Publications

Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
“A Cycle of Deprivation”: The Challenges of Getting Humanitarian Aid into Gaza
Aug 14, 2024Yara M. Asi
On March 7, exactly five months after Israel initiated a military campaign in the Gaza Strip that has been increasingly described as a genocide, President Joe …
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelInternational Law
The ICJ Decision on Israel’s Occupation of the Palestinian Territories
Jul 26, 2024Jonathan Kuttab
On Friday, July 19, 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its Advisory Opinion in the case brought before it on Israel’s occupation of the Pale…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelGlobal Health and Health Policy
The Lancet and Genocide By “Slow Death” in Gaza
Jul 12, 2024John Quigley
A recent survey of Middle East scholars found that most regard Israel’s actions in Gaza since October 2023 either as “genocide” (34 percent) or as “major war c…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelInternational Law
ICC Cases Against Israel and Hamas: A Preliminary Assessment
May 24, 2024Susan Akram John Quigley
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim A.A. Khan, announced on May 20 that his office had applied for arrest warrants against both Isr…
Viewpoint
Palestine/IsraelInternational Law
The ICJ Moves to Protect International Law from Israeli Transgressions
May 24, 2024Khalil E. Jahshan
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) today issued its long-awaited decision regarding the situation in the Gaza Strip and the case advanced by South Africa…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelInternational Law
Is International Law Still Relevant after the Carnage in Gaza?
Apr 23, 2024Susan Akram John Quigley
According to the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the death toll in Gaza by Israel’s onslaught has passed 34,000 Palestinians, …
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
“Heartbreak and Heartlessness” in Gaza: Crisis in International Humanitarian Aid
Mar 28, 2024Yara M. Asi
In March 2024, after months of watching and funding the active destruction of Gaza’s infrastructure and the degradation of its population, the global powers st…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
Israeli Non-Compliance with ICJ Provisional Orders
Mar 20, 2024Jonathan Kuttab
On January 26, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) indicated preliminary measures in the case brought against Israel by South Africa under the Genocide C…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelInternational Law
The ICJ Case on Israeli Occupation: A Report
Mar 4, 2024Jonathan Kuttab
On February 19, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) began public hearings on the issue referred to it by the General Assembly of the United Nations, by vi…
Viewpoint
Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
Congress Works to Give More Aid to Israel, None for UNRWA
Feb 16, 2024Ethan Mayer-Rich
On February 13, the Senate voted 70-29 to pass a $95.3 billion national security supplemental package (H.R.815) to provide additional security assistance to Uk…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelInternational Law
The Case for Prosecuting Israel for Genocide in Gaza
Dec 14, 2023Jonathan Kuttab
The current Israeli war on Gaza has given rise to questions about whether it is possible to invoke the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelInternational Law
Israel, Gaza, and the Laws of War
Oct 27, 2023Jonathan Kuttab
Addressing his troops as they amass to attack the Gaza Strip, Israel’s Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant publicly announced that the new Israeli war cabinet, wh…