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United for Peace and Justice here provides statements, analysis, and commentary from a variety of organizations, news sources, and analysts, including statements from United for Peace and Justice member groups and other organizations to inform and encourage discussion. Inclusion here does not indicate endorsement by UFPJ.
Organization Statements and Petitions
Human Rights and International Law
News and Commentary
History and Background
Webinars and Video
ORGANIZATION STATEMENTS AND PETITIONS
Veterans Call Out Biden Again for Violations of Federal Law by Shipping Weapons to Israel, Veterans for Peace, April 18, 2024.
International lawyers calling for ceasefire in Gaza and respect for international law, Global Justice in the 21st Century, April 17, 2024.
New national labor network formed to “end the death and devastation” in the Israel-Hamas war, National Labor Network for a Ceasefire, February 16, 2024.
Veterans Demand Termination of Weapons to Israel, Veterans for Peace, Antiwar.com, February 13, 2024.
Veterans For Peace Condemns US Bombing of Yemen, January 10, 2024.
“We Support South Africa’s Genocide Convention Case Against Israel,” Progressive International, Statement with organization sign-ons, January 8, 2024.
Declaration of Conscience and Concern of Global Intellectuals on Gaza Genocide, Global Justice in the 21st Century, December 20, 2023
Resist the dehumanization of Palestinians and Israelis, Pro-Human Camp Network and Amnesty International Israel, December 13, 2023.
End the Siege of Gaza; Stop the Killing and Forced Displacement; Unconditional Ceasefire Now! Focus on the Global South, November 17, 2023.
The US Labor Movement Calls for Ceasefire in Israel and Palestine, November 2023.
An open letter from Jewish students, The Brown Daily Herald, November 7, 2023.
Statement by Principals of the UN Inter-Agency Standing Committee, on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, “We need an immediate humanitarian ceasefire,” November 6, 2023.
Ukrainian Letter of Solidarity with Palestinian people, Ukraine-Palestine Solidarity Group, November 2, 2023.
Health Care and Public Health Professionals’ Call to Immediate Action to Address the Violence in Israel and Gaza and Its Health Consequences, initiated by the Peace Caucus in affiliation with the American Public Health Association, October 27, 2023.
Brooklyn For Peace Calls for a Ceasefire, De-escalation, & Addressing the Root Causes of Violence in Palestine & Israel, Brooklyn for Peace, October 26, 2023.
Veterans For Peace Hamas-Israel Statement, Veterans for Peace, October 12, 2023.
Jewish Voice for Peace calls on all people of conscience to stop imminent genocide, Jewish Voice for Peace, October 11, 2023.
Statement from the Leadership of Religion and Public Life on the Current Spate of Violence in Palestine/Israel, Harvard Divinity School Religion and Public Life, posted by New Politics, October 11, 2023.
Adalah’s Statement following the Extreme Violence in Gaza and in Israel since Saturday 7 October 2023, Adalah, October 11, 2023.
Joint Statement on the Recent Israel-Palestine Escalation, The International Peace Bureau (IPB), Middle East Treaty Organization (METO), and International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), October 10, 2023.
Statement on the Israeli-Hamas War, Campaign for Peace, Disarmament, and Common Security, October 8, 2023.
CODEPINK’s Statement on the Call for War in Palestine: Peace comes with Justice, not War, CODEPINK, October 8, 2023.
Statement from the Oldest Peace Group in the U.S. on the Outbreak of Another Gaza War, Fellowship of Reconciliation, October 7, 2023.
HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
UN Human Rights Chief deplores harrowing killings of children and women in Rafah, United Nations, Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner, April 23, 2024.
UNRWA 2.0: How the Agency Serving Millions of Palestinian Refugees Can Survive, Dulcie Leimbach, PassBlue, April 22, 2024.
Final Report for the United Nations Secretary-General, Independent Review of Mechanisms and Procedures to Ensure Adherence by UNRWA to the Humanitarian Principle of Neutrality, United Nations, April 20, 2024.
The Middle East, including the Palestinian Question: Ministerial-level Open Debate and Possible Vote on the Palestinian Application for UN Membership, Security Council Report, April 17, 2024.
Briefing Paper for States that have Endorsed the Political Declaration on the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas Regarding Israel’s Use of Explosive Weapons in Gaza, Ray Acheson and Laura Varella, Reaching Critical Will, April 2024.
Occupied Palestinian Territory/Israel: Vital need to ensure humanitarian aid and protect humanitarian workers, United Nations, Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner, April 5, 2024.
Human Rights Council Adopts Five Resolutions, including a Text Calling for an Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza, Urging States to Prevent the Continued Forcible Transfer of Palestinians Within or From Gaza, and Calling on States to Cease the Sale or Transfer of Arms to Israel, United Nations, Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner, April 5, 2024.
UK government lawyers say Israel is breaking international law, claims top Tory in leaked recording, Toby Helm, The Guardian, March 30, 2024.
Gaza Strip Interim Damage Assessment, Summary Note, the World Bank, the European Union, and the United Nations, March 29, 2024.
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel): Order of 28 March 2024, Request for the modification of the Order of 26 January 2024 indicating provisional measures. Separate declarations and opinions of the judges and prior proceedings in the case can be found here.
The Middle East, including the Palestinian Question: Yesterday’s Adoption and Today’s Briefing and Consultations, Security Council Report, March 26, 2024.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2728, The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, March 25, 2024.
Why US ceasefire proposal failed at UNSC: Russia and China vetoed language which did represent a shift for Biden — but the devil is in the details, Trita Parsi, Responsible Statecraft, March 22, 2024.
Russia and China veto US resolution stating imperative of ‘immediate and sustained ceasefire’ in Gaza, UN News, March 22, 2024.
Ending Impunity for the Crimes Against Palestinian and Israeli Civilians, A to Z, Mona Ali Khalil, PassBlue, March 7. 2024.
Dozens address UN world court hearings on Israeli practices, UN News, February 23, 2024.
Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, Latest Developments, International Court of Justice (updated as proceedings occur).
Monitoring food security in Palestine and the Sudan, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP), February, 2024.
Arms exports to Israel must stop immediately: UN experts, United Nations, Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner, February 23, 2024.
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee – Civilians in Gaza in extreme peril while the world watches on: Ten requirements to avoid an even worse catastrophe, The Inter-Agency Standing Committee, February 21, 2024.
US vetoes another UN Security Council resolution urging Gaza war ceasefire, AlJazeera, February 20, 2024.
At World Court, Palestinians seek end to Israeli occupation, Anthony Deutsch and Stephanie van den Berg, Reuters, February 20, 2024.
Gaza and the End of the Rules-Based Order, Agnès Callamard, Foreign Affairs, February 15, 2024.
U.S. and U.K. Submit Article 51 Letters to the U.N. Security Council on Middle East Operation, Matt Gluck and Maya Nicholson, Lawfare, February 2, 2024.
The Broader Significance of the ICJ’s Ruling on Genocide in Gaza, Thomas Obel Hansen, E-International Relations, January 30, 2024.
UNRWA’s lifesaving aid may end due to funding suspension, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, January 27, 2024.
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) – The Court indicates provisional measures, International Court of Justice, January 26, 2024. Order Summary
Why International Law Matters even if Israel Refuses to Comply with ICJ Provisional Measures Ruling, Richard Falk, Global Justice in the 21st Century, January 17, 2024.
Acts Harmful to the Enemy: Within the paradigm of international humanitarian law, waging a revolutionary war will always be illegal, Jake Romm and Dylan Saba, N+1, January 12, 2024.
‘Nothing will stop this suffering, except an order from this court’ — SA sets out the evidence against Israel, Peter Fabricius, Daily Maverick, January 12, 2024.
South Africa’s Legal Quest at the World Court Could Further Banish Israel, Damilola Banjo, PassBlue, January 10, 2024.
The Promise and Risk of South Africa’s Case Against Israel, Alaa Hachem and Oona A. Hathaway, Just Security, January 4, 2024.
Stakes high as South Africa brings claim of genocidal intent against Israel, Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, January 4, 2024.
Israeli public figures accuse judiciary of ignoring incitement to genocide in Gaza, Emma Graham-Harrison and Quique Kierszenbaum, The Guardian January 3, 2024.
Israel to appear before ICJ to counter South Africa’s Gaza case, Reuters, January, 2, 2024.
The Republic of South Africa institutes proceedings against the State of Israel concerning alleged violations by Israel of its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, Press Release, International Court of Justice, December 29, 2023.
Application by South Africa Instituting proceedings
GAZA STRIP: Hostilities leave the entire population highly food insecure and at risk of Famine, The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, December 21 2023.
We Are No Strangers to Human Suffering, but We’ve Seen Nothing Like the Siege of Gaza, Michelle Nunn, Tjada D’Oyen McKenna, Jan Egeland, Abby Maxman, Jeremy Konyndyk and Janti Soeripto, The New York Times, December 11, 2023.
What’s UN Resolution 377A, can it help in efforts to stop Israel-Gaza war? The resolution empowers member states to make collective recommendations, but it is legally nonbinding, Maziar Motamedi, AlJazeera, December 11, 2023.
Security Council Fails to Adopt Resolution Demanding Immediate Humanitarian Ceasefire in Gaza on Account of Veto by United States, United Nations Security Council, December 8, 2023.
Letter by the Secretary-General to the President of Security Council invoking Article 99 of the United Nations Charter, Antonio Guterres, United Nations Secretary General, December 6, 2023.
Court hears suit to stop Netherlands exporting F-35 parts to Israel, Stephanie van den Berg and Toby Sterling, Reuters, December 4, 2023.
The End of Humanism: How the violence of October 7 and its aftermath are transforming the international community, Dubravka Žarkov, Foreign Policy in Focus, December 1, 2023.
Speaking out on Gaza / Israel must be allowed: UN experts, press release, United Nations, November 23, 2023.
Israel/OPT: Urgent call for an immediate ceasefire by all parties to end unprecedented civilian suffering, Amnesty International, November 22, 2023.
The Harvard Law Review Refused to Run This Piece About Genocide in Gaza, Rabea Eghbariah, The Nation, November 21, 2023.
Gaza/Palestine: States have a Duty to Prevent Genocide, International Commission of Jurists, November 17, 2023.
The international order has failed the Palestinians, Diana Buttu, The Globe and Mail, November 16, 2023.
UN security council backs resolution calling for humanitarian pause in Gaza, Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, November 15, 2023.
More than Genocide, A. Dirk Moses, Boston Review, November 14, 2023.
Measuring Israel by the Just-War Yardstick, A. Walter Dorn, The New York Times, November 12, 2023.
The Middle East, including the Palestinian Question: Open Briefing, Security Council Report, November 10, 2023.
Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update #34, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, November 9, 2023.
Hamas and Israel Should Be Held Accountable to International Law, Bill Blum, LA Progressive, November 7, 2023.
The UN Chief Must Demand a Full Ceasefire in Gaza and Nothing Less, Moncef Khane, PassBlue, November 6, 2023.
UN Secretary-General’s Press Conference – on the Middle East: The nightmare in Gaza is more than a humanitarian crisis, It is a crisis of humanity, United Nations, November 6, 2023.
United Nations Secretary-General’s statement – on the situation in Gaza, UN News, October 31, 2023.
Top UN official in New York steps down citing ‘genocide’ of Palestinian civilians, Ed Pilkington, The Guardian, October 31, 2023.
Law and Survival in Israel and Palestine, Janina Dill, Just Security, October 26, 2023.
Israel/OPT: Urgent call for an immediate ceasefire by all parties to end unprecedented civilian suffering, Amnesty International, October 26, 2023.
Gaza crisis: Deadlock deepens as Security Council rejects competing resolutions by US and Russia, UN News, October 25, 2023.
Israel/OPT: Türk says humanity must come first, urges humanitarian ceasefire, United Nations, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, October 23, 2023.
Damning evidence of war crimes as Israeli attacks wipe out entire families in Gaza, Amnesty International, October 20, 2023.
We Are Seeing Urgent Signs of More Mutual Mass Atrocities to Come in Israel and Gaza, Omar Shakir, Yasmine Ahmed, and Akshaya Kumar, Human Rights Watch, October 20, 2023.
UN experts say rights of victims of terrorism must be protected, insist counter-terrorism cannot be basis to breach international law, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, October 19, 2023.
Israel-Gaza crisis: US vetoes Security Council resolution, UN News, October 18, 2023.
Israel’s Unfolding Crime of Genocide of the Palestinian People & U.S. Failure to Prevent and Complicity in Genocide, Emergency Legal Briefing Paper, Center for Constitutional Rights, October 18, 2023.
On Strategy, Law, and Morality in Israel’s Gaza Operation, Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare, October 17, 2023.
Public Statement: Scholars Warn of Potential Genocide in Gaza, Third World Approaches to International Law Review, October 17, 2023.
Carnage at Gaza hospital ‘totally unacceptable’ says UN’s Türk, as warring sides blame each other, UN News, October 17, 2023.
UN expert warns of new instance of mass ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, calls for immediate ceasefire, United Nations, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, October 14, 2023.
We Must End Violence to End Violence, Ray Acheson, First Committee Monitor, Reaching Critical Will, October 14, 2023.
“The Crimes Are Plenty”: A conversation with Palestinian human rights attorney Noura Erakat on the need for a political solution, Boston Review, October 13, 2023.
Gaza: Nowhere to go, as humanitarian crisis reaches ‘dangerous new low’, UN News, October 13, 2023.
Israel/OPT: Appalling Gaza “evacuation order” must be rescinded by Israel immediately, Amnesty International, October 13, 2023.
Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Press briefing notes, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, October 13, 2023.
Israel and the Occupied Territories: Hospitals risk turning into morgues without electricity; hostages must be released immediately, International Committee of the Red Cross, October 12, 2023.
Israel: White Phosphorus Used in Gaza, Lebanon, Human Rights Watch, October 12, 2023.
Real or Fake? Verifying Video Evidence in Israel and Palestine, Human Rights Watch, October 11, 2023.
The use of heavy explosive weapons in Israel and Palestine must stop, International Network on Explosive Weapons, October 10, 2023.
UN Human Rights Chief urges States to defuse “powder keg” situation in Israel and OPT, as incalculable suffering, massive death tolls take hold, United Nations, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, October 10, 2023.
Hamas-Led Attack in Southern Israel Kills Hundreds: All Parties to Conflict Must Abide by Laws of War, Human Rights Watch, October 10, 2023.
Commission of Inquiry collecting evidence of war crimes committed by all sides in Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories since 7 October 2023, The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, October 10, 2023.
NEWS AND COMMENTARY
Columbia leadership rebuked by faculty panel for police crackdown on protesters, Julia Harte and Kia Johnson, Reuters, April 26, 2024.
Underhanded Israeli Tactic Delays Flotilla Departure, Freedom Flotilla Coalition, April 25, 2024.
We need an exodus from Zionism, Naomi Klein, The Guardian, April 24, 2024.
Will the Freedom Flotilla Sail to Gaza? Medea Benjamin, Counterpunch, April 23, 2024.
What Is Really Going On at Columbia University? Aymann Ismail, Slate, April 22, 2024.
The pro-Israel groups planning to spend millions in US elections, Chris McGreal, The Guardian, April 22, 2024.
Columbia, Free Speech and the Coddling of the American Right, Lydia Polgreen, The New York, Times, April 19, 2024.
Norm Breaking at Columbia, David Pozen, Balkinization, April 19, 2024.
US vetoes Palestinian request for full UN membership, Julian Borger, The Guardian, April 18, 2024.
Iran launches risky attack on Israel, Trita Parsi, Responsible Statecraft, April 14, 2024.
Words and history: the trouble with “Genocide Joe,” Fred Glass, The Stansbury Forum, April 14, 2024.
Nancy Pelosi joins House Democrats in urging Biden to halt arms to Israel, Ramon Antonio Vargas and Chris Stein, The Guardian, April 6, 2024.
Germany’s murderous history should give it clarity about the Middle East. Instead, it is paralysed, John Kampfner. The Guardian, April 5, 2024.
‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza, Yuval Abraham +972 Magazine, April 3, 2024.
Tens of thousands of Israeli protesters call for Netanyahu’s removal, Lorenzo Tondo and Quique Kierszenbaum, The Guardian, April 1, 2024.
The Two-State Solution Is an Unjust, Impossible Fantasy, Tareq Baconi, The New York Times, April 1, 2024.
The Nuclear Explosion That Makes US Aid to Israel Illegal, , The Nation (via Portside), March 31, 2024.
US reportedly approves transfer to Israel of bombs and jets worth billions, Reuters, The Guardian, March 30, 2024.
Video shows Michigan congressman appear to call for nuclear bombs to be dropped on Gaza, Todd Spangler, USA Today, March 30, 2024.
Why do Israelis feel so threatened by a ceasefire? Meron Rapoport, +972 Magazine, March 29, 2024.
‘Famine is setting in’: UN court orders Israel to unblock Gaza food aid, Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, March 28, 2024.
‘Madness’: Netanyahu’s handling of US relations under scrutiny after UN vote, Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, March 26, 2024.
The Marginal Realists of Standing Together, The American Prospect, March 25, 2024.
US Has Redefined “Human Shields” to Enable Israel’s Slaughter of Gaza Civilians, Stephen Zunes, Truthout, March 22, 2024.
The Great Rupture in American Jewish Life, Peter Beinart, The New York Times, March 22, 2024.
EU and US pile on pressure for Gaza ceasefire, Julian Borger, Lisa O’Carroll, and Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, March 21, 2024.
Sergey Lavrov and Vulgar Anti-Imperialism, Howie Hawkins, Against The Current, March/April 2024.
Documents reveal alleged pattern of Israeli harassment of UNRWA workers on West Bank, Jason Burke, The Guardian, March 19, 2024.
Two conceptions of Jewish identity, Rohini Hensman, Polity, March 18, 2024.
Let’s Name It: Not Just Islamophobia, but Anti-Palestinianism, Hani Sabra, The Intercept, March 18, 2024.
What the French evisceration of Algeria has to do with Gaza today, Sean Tomlinson, Resonsible Statecraft, March 11, 2024.
I met the Israeli settlers Biden placed sanctions on. They’re bad – but part of a rotten system, Zak Witus, The Guardian, March 4, 2024.
Lives Ended in Gaza, Ben Hubbard, Lauren Leatherby, Hiba Yazbek, Abu Bakr Bashir, Raja Abdulrahim and Emma Bubola, The New York Times, March 4, 2024.
Israeli director receives death threats after officials call Berlin film festival ‘antisemitic’, Philip Oltermann, The Guardian, February 27, 2024.
Making It Work From the River to the Sea, Matthew Teller, New Lines Magazine, February 26, 2024.
The Erasure of Palestinian Society, Wendy Pearlman, New Lines Magazine, February 20, 2024.
‘The most popular Palestinian leader alive’: Releasing Marwan Barghouti could transform territories’ politics, Oliver Holmes and Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, February 17, 2024.
Examples of Shared Israeli-Palestinian Actions: The war is terrible, but there are also signs of a new social order emerging, Louis Kriesberg, Foreign Policy in Focus, February 14, 2024.
Propaganda vs. Truth: Israeli Propaganda and Palestinian Demonisation,Tamara Tamimi and Daniela Suárez Vargas, E-International Relations, February 13, 2024.
Israeli settlements stand in the way of peace. Biden can defund them all, Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man, The Guardian, February 12, 2024.
Violence in the Middle East: Targeted killings and tit-for-tat exchanges, Lawrence Freedman, Comment is Freed (Substack), February 13, 2024.
What Happens When You Teach at Columbia and Reject Hamas, Shai Davidai and Yardenne Greenspan, Tablet, February 13, 2024.
Denouncing critics of Israel as ‘un-Jews’ or antisemites is a perversion of history, Kenan Malik, The Guardian, February 11, 2024.
UNRWA staff accused by Israel sacked without evidence, chief admits, Emine Sinmaz, The Guaridan. February 9, 2024.
What the Israeli Public Doesn’t See, Elisheva Goldberg, Jewish Currents, February 7, 2024.
As Donors Suspend Critical Funding to UNRWA, Allegations Against Staff Remain Murky, Jessica Le Masurier and Damilola Banjo, PassBlue, February 5, 2024.
CNN staff say network’s pro-Israel slant amounts to ‘journalistic malpractice’, Chris McGreal, The Guardian, February 4, 2024.
Why a Faction of BDS Is Attacking Standing Together,
US city councils increasingly call for Israel-Gaza ceasefire, analysis shows, Aurora Ellis, Reuters, February 2, 2024.
UK, US and other countries to pause funding for key UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees, The Guardian, January 28, 2024.
In Gaza We Are Witnessing the 21st Century Version of How the West Was Won, Joseph Gerson, Common Dreams, January 24, 2024.
Israeli police repressing anti-war protests with ‘iron fist,’ say activists, Oren Ziv, +972 Magazine, January 24, 2024.
The Houthis are not a group that can be bombed into extinction – here’s why, Amal Saad, The Guardian, January 23, 2024.
‘War hurts our hearts’: silent multi-faith peace walk held in London, Emine Sinmaz, The Guardian, January 24, 2024.
‘Different rules’: special policies keep US supplying weapons to Israel despite alleged abuses, Stephanie Kirchgaessner, The Guardian, January 18, 2024.
Hundreds of thousands march for Gaza as world demands cease-fire, Jon Queally, Nation of Change, January 15, 2024.
Gaza Cease-Fire Now! No Wider War, Joseph Gerson, Common Dreams, January 13, 2024.
Houthi Attacks: What Happens Next? Lawrence Freedman, Comment is Freed/Substack, January 13, 2024.
Why conspiracy theories are corrosive to social movements — and what to do about it, Shane Burley, Waging Nonviolence, January 12, 2024.
Nobel winner joins push to boycott German cultural institutions over Gaza, Jad Salfiti, AlJazeera, January 11, 2024.
Living Inside a Psyop: Three months at Harvard, Walter Johnson, N+1, January 10, 2024.
Memory Failure, Pankaj Mishra The London Review of Books, January 4, 2024.
Will Israel Drag the US Into Another Ruinous War? Trita Parsi, The Nation, January 3, 2024.
Another letter of dissent: A group of aides hired to reelect President Joe Biden is breaking with him on the conflict between Israel and Hamas, Ben Johansen, Lauren Egan and Myah Ward, Politico, January 3, 2023.
Watching the watchdogs: US media reporting from Gaza, Rami G Khouri, AlJaZeera, December 31, 2023.
Despite backlash, Masha Gessen says comparing Gaza to a Nazi-era ghetto is necessary, NPR Morning Edition, December 22, 2023.
Conflating antisemitism and anti-zionism emboldens the far right, Aaron Winter, Open Democracy, December 19, 2023.
Some Facts for the Unconvinced: Why We Need a Gaza Ceasefire Now, Phyllis Bennis, Foreign Policy in Focus, December 18, 2023
In the West Bank, I saw how peace will require confrontation with Israel, David Ignatius, The Washington Post, December 16, 2023.
Amid Gaza War, Jordan’s King Faces Legitimacy Crisis at Home, William Christou, Instick, December 15, 2023.
Don’t Look Away, Selma Dabbagh, London Review of Books blog, December 13, 2023.
Biden says Netanyahu ‘has to change,’ accuses Israel of ‘indiscriminate bombing’, Lauren Egan, Politico, December 12, 2023.
Harvard faculty rally around beleaguered university president Claudine Gay, Brad Brooks, Reuters, December 11, 2023.
Gaza humanitarian crisis deepens as fighting rages on across the Strip, UN News, December 11, 2023.
In the Shadow of the Holocaust: How the politics of memory in Europe obscures what we see in Israel and Gaza today, Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, December 9, 2023.
Saudi Arabia urges US restraint as Houthis attack ships in Red Sea, Aziz El Yaakoubi and Parisa Hafezi, Reuters, December 6, 2023.
Gaza, Biden, and a Path Forward, Max Elbaum and Bill Fletcher Jr. , The Nation, December 1, 2023.
What I Learned While Trying to Get to the Rafah Border Crossing, Gerry Condon, Peace and Planet News, Fall, 2023.
University of California professors push back on UC president’s call for ‘viewpoint-neutral’ history of Middle East, Eric Levenson, CNN, November 30, 2023.
The “New Antisemitism” and the Logic of Whiteness, Megan Wachspress, Los Angeles Review of Books, November 29, 2023.
Interrupting Genocide: Humanity Challenged as Never Before, Richard Falk, Global Justice in the 21st Century, November 25, 2023.
Watching the watchdogs: America’s reckoning with Israeli media manipulation, Rami G Khouri, Al Jazeera, November 22, 2023.
Gaza Massacre could lead to Nuclear War, Veterans for Peace (via Common Dreams), November 20, 2023.
The Dangers Only Multiply: Could Israel’s War on Gaza Go Nuclear? Joshua Frank, TomDispatch, November 19, 2023.
Here’s what the mass violence in Gaza looks like to a scholar of genocide, Raz Segal, The Los Angeles Times, Nov. 19, 2023.
When Anti, Anti-Zionism Becomes Anti-Semitism, Counterpunch, November 17, 2023.
Towards a Left Critique of Indiscriminate Violence, Anatoly Kropivnitskyi, Posle Media, November 15, 2023.
For all its military might, Israel succumbed to its most fatal weakness, Lev Grinberg, +972 Magazine, November 15, 2023.
More Than 500 U.S. Officials Sign Letter Protesting Biden’s Israel Policy, Maria Abi-Habib, Michael Crowley and Edward Wong, The New York Times, November 14, 2023.
A tribute to Vivian, Samah Salaime, +972 Magazine, November 14, 2023.
Protests sweep around the globe as Israel’s war in Gaza grinds on, Prasanta Kumar Dutta, Reuters, November 13, 2023.
US officials sign memo criticizing White House for ‘unwillingness to de-escalate’ Israel-Hamas war, Ed Pilkington, The Guardian, November 13, 2023.
Israel-Palestine war: Israelis in fear and denial as society slides towards fascism, Meron Rapoport, Middle East Eye, November 10, 2023.
Transcript: Ezra Klein Interviews Yossi Klein Halevi, The Ezra Klein Show, The New York Times, November 10, 2023.
Nuclear Tensions Loom Over War Zones, Thalif Deen, InDepthNews, November 9, 2023.
October War, Tim Sahay interview with Guy Laron, Phenomenal World, November 9, 2023.
Inside the Israeli Crackdown on Speech, Masha Gesson, The New Yorker, November 8, 2023.
IIT Bombay Cancels Talk By Former Delhi University Professor On Israel-Palestine Conflict, Outlook, November 8, 2023.
The Israel-Hamas war again shows that we need to stop thinking there are military solutions to political problems, Paul Rogers, The Guardian, November 8, 2023.
Hamas’s Horrific Miscalculation & Israel’s Horrific Response, Mark LeVine, Tikkun Magaizen, November 7, 2023.
Transcript: Ezra Klein Interviews Amjad Iraqi, The Ezra Klein Show, The New York Times, November 7, 2023.
Israeli minister’s Gaza nuclear comments spotlight opaque arsenal, Jesse Johnson, The Japan Times, November 6, 2023.
Roses Dressed in Black: America’s War Economy and the Urgent Call for Peace in the Middle East, Liz Theoharis, TomDispatch, November 5, 2023.
Bernie Sanders says Senate should use aid package to force Israel to change, David Cohen, Politico, November 5, 2023.
Protesters mass outside Netanyahu’s house as anger grows, Reuters, November 4, 2023.
Where are the tears? The catastrophe that is Gaza can only be addressed when the world community grapples with the humanity of Palestinian people, Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler and Ariel Gold, Fellowship Magazine, November 3, 2023.
The Left as Israel’s Sacrificial Lamb, Lynn Feinerman, Counterpunch, November 3, 2023.
A tribute to Khalil, +972/The Landline, November 3, 2023.
Vengeful Pathologies, Adam Shatz, London Review of Books, November 2, 2023.
We Need to Hear More Palestinian Voices, Sarah Gertler, Foreign Policy in Focus, November 1, 2023.
Prayers of Peace for Palestine and Israel, Nejoud Al-Yagout, November 1, 2023.
Seeking Meaning, Seeking Justice in a Post-Cold War World, Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy in Focus, October 31, 2023.
Past Lies About War in the Middle East are Getting in the Way of the Truth Today, Zeynep Tufekci, The New York Times, October 31, 2023.
Open hatred of Jews surges globally, inflamed by Gaza war, Andrew Macaskill and Estelle Shirbon, Reuters, October 31, 2023.
Palestine and Ukraine: how the 21st century empires wage war, Simon Pirani, People and Nature, October 30, 2023.
The Free Speech Exception: Support for Palestinian rights is facing a McCarthyite backlash, Radhika Sainath, Boston Review, October 30, 2023.
Gaza, the West, and the Rest, Gilbert Achcar, New Politics, October 29, 2023.
Calls for a Ceasefire Get Little Traction in Congress, Alex Kane, Jewish Currents, October 27, 2023.
Why Ukrainians should support Palestinians, Daria Saburova, Commons, October 27, 2023.
Is the Two-State Solution Dead? Noah Lanard, Mother Jones, October 27, 2023.
I run the UN agency for Palestine refugees. History will judge us all if there is no ceasefire in Gaza, Philippe Lazzarini, The Guardian, October 26, 2023
The Enduring Limits of American Power: America can’t determine outcomes on the ground in Israel and Ukraine, John Feffer, Foreign Policy in Focus, October 25, 2023.
Letter from Israel, In the aftermath of October 7, Oded Na’aman, Boston Review, October 23, 2023.
Imagine You’re a Palestinian Youth…, Walden Bello, Foreign Policy in Focus, October 23, 2023.
Hamas hostages: what we know so far, Reuters, October 20, 2023.
Biden Has It So Wrong—And It’s Killing Thousands, Da LaBotz, Foreign Policy in Focus, October 20, 2023.
Israel’s War on Palestinians: Language in the Service of the Unspeakable, Achin Vanaik, The Wire, October 19, 2023.
‘Do not use our pain to bring death’: plea to Israel from peace activists’ grieving families, Emma Graham-Harrison and Quique Kierszenbaum, The Guardian, October 19, 2023.
US official resigns over Biden’s ‘destructive, unjust’ arms to Israel, Adam Gabbatt, The Guardian, October 19, 2023.
Why Ukrainians should support Palestinians, Daria Saburova , Open Democracy, October 19, 2923.
Israeli Progressives Speak Out on War, The Shalom Center, October 18, 2023.
Progressive American Jewish Groups Lead Cease-Fire Rally Near White House, Jarod Facundo, The American Prospect, October 17, 2023.
The U.S. Should Think Twice About Israel’s Plans for Gaza, Rashid Khalidi, The New York Times, October 15, 2023.
Biden refuses to talk ‘ceasefire’ though it could prevent a regional war, Trita Parsi, Responsible Statecraft, October 15, 2023.
A Jewish Plea: Stand Up to Israel’s Act of Genocide, Stefanie Fox, Boston Review, October 14, 2023.
Israeli army and settler attacks against Palestinians in West Bank increase, Ayman Nobani, AlJazeera, October 14, 2023.
There Is a Jewish Hope for Palestinian Liberation. It Must Survive,
We must say an emphatic ‘no’ to Hamas a thousand times, Reverend William Barber, The Guardian, October 13, 2023.
I’m Going to War for Israel. Palestinians Are Not My Enemy, , The New York Times, October 13, 2023.
Progressives press Biden on Israel’s plans for Gaza, Andrew Solender, Axios, October 13, 2023. Congressional letter to President Biden and Secretary of State Blinken, October 13, 2023.
Stunning State Department Memo Warns Diplomats: No Gaza ‘De-Escalation’ Talk, Huffpost, October 13, 2023.
The Hamas Attacks and Israeli Response: An Explainer, Alex Kane, Mari Cohen, Jonathan Shamir, and Isaac Scher, Jewish Currents, October 10, updated October 13.
Gaza rescue workers scared and exhausted under Israel’s air strikes, Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Bassam and Masaoud, Reuters, October 13, 2023.
Watching the watchdogs: Babies and truth die together in Israel-Palestine, Rami G Khouri, AlJazeera, October 13, 2023.
The deadly Hamas rampage across southern Israel, David Clarke and Sophie Meyer, Reuters, October 12, 2023.
Both Israelis and Palestinians Are Victims of Israel’s Apartheid System, Phyllis Bennis, Foreign Policy in Focus, October 12, 2023.
The Catastrophic Moral Failing of Those Who Won’t Condemn Hamas, Sasha Abramsky, The Nation, October 12, 2023.
Israel warns half of Gaza’s population to move south, UN says, Michelle Nichols, Reuters, October 12, 2023.
Israeli Settlers Aren’t Pausing the Expulsion and Dispossession in the West Bank, Amira Hass, Haaretz (reposted by Portside), October 12, 2023.
In Gaza and Israel, side with the child over the gun, Naomi Klein, The Guardian, October 11, 2023.
Hamas, Israel, and the U.S. Have Learned Nothing, Stephen Zunes, The Progressive, October 11, 2023.
Have We Learned Nothing? David Klion, N+1 Magazine, October 11, 2023.
Fanon’s conception of violence does not work in Palestine, Mark LeVine, AlJazeera, October 10, 2023.
A Surprise Attack–but Nothing Surprising About It, Dan La Botz, Foreign Policy in Focus, October 10, 2023.
What Does It Mean to Stand With Israel? Emily Tamkin, Slate, Oct 10, 2023.
As Israel and Gaza erupt, the US must commit to ending the violence — all the violence, Phyllis Bennis, The Hill, October 8, 2023.
HISTORY AND BACKGROUND
Israel Gaza Crisis, United Nations, regularly updated compilation of UN news and materials.
Emergency Special Sessions of the United Nations General Assembly on Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, current 10th Special Session and compilation of materials from past sessions.
Study on the Legality of the Israeli Occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Including East Jerusalem, The United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, United Nations, 2023.
United Nations, The question of Palestine, history and documents.
Standing Together –a grassroots movement mobilizing Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel in pursuit of peace, equality, and social and climate justice.
Democratic South Africa’s relations with Israel and Palestine, Na’eem Jeenah, Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection, March 20, 2024.
Israel, the United States, and the Rhetoric of the War on Terror, From September 11, 2001, to October 7, 2023 (and Beyond), Maha Hilal, TomDispatch, January 25, 2024.
Regional War: An Explainer: Answers to common questions about the broadening war in the Middle East, Alex Kane and Jonathan Shamir, Jewish Currents, January 17, 2024.
On Human Shields, Neve Gordon, London Review of Books blog, December 1, 2023.
From Bin Laden to Gaza: Here’s how the U.S. position in the Middle East unraveled, Walden Bello, Foreign Policy in Focus, November 20, 2023.
Blood and Oil in the Orient: A 2023 Update, Shimshon Bichler and Jonathan Nitzan, Real World Economics Review Blog, November 10, 2023.
Why Israel wants to erase context and history in the war on Gaza, Ilan Pappe, AlJazeera, November 5, 2023.
Palestine and Israel: Historical, Legal and Moral Issues, Rohini Hensman, The India Forum, October 24, 2023.
Bridging the divide: 12 groups working for Israel-Palestine peace, Gavin Haines, Positive.News, October 19, 2023.
Gaza, beyond de-development to disposability and destruction, Adam Tooze, Chartbook 245, October 14, 2023.
Beyond Moral Condemnation, Rajan Menon, Boston Review, October 11, 2023.
WEBINARS AND VIDEO PRESENTATIONS
Will the Freedom Flotilla sail to Gaza? Hassan Ghani, April 23, 2024.
A short video report on the Freedom Flotilla, and the dangers the aid mission faces as they seek to embark for Gaza.
William Hartung on U.S. Arms Sales and Transfers Policy, Washington Journal, CSPAN, April 9, 2024.
Against genocide: A conversation with Ofer Cassif, Metta Center for Nonviolence, April 1, 2024.
Ofer Cassif, a voice for peace and nonviolence within the Israeli parliament, speaks with Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, Ela Gandhi, Michael Nagler and Mubarak Awad.
Gaza, Protest, Repression and Germany’s Conundrum, United for Peace and Justice, March 17, 2024.
The global wave of protest against Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza has drawn crackdowns on speech from the streets to university campuses. One place government repression aimed at individuals and groups supporting Palestine has been particularly notable has been Germany. On March 17, United for Peace and Justice presented a panel featuring a variety of voices from Germany, and accounts of similar experiences in the United States. Learning about what is happening in Germany, a country with a history of official regulation of how the Holocaust can be discussed and how “anti-Semitism” should be defined, could provide new insights into the challenges we face in promoting a fair and open discussion of the Gaza crisis, and the history that has led us here.
Speakers:
Wieland Hoban, Executive Director of Jüdische Stimme für gerechten Frieden in Nahost (Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East), Germany
Yasmeen Daher, Palästina Spricht (Palestine Speaks), GermanyAmira Nasereddin, PA_Allies (Palestinians & Allies), Germany
Adam Broomberg, Artists + Allies x Hebron (AAH), Germany
Barbara Dougan, ESQ., Legal Director, Center on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), Massachusetts, USA
Moderators: George Friday, National Coordinator, United for Peace and Justice, and MaTT De Vlieger, Facilitator, Ceasefire Action Committee, Berlin, and Former United for Peace and Justice National Coordinator
The Impact of the War on Gaza, on Health Care and Human Rights, Brooklyn for Peace, February 29, 2024.
On February 29th Brooklyn for Peace presented a forum titled the Impact of The War on Gaza on Health and Human Rights. The speaker was Dr. Alice Rothchild, author, filmmaker, and physician. She has made many trips to Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, most recently in August 2023. She is a member of Jewish Voice for Peace Health Advisory Council, the mentor liaison for “We Are Not Numbers,” and on the board of the Gaza Mental Health Foundation. The Forum addressed the state of health care in Gaza before the October assault, highlighted the impact on of massive bombing and dislocation on civilians in Gaza, and the international human rights laws violations that are occurring.
National Labor Network for a Ceasefire National Event, February 22, 2024.
This webinar was hosted by Juan González of Democracy Now and featured NEA President Becky Pringle, UAW President Shawn Fain, US Rep. Rashida Tlaib, US Rep. Summer Lee and Northwestern Professor Wendy Pearlman.
Understanding Genocide, Jewish Voice for Peace Bay Area, January 22, 2024.
What makes a catastrophe a “genocide,” and why do we use this word to identify the current Israeli assault on Palestinians in Gaza? As both South Africa and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) file cases against Israel and the US based on the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, please join JVP-Bay Area for a crucial discussion about the history, meaning, and current importance of the term “genocide.” Webinar presenters were Professor Barry Trachtenberg, historian of modern Jewry and the Nazi Holocaust, member of the Academic Advisory Board of JVP, and one of the scholars who submitted expert testimony on the lawsuit filed by the CCR seeking an emergency order to stop military and diplomatic support for Israeli government’s genocidal assault on Gaza; Professor Adrienne Pine, medical anthropologist and one of the conveners and co-coordinators of the International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine; and moderator UC Berkeley Lecturer and JVP-Bay Area organizer Brooke Lober.
Public Meeting: Apartheid Israel, The Left Berlin, January 17, 2024.
A meeting for activists and academics to discuss and analyse Israeli apartheid, with particular focus on comparisons with South Africa, With Nadija Samour (Palestinian lawyer), Patrick Bond (South African academic and activist) and Barbara Schreiner (South African activist and Executive Director of the Water Integrity Network).
Debrief: South Africa v. Israel CODEPINK Congress Capitol Calling Party, January 16, 2024.
As the International Court of Justice considers South Africa’s case against Israeli genocide, CODEPINK explores the legal and political implications of putting Israel on trial for genocide. Former National Lawyers Guild President Marjorie Cohen and Adriennes Pine give an overview of recent World Court hearings on South Africa’s case, discuss statements from other countries–Bolivia, Venezuela, Cuba, Jordan, Malaysia–in support of South Africa’s case, and explore the impact on the Biden administration should the court rule that Israel is guilty of genocide.
Joseph Gerson on Gaza & Ukraine Wars, Asian Common Security, New Hampshire Peace Action Webinar, Oct. 23, 2023
Joseph Gerson is President of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security, Convener of Peace & Planet International Network, and co-chair of the Committee for a Sane U.S.-China Policy. He works closely with peace organizations and advocates across the United States, Asia-Pacific and Europe. His books include Empire and the Bomb: How the U.S. Uses Nuclear Weapons to Dominate the World and With Hiroshima Eyes.
The crucial context of Israel’s war on Gaza, Al Jazeera, October 14, 2023.
Contributors: Mariam Barghouti – Writer and Journalist; Daniel Levy – President, US/Middle East Project; Mouin Rabbani – Co-editor, Jadaliyya; Meron Rapoport – Editor, Local Call; Sarah Leah Whitson – Executive Director, DAWN.
Understanding The Recent Escalation In Gaza And Questioning Whether It Was Unprovoked, Arabic Hour, October, 11, 2023.
Moderator: Prof. Atif Kubursi, a distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics and former Undersecretary of The United Nations. Featured Guests: Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies; Ambassador Charles Freeman, Visiting Scholar in International and Public Affairs, Watson Institute, Brown University and a former U.S. assistant secretary of defense, ambassador to Saudi Arabia, and principal deputy assistant secretary of state for African affairs; Dr. Joseph Gerson, President of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security (CPDCS), Co-chair of the Committee for a Sane U.S.-China Policy, Co-Convener of the International Peace and Planet Network and is former Vice President of the International Peace Bureau.
