,” he said. “If we don’t have a deal, we’ll do it anyway.”
To talk about the Biden Administration’s…
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The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (P.C.A.T.I.) is an non-governmental organization that was established in 1990, and represents Palestinians and Israelis who claim to have been tortured by Israeli authorities. I recently spoke by phone with Tal Steiner, its executive director. During our conversation, which has been edited for length and clarity, Steiner and I discussed why so many prisoners have died in Israeli custody since October 7th, the details of the harsh Israeli crackdown i…
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To talk about the American-Israeli relationship and the Biden Administration’s goals, I recently spoke by phone with Aaron David Miller, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment, and formerly a State Department official who played a role in Middle East peace negotiations, most notably at the end of the Clinton Administration. During our conversation, which has been edited for length and clarity, we discussed what’s behind the Biden policy, the aims of Israel’s war in Gaza, and why American Pres…
about 1 month ago
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To better understand how countries operate both within and outside the bounds of international law during military operations, I recently spoke by phone with Sarah Elaine Harrison, a senior analyst in the U.S. program at the International Crisis Group. She was previously an associate general counsel in the international-affairs division at the Department of Defense. During our conversation, which has been edited for length and clarity, we discussed how the idea of “proportionality” is being abus…
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The author of both stories was Yuval Abraham, an Israeli journalist and documentary filmmaker. Abraham co-directed the documentary “No Other Land,” about the daily struggles of Palestinians in the West Bank. During his acceptance speech upon winning the award for Best Documentary at the Berlin International Film Festival, in February, Abraham called for a ceasefire in Gaza. In response, he and his family in Israel received death threats. Many people in Germany took issue with the speech, too—inc…
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I recently spoke by phone with Abu-Jamei, who left Gaza for Egypt, where he arrived about a week ago. We discussed how he has managed to continue his work in the past six months and how he has approached treating children specifically. Our conversation, edited for length and clarity, is below.
Can you tell me a little bit about the history of the work you do?
The Gaza Community Mental Health Programme is a non-governmental organization that was established in Gaza, in 1990. It was founded by the…
28 days ago
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During his tenure with the Reagan Administration, Abrams was involved in supporting authoritarian regimes in Guatemala and El Salvador, both of which were committing extensive human-rights violations that were widely documented in the press. (The Guatemalan leader, Efraín Ríos Montt, was eventually convicted of crimes against humanity and genocide, though his conviction was later thrown out on technical grounds; in El Salvador the military was responsible for tens of thousands of deaths.) Abram…
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