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Has Israel's response exceeded its right to defend itself?



Jan 6, 2009

The exercise of self-defense must be necessary and proportional to the harm it seeks to redress. Israel's bloodletting in the Gaza Strip fails this test in three respects.


  PALESTINE IN PHOTOS
Palestinians attend a protest in the West Bank calling for an end to Israel's offensive in Gaza. (Maan Images)

FROM THE MEDIA
Video: Waiting to treat Gaza's wounded
Rawya Regeh, Al Jazeera (Jan 6, 2009)

Reporters locked out of Gaza war zone
Arthur Max, The Associated Press (Jan 6, 2009)

'As I ran I saw three of my children. All dead'
Hazem Balousha and Rory McCarthy, The Guardian (Jan 6, 2009)

Fighting flares outside Gaza City
BBC News (Jan 6, 2009)

Gaza: The death and life of my father
Fares Akram, The Independent (Jan 5, 2009)

Hold Israel to the same standard of civilized conduct as other lands
Mondli Makhanya, The Sunday Times (Jan 5, 2009)

Water, sewage system "collapsing" in Gaza, says official
IRIN (Jan 5, 2009)

Gaza hospitals under fire
Ma'an News (Jan 5, 2009)

A Palestinian family huddles together in Gaza City
The Christian Science Monitor (Jan 5, 2009)

Casualties rise in Gaza offensive
BBC News (Jan 5, 2009)

Video: Gazans flee homes and seek refuge in UN schools
Sherine Tadros, Al Jazeera (Jan 5, 2009)

Family of seven killed in Israeli strike on Gaza home
Reuters (Jan 5, 2009)

Whose blood is being spilled in Gaza, and why?
Gideon Levy, Haaretz (Jan 5, 2009)

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In photos: Christmas in Bethlehem
IMEU (Dec 17, 2008) 

Fair trade tranforms the lives of Palestinian farmers
IMEU (Dec 4, 2008) 

Jeff Halper: "An Israeli in Palestine: Resisting Dispossession, Redeeming Israel"
IMEU (Dec 1, 2008) 

Palestinian fair trade company opens state-of-the-art facility near Jenin
IMEU (Nov 28, 2008) 

Female Palestinian filmmaker shines at Cannes festival
Rasha Salti, IMEU (Nov 16, 2008) 

Palestinian city celebrates as one-millionth tourist for 2008 arrives
Ma'an News (Nov 16, 2008) 

Playgrounds for Palestine: running for a cause
Ramzy Baroud, IMEU (Nov 6, 2008) 

FIFA president brings football frenzy to Palestine
Ma'an News (Oct 26, 2008) 

Video: Israel accused of targeting Gaza children
Al Jazeera English TV (Oct 21, 2008) 

Something is brewing in Palestine: Oktoberfest in Taybeh
Jonathan Cook, The National (Oct 16, 2008) 

"Flawed Landscape: Poems 1987-2008" by Sharif S. Elmusa
IMEU (Oct 9, 2008) 

Video: Gaza's underground lifelines
Al Jazeera English TV (Oct 5, 2008) 

In photos: Ramadan in Palestine
IMEU (Sep 23, 2008) 

Roundtable on Mahmoud Darwish
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