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What is the U.N. Report on Children and Armed Conflict and how does it affect Israel which was recently added?
According to the Times Of Israel, the UN has added Israel to the ‘list of shame’ for alleged rights violations against children during war. The article claims that the 'list' is attached to an annual ...
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Why did Israel invade the Gaza strip from the north and not the south?
Given Israel's stated goal in the war is destruction of Hamas, why did they attack the Gaza strip from the North instead of from the South? The latter seems more sensible since taking Rafah first ...
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Why isn't hunger in Gaza interpreted as "Israel needs to win quickly"? [closed]
As I write this question, there's a famine going on in Gaza as a result of the Israel vs. Hamas 2023-2024 war. As far as I'm aware, Israel has surrounded Hamas, but has not launched a final offensive ...
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Have any Hamas officials ever opined in regard to Gaza-Sinai State (aka "Greater Gaza") proposal?
According to Al-Jazeera in 2017 Israel and the Trump administration worked on a deal that would see an establishment of a Palestinian state in Gaza and parts of Northern Sinai (possibly exceeding the ...
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Is there evidence that Hamas killed civilians as a matter of policy on October 7th? [closed]
It is at this point beyond dispute that Hamas killed a significant number of civilians on October 7th. The precise ratio of combatant-to-non-combatant casualties is unclear since we know [1, 2] that ...
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Examples of military operations that Israel could have followed after October 7?
Many of those who have little tolerance for Hamas, or even agree that it should be dismantled, still disagree with the way Israel is doing it. While the shortcomings/evils of the Israeli actions in ...
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Could Hamas be charged with a genocide of Gazans?
Some have accused Hamas of committing the genocide of Palestinians. While this specific accusation is more a matter of political rhetoric, and coming from the quarters no less extreme than Hamas ...
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Why does the U.S. seek to establish a demilitarized Palestinian state? [closed]
Recently, Secretary of State Antony Blinken asked the State Department to conduct a review and present policy options on possible U.S. and international recognition of a Palestinian state after the ...
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Can a public school district make a declaration condemning a foreign state?
A local board of education is considering making a declaration condemning Israel for the war between Israel and Hamas, similar to the one that certain Harvard student groups made in October 2023. ...
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Did Palestinian leaders publicly condemn October 7th atrocities as immoral?
This question asks whether Palestinian politicians have criticized Hamas.
The answers all describe Palestinian leaders/politicians who blame Hamas for the harm they've done to Gaza; but it seems as ...
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How does the proposal to designate 60% of Gaza's agricultural land as security buffer zones align with international law and norms?
On Tuesday, during a conference held in the Knesset to examine
possibilities for postwar Gaza, Gamliel said: “At the end of the war,
Hamas rule will collapse. There are no municipal authorities; the
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Hamas and Palestinian Authority reproduction policies
Yasir Arafat had been on the record of making statements like:
The womb of the woman will be our strongest weapon against the Zionists!
The long-term implication is that the Israel's position vis-à-...
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Demographics of Hamas military wing [closed]
Are there any data on demographics of Hamas military wing: Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades? More precisely:
What is the age distribution?
How many of fighters have served time in Israeli prisons and ...
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Israeli and the US visions for Gaza future [closed]
Is there convergence between the Israeli and the US visions for the future of Gaza?
It seems that the conflict in Gaza nears its end, as the Palestinian fighters surrender by hundreds (see here and ...
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What do we know about Hamas’s abuse of the Gazan population?
A ynetnews.com opinion piece reads:
The claim "ethnic cleansing" also lacks a basis in reality. Those learned academicians base their claim on the removal of civilians in Gaza from the ...
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