Iron Swords: Israel-Hamas war in Gaza related news and media publications
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U.N. says Gaza “unfit for human survival” as Biden admin decides to continue arming Israel. Haley Ott, CBS News, November 13, 2024
A Two-State Solution That Can Work. The Case for an Israeli-Palestinian Confederation. Omar M. Dajani and Limor Yehuda, Foreign Affairs, Sept. 19, 2024
How did pagers explode in Lebanon and why was Hezbollah using them? Tara John, Tamara Qiblawi, Oren Liebermann, Avery Schmitz and Yong Xiong, CNN, September 18, 2024
General Assembly overwhelmingly passes resolution demanding end to Palestine occupation. UN News, September 17, 2024
U.S. Charges Hamas Leaders in Oct. 7 Massacre. Adam Goldman, Ronen Bergman and Glenn Thrush, the New York Times, Sept. 3, 2024
Adopting Resolution 2735 (2024) with 14 Votes in Favour, Russian Federation Abstaining, Security Council Welcomes New Gaza Ceasefire Proposal, Urges Full Implementation. United Nations press release, June 10, 2024.
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants against Sinwar and Netanyahu for war crimes over October 7 and Gaza. Ivana Kottasová and Madalena Araujo, CNN, May 20, 2024
UN Security Council passes resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire. Raffi Berg, BBC News, March 25, 2024
ICJ badmouths Israel for 35 minutes, then Israel wins – analysis. Yonah Jeremy Bob, the Jerusalem Post, January 26, 2024
Separate opinion of judge ad-hoc Barak – see here
ICJ court ruling – see here
ICJ says Israel must prevent genocide in Gaza. Raffi Berg and Anna Holligan, BBC News, London and The Hague, January 26, 2024
Israel rejects genocide charges, tells World Court it must defend itself. Anthony Deutsch, Toby Sterling and Stephanie van den Berg, Reuters, January 12, 2024
Selective Use of Facts and the Gaza Genocide Debate. Amichai Cohen and Yuval Shany, Just Security, January 2, 2024
South Africa files genocide case against Israel at World Court. Wendell Roelf and Toby Sterling, Reuters, December 30, 2023
Perils and Pitfalls of Israel´s New ´War on Terror´. Prof. Stefan Oeter, Verfassungsblog, Dec. 4, 2023.
A special collection of Articles and legal analyzes – the war in Gaza. Gal Rosilio and Pnina Sharvit Baruch, INSS, December 2023 (press here for pdf)
The Risks of Agenda-Based Analysis. Dr. Ido Rosenzweig, The Times of Israel blog, Nov. 8, 2023
Hamas Fighters Trained in Iran Before Oct. 7 Attacks. Summer Said, Dov Lieber and Benoit Faucon. The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 25, 2023
Waiting for goods: Israel’s clashing right to life’s obligations. Dr. Ido Rosenzweig, The Times of Israel blog, October 16, 2023
Hamas Fighters’ Orders: ‘Kill as Many People as Possible’. Dov Lieber and David S. Cloud, Wall Street Journal, Oct. 14, 2023
‘Top secret’ Hamas documents show that terrorists intentionally targeted elementary schools and a youth center. Anna Schecter, NBC News, October 14, 2023
Israel orders the evacuation of 1.1 million people from northern part of Gaza, the UN says. Joseph Krauss and Wafaa Shurafa, AP, October 13, 2023
Israel-Hamas War News updates, The New York Times
Especially Now: International Law Is Not Nonsense. Dr. Ido Rosenzweig, The Times of Israel blog, October 11, 2023
Israel is at war with Hamas. Here’s what to know. Abbas Al Lawati and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, October 11, 2023
October 7, 2023: Israel says it is ‘at war’ after Hamas surprise attack. Andrew Raine, Chris Lau, Joshua Berlinger, Aditi Sangal, Thom Poole and Matt Meyer, CNN. October 8, 2023
Gaza terrorists launch surprise attack on Israel with rocket barrages and infiltrations. Emanuel Fabian, The Times of Israel, October 7, 2023
Archive materials on war and terror between Israel and Palestine by December 2022
For more reports in Hebrew see here. See also: Blogs of interest
UN asks world court to weigh in on Israeli ‘occupation’ and ‘annexation’. Luke Tress Times of Israel, 31 December 2022
Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 8, including senior militant, wounds dozens of others. Fares Akram, Associated Press, August 5, 2022
3 dead, several other people shot in terror attack in Tel Aviv, Israel. Mark Osborne, ABC News, 8 April 2022
Fears grow of renewed violence in Israel ahead of Ramadan amid deadly shootings
Tensions are high during a historically significant month. Guy Davies, Nasser Atta, Bruno Nota, ABC News, 31 March 2022
Gaza Violence and riots in Israel – May 2021
Israel designates Palestinian civil society groups as terrorists, U.N. ‘alarmed’. Rami Ayyub, Reuters, October 22, 2021
The 2021 Gaza War and the Limits of International Humanitarian Law, Aeyal Gross, Just Security, June 1, 2021
Israel and Hamas agree Gaza truce, Biden pledges assistance. Nidal Al-mughrabiDan Williams, Reuters, May 2021
Clashes in Jerusalem and West Bank amid protests and strikes. Harriet Sherwood and angencies. The Guardian, 18 May, 2021.
Every day there is bombing: Israel airstrikes hitting affluent heart of Gaza. Hazem Balousha in Gaza City and Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, 18 May, 2021
Jewish, Arab riots leave dozens injured across the country. Zachary Keyser and Jeremy Sharon, Jerusalem Post, May 14, 2021
Israel declares emergency in Lod as unrest spreads. BBC, May 12, 2021
Terrorists fire 200 rockets at Israel in 24 hours; IDF responds with 130 strikes. Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff, Times of Israel, May 11,2021
Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza strip after Hamas rocket attacks. Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem and Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, 10 May 2021
Jerusalem: Many injured on second night of clashes, BBC, May 9, 2021
Israel warns of Gaza escalation over balloon and rocket attacks. BBC News, 22 August, 2020
Joint Knesset committee recommends extending national emergency to 2021.. Jerusalem Post, June 2, 2020
Annexation or Not, It’s Time All Palestinians Under Israeli Control Had the Right to Vote. Itamar Mann and Yael Berda, Newsweek Opinion, May 21, 2020
Bennett declares ‘special situation’ for communities within 80 km of Gaza. Ynet News, Nov. 12, 2019
IDF girds for several days of fighting after 190 rockets fired at Israel. Judah Ari Gross, Times of Israel, Nov. 12, 2019
Previous violence events
The Gaza Border Events – Legal Aspects – IDF
Report of the UN Commission of Inquiry on the 2018 protests in the OPT, Feb. 28, 2019
UN Condemns Israel’s ‘Excessive Use of Force’ in Gaza, Rejects Amendment Denouncing Hamas. Amir Tibon and Reuters Jun 14, 2018
Israel’s Gaza Killings: War Crimes or Self-defense? Judy Maltz, Haaretz, May 17, 2018
Israel rejects UN and EU calls for inquiry into Gaza violence. NY Daily News, April 1, 2018Israel rejects UN and EU calls for inquiry into Gaza violence. NY Daily News, April 1, 2018
Israel Blocks Head of pro-BDS Organization From Entering Israel. Barak Ravid and Ilan Lior, Haaretz, Mar 13, 2017
Israel’s Travel Ban: Knesset Bars Entry to Foreigners Who Call for Boycott of Israel or Settlements. Jonathan Lis, Haaretz, Mar 07, 2017
Israeli Soldier Who Shot Wounded Palestinian Assailant Is Convicted of Manslaughter. Isabel Kershner, New York Times Jan. 4, 2017
War Crimes Suit against Israeli Justices Rejected by Chilean Court. Amira Hass, Haaretz, Dec 03, 2016
Top Israeli Justices Face War Crimes Suit in Chile for Authorizing West Bank Wall. Amira Hass, Haaretz, Nov 29, 2016
Three Israeli Supreme Court Justices Face War Crimes Suit For Authorizing Wall Barrier In West Bank, Jewish Business News, Nov 29, 2016
Knesset passes sweeping anti-terror reforms into law. Marissa Newman and Raoul Wootliff, the Times of Israel, June 15, 2016
Three killed in central Tel Aviv terror shooting; two attackers nabbed. Ben Hartman, The Jerusalem Post, June 8, 2016
Charges Against IDF Soldier Who Shot Subdued Palestinian Downgraded to Manslaughter. Gili Cohen, Haaretz, Mar 31, 2016
For frst time in current terror wave, Israel severely restricts access to, from Ramallah. Closure of palestinian economic, political hub comes after shooting that wounded three Israeli soldiers.Gili Cohen and Jack Khoury, Haaretz, Feb 01, 2016
Two Killed, Seven Wounded in Shooting at Tel Aviv Pub. Massive manhunt underway for suspect, identified as an Israeli Arab; two seriously wounded in shooting on corner of Gordon and Dizengoff; growing consensus among security officials that shooting was a terrorist attack. January 1st, 2016
Security Cabinet OKs Administrative Detention of Jewish Terror Suspects. Administrative detentions will be used ‘in the appropriate cases’ and will require the approval of Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein. Gili Cohen, Haaretz, Aug 02, 2015
Gaza ‘Protective Edge’ and other ICC Investigations
Netanyahu Weighs International Criminal Court Prosecutors’ Request for Israel, West Bank Visit. Barak Ravid, Haaretz, Sep 02, 2016
Amnesty International published a report: “Black Friday, Carnage in Rafah 2014, Israel/Gaza Conflict“. July, 29, 2015
ICC orders its prosecutor to consider ‘Mavi Marmara’ war crimes allegations against IDF. Decision puts ICC closest ever to intervening in Israeli-Arab conflict. By Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post, 07/16/2015
Hamas’s reflection on the report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza aggression. 29 June, 15
UN Gaza Inquiry finds credible allegations of war crimes committed in 2014 by both Israel and Palestinian armed groups. The United Nations Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict press release, June 22-2015.
Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs published:The 2014 Gaza Conflict: Factual and Legal Aspects.June 14, 2015.
What’s behind ‘Protective Edge’ Investigations? Adv. Ido Rosenzweig, Times of Israel blogs, June 15, 2015.
Can the ICC go after settlements as war crimes? Analysis of experts, including Dr. Sigall Horovitz from the Minerva Center. By Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post 01 April 2015
2014 Gaza War Assessment: The New Face of Conflict. A report by the JINSA -commissioned Gaza Conflict Task Force, March 2015.
U.S. jury finds PLO, PA liable over terror attacks in Israel more than a decade ago. The victims will receive more than $218 million. By Reuters, Feb. 23, 2015 (Haaretz)
Does Abbas really want to take Israel to The Hague over Gaza? The Palestinian Authority has slim chance of an ICC investigation of Israel, and could even face its own probe, says international legal expert Sigall Horovitz; meanwhile, Israel should consider its own steps to avoid seeing its troops and leaders in the dock. Roi Simyoni, Ynet, Jan.15.2015
Palestine and the ICC: An (Imagined) View from Inside the Court, By Alex Whiting. 07 January 2015
UN chief: State of Palestine will join ICC on April 1. Ban Ki-moon says he is acting as the ‘depositary’ for the documents of ratification. By The Associated Press, Jan. 7, 2015.
Israel in Gaza: Violence and injustice are not Jewish values by Rabbi Arik Ascherman, Sep. 12, 2014
Can Israel Cut Off Water and Power to Gaza?
Legal opinion by Prof. Bell, submitted to the Knesset on 14.7.2014
Opinion by Prof. Eric Posner, 24.7.2014
