Pramila Patten, a senior UN official, came to Israel a month ago with a mandate to gather information on claims that Hamas terrorists had committed rape and other acts of sexual violence against Israeli women and men on October 7th. Her trip came after months of conspicuous silence on the matter from UN Women, and appalling statements from other UN officials that amounted to gaslighting and atrocity denial.
JIJ’s team of human rights lawyers and researchers met with Patten's team on February 8th. We presented detailed testimony and gruesome photographs taken by first responders who had handled the bodies of the October 7th victims.
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The Jerusalem Institute of Justice leads a coalition of organizations urging the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Ms. Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, to turn her attention to the a pressing issue concerning the use of social media by the ICRC in the context of the ongoing Hamas-Israel conflict.
The central concern at hand revolves around the balance and neutrality of the content disseminated through ICRC's social media channels. As an independent and neutral organization dedicated to upholding humanitarian protection for conflict victims and the principles of international humanitarian law (IHL), it is imperative that ICRC's social media communications maintain a high standard of neutrality, balance, and accuracy in portraying conflicts. Of particular concern is the apparent disproportion in the content's focus.
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If UNRWA is in fact providing essential humanitarian aid to Palestinian refugees, then what are the issues with this agency that have caused the US to stop funding it?
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This past week, the founder of the BDS movement, Omar Barghouti, was denied entrance into the United States. Barghouti’s chief allies claimed this amounted to
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By Nikki Golomb. Former Pink Floyd musician Roger Waters is facing severe backlash from the German Jewish community for his open support for the BDS
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By Nikki Golomb. As a Jewish-American university student, I have been faced with the impossible task of determining when a professor, a student group, or
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The BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) Movement seeks to delegitimize the State of Israel through academic, cultural, and financial boycotts. The left side summarizes worldwide BDS activity throughout the month of October, while the right displays pro-Israel, anti-BDS successes.
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