“Last night, children were killed as they slept next to their parents on the floor of a classroom in a UN designated shelter in Gaza,” UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl reports.
Killing sleeping children a ‘universal shame’: UNRWA
Human rights
Israeli reservists resist war, refuse to serve
More than 50 reservists in the Israeli military have announced their refusal to serve in the army and expressed solidarity with “all those who resist being called to service”.
Collective punishment in Gaza must end: UN Special Rapporteur
Last year, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the state of affairs on human rights in the Palestinian Territories occupied by Israel since 1967, Richard Falk, called on Israel to end its siege of the Gaza Strip.
Canada’s Middle East policy
Canada’s official policy towards key issues in the Israeli-Palestine conflict and relevant international law.
Occupation and international humanitarian law
The International Committee of the Red Cross’s legal team provides a succinct explanation of what defines occupation, the laws that apply, and how people are to be protected.
Saudi arms sale “unprecedented”
Canada’s deal to equip Saudi Arabia with armoured vehicles is even larger than previously thought, according to official data obtained by Project Ploughshares through an Access to Information request.