“Humanitarian pauses” are being used as a pretext for ethnic cleansing, while previous Gaza ceasefires have allowed Israel to intensify the blockade to an unbearable degree, but just short of violating a ceasefire.

Adrian Kreutz reflects on his visit to Palestine to join in Al-Haq’s International Law Summer Program.

The Israeli state sees violent settler mobs as challenging its monopoly over violence. This puts right-wing ministers like Itamar Ben-Gvir in a bind: settlers facilitate the settlement project, but the state wants to control it.