Category: International Law

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58 years since the Naksa, Israel’s destructive West Bank military operation fuels mass forced displacement of Palestinians

On 5 June, Palestinians mark Naksa Day, commemorating the forced displacement of about 300,000 Palestinians during the June 1967 war. The Naksa is still going.

Israeli use of human shields in Gaza was systematic, soldiers and former detainees tell the AP

In a bombshell report from the Associated Press, Israeli soldiers confess to systematically using Palestinians as human shields in Gaza, though the practice is banned by international law.
Palestinians attest that the Israeli military uses the practice in the occupied West Bank as well.