The re-emergence of polio in Gaza is yet another sign of Israel’s genocidal strategies at work.
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But there is one important difference between the two cases: The genocide in Gaza is not taking place in the dark.
Designating safe areas in Gaza allows the Israeli army to carry out war crimes more efficiently and then to deny them.
This would be detrimental not only to United Nations agencies, but also to the global human rights regime.
The human shield accusation has become an increasingly common defence when states act immorally.
Desperately trying to justify the killing of unarmed protesters, Israel once again uses its ‘human shields’ mantra.
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What is Israeli settler trauma and will a new law legalising illegal settlements “cure” it?
How the international coalition is framing civilians in Iraq as ISIL’s human shields.
Revelations about Israel’s infiltration of NGOs in the 1970s shocked many, but human rights ‘spies’ are still out there.