Tag: Genocide

In three years, Israel’s war on Gaza hasn’t just changed the Middle East, it’s changed the world

A whirlpool of violence has engulfed everywhere from Lebanon to Yemen. Meanwhile, the west has destroyed any political authority it once had Steve Bloomfield There was a world before 7 October, 2023, and now there is a world after. For Gaza, for Israel, for the wider Middle East, and for everyone else too. Not all… Read More In three years, Israel’s war on Gaza hasn’t just changed the Middle East, it’s changed the world

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How do human beings rationalize genocide? NAZA provides a chilling look

It’s easier to blame brutes and sadists for extreme violence. But as we see in the documentary, modern genocides are fueled by people who are uncomfortably recognizable Omer Bartov Werner Best, a senior SS official and jurist who helped organize the Nazi death squads that murdered hundreds of thousands of Jews, is also known for… Read More How do human beings rationalize genocide? NAZA provides a chilling look

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ICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international law

Committee recognises work of South African who chaired UN commission that concluded Israel was guilty of genocide in Gaza Julian Borger and Rachel Savage The Nobel peace prize has been awarded to Navi Pillay, the South African former UN human rights chief who chaired the UN commission that concluded Israel was guilty of genocide in… Read More ICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international law

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‘Neither war nor peace’: Palestinians in Gaza on existing amid disease, despair and ruins

The genocide continues… in full view of the world People tell of lives changed beyond recognition after the 7 October attacks by Hamas three years ago and the subsequent Israeli offensive By Seham Tantesh in Gaza and Jason Burke Ahmed Ishtaiwi has six chairs. They are cheap and plastic and battered, but they are among… Read More ‘Neither war nor peace’: Palestinians in Gaza on existing amid disease, despair and ruins

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‘Hitler was a lazy criminal who slept in until noon’: why most of what we think we know about the rise of the Nazis is wrong

Philip Oltermann In a new book, German artist and writer Philipp Ruch argues that viewing the ascent of Hitler’s NSDAP through the prism of the Third Reich has distorted our understanding of fascism’s electoral breakthrough With your art collective Centre for Political Beauty you famously built a replica of the Holocaust memorial on a property… Read More ‘Hitler was a lazy criminal who slept in until noon’: why most of what we think we know about the rise of the Nazis is wrong

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Israel and the US have battered the international legal order. The impunity must stop

The international legal order is in shambles. But from the ruins of impunity and lawbreaking, a group of nations is working to enforce accountability. Varsha Gandikota On Monday, the UN general assembly’s high-level meetings opened to news that Washington had drawn up sanctions against the international criminal court, targeting its bank accounts, software, insurers and… Read More Israel and the US have battered the international legal order. The impunity must stop

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The ‘Gaza genocide’ claim is a blood libel, says historian Simon Schama

In his recent keynote address to the Holocaust Educational Trust annual dinner, well-known historian Simon Schama denounced the allegations of genocide directed at the Israeli government and armed forces as a ‘blood libel.’ This term is specific to Jewish history, and refers to medieval Christian slanders directed against Jews by the highest echelons of Christian… Read More The ‘Gaza genocide’ claim is a blood libel, says historian Simon Schama

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Thanks to ‘NAZA’ Hysteria, Israel Is Finally Talking About Gaza

‘The truth never dies, but is made to live as a beggar’: Yiddish proverb “The Gaza documentary has elicited a nationwide uproar. After years of repression, denial and lies, apathy and indifference, the pus has burst forth in a mighty stream. This is a healthy process, even if it includes ugly manifestations” – Gideon Levy… Read More Thanks to ‘NAZA’ Hysteria, Israel Is Finally Talking About Gaza

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A rare warning about Jewish terrorism, and how Israel’s response to ‘NAZA’ drew more attention than the film did

A leading Israeli think tank issued a rare strategic alert on Tuesday warning that Jewish terrorism against Palestinians in the West Bank threatens Israel’s security, international standing and functionality as a state. This is only the second strategic alert that the Institute for National Security Studies has ever issued. The first came in March 2023, seven months before the… Read More A rare warning about Jewish terrorism, and how Israel’s response to ‘NAZA’ drew more attention than the film did

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Gaza Doc ‘NAZA,’ From ‘No Other Land’ Directors, earn record-breaking 24.5 minute Venice Ovation

Ellise Shafer, Nick Vivarelli “NAZA,” the new documentary from Israeli “No Other Land” directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, earned a massive 24.5-minute ovation at its Venice Film Festival premiere on Thursday. This marks the longest-ever standing ovation in Venice — besting the 22 minutes for “The Voice of Hind Rajab” last year — and apparently the longest… Read More Gaza Doc ‘NAZA,’ From ‘No Other Land’ Directors, earn record-breaking 24.5 minute Venice Ovation

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