On this special episode of The Take podcast, @MalikaBilal is joined by journalists and analysts for a roundtable discussion, capping off our first week of coverage on the escalation of violence in Israel and Palestine.
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International humanitarian law demands civilians have access to humanitarian support. Occupying powers have a responsibility to ensure adequate provision of the survival of the civilian population. The siege must be lifted. Hostages must be released. Human lives are not bargaining chips.
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is horrified by the mass killing of civilians perpetrated by Hamas, and by the massive attacks on civilians in Gaza now being carried out by Israel. The international medical humanitarian organization calls for an immediate cessation to the indiscriminate bloodshed and for the urgent establishment of safe spaces and safe passage for civilians trapped in Gaza.
On Saturday, the world was shocked by the violence in Israel. Since then, hundreds of Israeli and Palestinian civilians have been killed. PAX condemns any violence against civilians. We are also deeply concerned that the harsh war language and escalation now being expressed will lead to many more civilian deaths. 11 OCTOBER 2023 // Published
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A founding member of the Israeli-Palestinian Women Wage Peace movement and other peace organizations, Vivian Silver used to travel to Gaza frequently. In recent years she helped Palestinians in need of medical care in Israel. The last time she spoke to her family she was hiding behind a closet.
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The recent violence in Israel and Gaza is at a level we have not seen in many years and has the potential to escalate dramatically, causing even more pain and anguish on all sides.
The Romanian Peace Institute – PATRIR condemns in the strongest terms the violence which has racked Israel-Palestine over the last days. We stand with the millions of people in Israel and Palestine who are exhausted and sick and tired of the endless cycles of violence and recognize the right of all Israelis and Palestinians to live in peace, security and freedom from all forms of occupation and threat and fear of violence.
On 7 October, Hamas carried out a massive assault on Israel, drawing immediate comparisons to the 1973 conflict, when the Egyptian and Syrian armies similarly breached Israeli defences. In this Q&A, Crisis Group lays out what happened and where the fighting may be headed.
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The Peace Action, Training and Research Institute of Romania (PATRIR) was founded in 2001 as a non-governmental, non-profit, politically independent organization in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The institute has as basic principles non-violence, conflict transformation, the promotion of human rights through information and awareness raising by solutions oriented, social, political and economic analysis