Operation Protective Edge

Filmed behind the walls of the Gaza Strip in the middle of Israel’s 2014 military assault, Killing Gaza presents a harrowing vision of siege and highlights a dispossessed people’s undying will to resist In Killing Gaza, independent journalists Max Blumenthal and Dan Cohen documented Israel’s 2014 war on Gaza and its devastating aftermath. Yet this film is much more than a documentary about Palestinian resilience and suffering. It is a chilling visual document of war crimes committed by the Israeli military, […]

There’s no doubt that the number of vetoes used at the Security Council has fallen since the end of the Cold War and the break-up of the USSR – while the number of resolutions, in particular unanimous resolutions, has grown exponentially over the same period, suggesting a co-operative and working Security Council. Yet the veto remains and arguments continue as to how and when it is used. The debate has evolved beyond national interests to include observing the letter, or the spirit, of the UN Charter, and protecting the most vulnerable at times of humanitarian crisis.

As the American Historical Association (AHA) prepares to vote this week on a symbolic resolution that affirms support for the right to education in the occupied Palestinian territories, apologists for the Israeli regime’s policies against Palestinians are putting forward nonsensical rationalizations for their opposition to the measure.

 
 
Prof. Grant Guilford
Vice-Chancellor
Victoria University
Wellington, New Zealand.
vice-chancellor@vuw.ac.nz
 
Dear Vice-Chancellor Grant,
 

Israel's cruel policies against the Palestinian people in Gaza may render the area uninhabitable by 2020, says a new UN report.
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Image: The destroyed Al Wafa hospital and surrounding buildings in Shejaiya, Gaza

Image: One of many demolitions of the Palestinian Bedouin village of al-Araqib, in the Naqab (Negev), in June.(Oren Ziv / ActiveStills)
 
 
 
 

Despite hailing as a victory the seven weeks of fighting that killed more than 2,100 Palestinians and destroyed large swathes of Gaza’s infrastructure, Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, appears to have emerged as the main political casualty of Operation Protective Edge. In late July, Netanyahu’s approval ratings stood at 82 per cent. Last week, as the ceasefire began, his popularity had plummeted to 32 per cent.

Image: Demonstration against Zionist Colonization British rule 1920