International humanitarian law

International Women’s Day: Palestinian Female Prisoners and the Struggle for a Free Palestine

Intifada (Voice of Palestine) - 2015-03-09 - Original post - Cached copy

Israeli soldiers escort blindfolded Palestinian women to the Kissufim Israeli army base,after they were detained during a military operation in the Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008.(AP Photo/Yehuda Lahiani)
 
 

The Palestinian society is exposed daily to Israeli occupation repressive measures, including the kidnapping and detention of more than 800,000 Palestinians since 1967, including over 15,000 women.

 

Gaza officials accuse Israel of war crimes at ICC

Intifada (Voice of Palestine) - 2014-07-26 - Original post - Cached copy

Image above: Palestinians gather as rescue workers search for victims under the rubble of a house which witnesses said was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip July 25, 2014. (REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)

 
by Thomas Adamson               Associated Press

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