This piece examines the UK government’s proscription of Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act, situating it within a broader trend of shrinking space for public dissent. It argues that the…
This article analyses the distortions of the International Humanitarian Law (IHL) notion of proportionality in the context of the Israel-Gaza war. It discusses Israel’s attempts to reinterpret proportionality to justify…
In the aftermath of the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, Israeli officials and media have frequently deployed Holocaust analogies and rhetoric to describe the depth of suffering experienced on October…
As China seeks to bolster its presence and influence in the Middle East, it has actively engaged in conflict resolution efforts, facilitated discussions between Palestinian factions, condemned harm against civilians,…
In this article, I historicize the Gaza war from the joint vantage point of Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs through the perspective of collective violence. The Israeli Jewish and the…
The eyes of the world turned toward the Middle East on October 7th, when Hamas militants from Gaza launched a surprise attack on southern Israel, killing over…
Middle East analysts have long been pessimistic about the hopes for a final status agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians. This sentiment exists to this day, even after U.S.
Over the past ten years, Israeli forces have interrogated, prosecuted, and/or imprisoned over 7,000 Palestinian children within the Israeli military justice system. Despite international pressure, the number of arrests…
Last week, Israel launched Operation Pillar of Defense into the Gaza Strip in response to increased rocket attacks from Gaza into southern Israel. The relationship between Israel and the Gaza…
