Physicians for Human Rights-Israel issues harsh report against IDF’s conduct during Operation Cast Lead in Gaza, saying Israel ‘did not allow evacuation of injured civilians, prevented medical teams from reaching wounded’. PHR also reports ‘dangerous trend of increasing disregard for obligation to protect medical personnel’Bologna giovane, ribelle e indolente
Brussels Press conference Launch of the RUSSELL TRIBUNAL on Palestine production (4th of March 2009): http://dailymotion.virgilio.it/video/x8p8wt_russell-tribunal-palestine_news
Israel blamed its earlier wars on the threat to its security, even that against Lebanon in 1982. However, its assault on Gaza was not justified and there are international calls for an investigation. But is there the political will to make Israel account for its war crimes? Read the full text: http://mondediplo.com/2009/03/03warcrimes
"Hope for improving health and quality of life of Palestinians will exist only once people recognise that the structural and political conditions that they endure in the occupied Palestinian territory are the key determinants of population health", states the first report in the Series.
Both Israel and Hamas used weapons supplied from abroad to carry out attacks on civilians. This briefing contains fresh evidence on the munitions used during the three-week conflict in Gaza and southern Israel and includes information on the supplies of arms to all parties to the conflict. It explains why Amnesty International is calling for…
To the Secretary General of UN Assembly, Marcos Manuel D’Escoto, to the Human Right Council, to the World Health Organization, to the UN representative for Palestine Prof. Richard Falk and for information to Dr. Gingues of UNWRA in Gaza We, the undersigned organizations and professionals in Medicine, Science and Law ask you to respond to…
Rome, January 9th, 2009 – Mounting evidence is emerging that Israel is experimenting new non-conventional weapons on civilian population in Gaza. "It is happening again what we saw in Lebanon two years ago", says Paola Manduca, genetics teacher and researcher at the University of Genoa and member of New Weapons Research Committee (NWRC), "where Israel…