Top Resources on Gaza
Will be updated as needed
Note to reader: this post obviously contains too much information to digest in one go; rather, I suggest selecting a topic that you want to know more about and digging into those resources — first and foremost, genocide.
∘ 1. Genocide
∘ 2. Settler colonialism (then and now)
∘ 3. Occupation and apartheid
∘ 4. Starvation, disease, and injury
∘ 5. ICC
∘ 6. War crimes
∘ 7. AI
∘ 8. ‘Human shields’
∘ 9. UNRWA
∘ 10. Complicity of Israeli universities
∘ 11. Propaganda-busting
∘ Postscript
1. Genocide
“Genocide in Gaza: Analysis of International Law and its Application to Israel’s Military Actions since October 7, 2023,” University Network for Human Rights, International Human Rights Clinic (Boston University School of Law), International Human Rights Clinic (Cornell Law School), Centre for Human Rights (University of Pretoria), and Lowenstein Human Rights Project (Yale Law School).
Francesca Albanese, “Anatomy of a Genocide” (shorter and more up-to-date)
South-Africa, “Application instituting proceedings and request for the indication of provisional measures” (more extensive but less up-to-date)
Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention, passim.
The Guardian, “Civilian deaths in Gaza rival those of Darfur — which the US called a ‘genocide’”, by Alan J. Superman
The Guardian, “As a former IDF soldier and historian of genocide, I was deeply disturbed by my recent visit to Israel,” by Omer Bartov
The Lancet, “Counting the dead in Gaza: difficult but essential”, by Rasha Khatib, Martin McKee, and Salim Yusuf
“Open Letter from American Medical Professionals Who Served in Gaza”
See here for an overview of podcasts episode by Citations Needed on the genocide in Gaza.
2. Settler colonialism (then and now)
The Guardian, “‘A new abyss’: Gaza and the hundred years’ war on Palestine”, by Rashid Khalidi
Rashid Khalidi, The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017 (Metropolitan Books 2021 [repr.)
Human Rights Watch, “West Bank: Israel Responsible for Rising Settler Violence: Entire Palestinian Communities Displaced Months After Attacks”
The Guardian, “Revealed: Israel has sped up settlement-building in East Jerusalem since Gaza war began”
See also this thread on Twitter by Zachary Forster on the connection between Zionism and ethnic supremacy.
3. Occupation and apartheid
ICJ, “Summary of the Advisory Opinion of 19 July 2024”
Atlantic Council, “Israel claims it is no longer occupying the Gaza Strip. What does international law say?” (and the numerous references in the third paragraph)
Amnesty, “Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians: a cruel system of domination and a crime against humanity”
Human Rights Watch, “A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution”
Human Rights Watch, “Time to End Business as Usual in Unlawful West Bank Settlements: World Court Ruling Shows Need for Action on UN Settlement ‘Database’”
4. Starvation, disease, and injury
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, on Israel’s treatment of detainees and hostages and attacks on medical facilities and personnel.
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri, “Starvation and the right to food, with an emphasis on the Palestinian people’s food sovereignty”
Devi Sridhar, “Scientists are closing in on the true, horrifying scale of death and disease in Gaza”
“Over 22,500 have suffered ‘life-changing injuries’ in Gaza: WHO”
Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), “GAZA STRIP: Famine is imminent as 1.1 million people, half of Gaza, experience catastrophic food insecurity”
5. ICC
Statement of ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC: “Applications for arrest warrants in the situation in the State of Palestine”
Panel of Experts in International Law, Convened by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, “Report of the Panel of Experts in International Law”
The Guardian, “Why is the west defending Israel after the ICC’s request for Netanyahu’s arrest warrant?”, by Kenneth Roth
The Guardian, “Revealed: Israeli spy chief ‘threatened’ ICC prosecutor over war crimes inquiry”; “Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed”; “Israeli journalist describes threats over reporting on spy chief and ICC”
Kenneth Roth, “Is the ICC’s Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu Justified?”, at Open to Debate
6. War crimes
Al Jazeera, “Investigating war crimes in Gaza — Al Jazeera Investigations”
Human Rights Watch, “Israeli Forces’ Conduct in Gaza: Human Rights Watch and Oxfam Submission to Biden Administration’s NSM-20 Process”
Human Rights Watch, “Gaza: Israelis Attacking Known Aid Worker Locations: End Unlawful Attacks, Ensure Accountability”
Amnesty, “Damning evidence of war crimes as Israeli attacks wipe out entire families in Gaza”
Amnesty, “Israel/OPT: fresh evidence of probable war crimes in Israeli attacks on Rafah”
The Guardian, “‘Not a normal war’: doctors say children have been targeted by Israeli snipers in Gaza”
The Washington Post, “Palestinian paramedics said Israel gave them safe passage to save a 6-year-old girl in Gaza. They were all killed”
AP, “Israel could have used smaller weapons against Hamas to avoid deaths in Gaza tent fire, experts say”
The New York Times, “How a Single Family Was Shot Dead on a Street in Gaza”
7. AI
972mag, “‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza”
The Guardian, “IDF colonel discusses ‘data science magic powder’ for locating terrorists”
8. ‘Human shields’
Luigi Daniele, Nicola Perugini, and Francesca Albanese, “Humanitarian Camouflage: Israel Rewrites the Laws of War to Legitimize Genocide in Gaza”
Citations Needed, ep. 197, “The ‘Human Shields’ Canard as Catch-All Colonial Absolution” (Spotify, Apple Podcasts), by Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson, with guests Neve Gordon and Nicola Perugini
Neve Gordon and Nicola Perugini, Human Shields: A History of People in the Line of Fire (University of California Press 2020)
The Guardian, “Israeli forces in Gaza ‘use civilians as human shields’ against possible booby-traps”
(For more on the IDF’s use of human shields, see this Amnesty report, this Amnesty article, this HRW report, and this B’Tselem article)
9. UNRWA
Final report for the United Nations secretary-general, “Independent Review of Mechanisms and Procedures to Ensure Adherence by UNRWA to the Humanitarian Principle of Neutrality”
Zeteo, “Mehdi Hasan Debunks 7 Israeli Myths About UNRWA”
10. Complicity of Israeli universities
Jacobin, “Israel’s Universities Are a Key Part of Its Apartheid Regime,” by Maya Wind (for Dutch readers, see also here).
Maya Wind, Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom (Verso Books 2024).
11. Propaganda-busting
“Atrocity Inc: How Israel Sells The Destruction Of Gaza”
Christopher Iacovetti, “9 Myths on Israel/Palestine” (and references at the end)
The Guardian, “Which is worse, Israel’s lies about Gaza or its western backers who repeat those lies?”, by Mehdi Hasan (and the links therein)
Zeteo, “Debunked! Top Seven Lies About Gaza”
Zeteo, “‘The Deliberate Dehumanization of the Palestinians’: Mehdi Hasan Calls out Media Bias on Gaza”
Ilan Pappe, Ten Myths About Israel (Verso Books 2017)
12. Philosemitism
Hannah Rose, “The New Philosemitism: Exploring a Changing Relationship Between Jews and the Far-Right”
Michael Richmond, “Philosemitism: An Instrumental Kind of Love” (the conclusion is convenient)
Postscript
An incomplete list of social media accounts to follow, in semi-random order:
People: Mehdi Hassan (Zeteo), Owen Jones, Francesca Albanese, Nicola Perugini, Jeremy Corbyn, Ilhan Omar; relatedly, AIPAC Tracker
Organisations: Red Cross, Save the Children, UNRWA, Amnesty, Oxfam Novib, Human Rights Watch, Middle East Eye, Middle East Monitor, Al Jazeera
Dutch organisations: The Rights Forum, Plant een Olijfboom
