VIDEO: The Truth about Gaza and the Flotilla

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Maritime Martyrs from CJHS on Vimeo.

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VIDEO: Gaza on YouTube

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"How Many Babies Did You Kill Today?"

More Gaza Follies

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Hamas Goals in their Own Words

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The Gaza Follies

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Israel, Gaza, International Law and Proportionality

I came upon a sensible take on the common argument used against Israel that it’s response in Gaza has not been proportionate. Mary Ellen O'Connell of Notre Dame Law School writes about international law and has this to say about the Gaza situation: “It seems most accurate to continue to treat Gaza as an area of occupation. Palestine as a whole is not yet a sovereign state, in part because Israel is still in occupation of the West Bank. Israel pulled its settlements from Gaza but seemed to continue to exercise a sort of quasi-occupation of Gaza. Israel has the legal obligation to end its occupation, but, while the occupation continues it has the right to keep order. Thus, Israel may have had a lawful basis for responding to Hamas that included sending forces into Gaza. The forces needed to respect the principle of proportionality in using force to respond to Hamas.”

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