Aid agencies have been warning that multiple conflicts are putting unprecedented pressure on the lives of people in Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and Gaza. In some countries in the West, accepting that your country is responsible for supplying arms to a country that is intent on mass destruction may be difficult for some people to …

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In the West Bank: GENEVA (8 March 2024) – UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk today deplored Israel’s latest actions regarding the occupied West Bank, saying the drastic acceleration in settlement building is exacerbating long-standing patterns of oppression, violence and discrimination against Palestinians.

APARTHEID AND GENOCIDE ARE NOT JEWISH VALUES   Lacking humanity is not something that is desirable, or of any benefit to others. The people who are preventing humanitarian aid getting into Gaza, are no different from the people who have been dropping bombs there. They are just as inhumane. We get through life with the …

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The Dahiya doctrine, or Dahya doctrine, is a military strategy involving the destruction of civilian infrastructure in order to pressure hostile regimes. It is a type of asymmetric warfare. It endorses the employment of “disproportionate force” (compared to the amount of force used by the enemy to secure that end. The doctrine was outlined by …

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