Article 6(b) of the 1945 Charter of the International Military Tribunal, later enshrined in the Fourth Geneva Convention, classifies the indiscriminate bombardment of civilian targets, including hospitals, as a war crime. Yet Israel has subjected Gaza to intense bombardment since the Hamas assault on its territory on 7th October, killed more than 1,400 people, withContinue reading “Eyeless in Gaza”
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Killing time in Palestine
By Toby Abse What the mainstream media generally describe as ‘the war between Israel and Hamas’ has in reality amounted to a massacre of Palestinian civilians. Around two thirds of the 29,410 Gazan dead (22nd February 2024) have been women and children. Unlike the Israel Defence Force (IDF), and unlike the more secular Palestinian armedContinue reading “Killing time in Palestine”
Netanyahu’s endgame
TOBY ABSE surveys the fallout from Israel’s most recent election and the ousting of ‘King Bibi’ ISRAEL has held four elections since April 2019 that ended with no clear winner, and the outcome of the most recent poll, held in March this year, was just as inconclusive as the others. In other words, it didContinue reading “Netanyahu’s endgame”
Eyeless in Gaza
Editorial Article 6(b) of the 1945 Charter of the International Military Tribunal, later enshrined in the Fourth Geneva Convention, classifies the indiscriminate bombardment of civilian targets as a war crime. For 11 days in May, the Israel Defence Forces carried out such a bombardment, launching hundreds of air strikes on residential areas in Gaza, whoseContinue reading “Eyeless in Gaza”
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