New Weapons Research Group

Long term risks of increase in NCD in war aftermath: changes in reproductive health in Gaza, Palestine, factors involved, and legacies. See attachment

Call to support the health of infants in Gaza, Palestine After the 2014 war in Gaza, the number of newborns with serious health conditions has increased dramatically. In mid-2016, 14% of infants had a 40% chance of dying within a month after birth. A sharp increase in births before term or too small babies, and…

Long term effects of weapon use and of war remnants in Gaza The modern wars do not stop at the closing of the hostilities but leave some environmentally stable contaminants, that accumulate in living and affect the health of the civilian population, always targeted, for years afterwards.  How many years, we do not yet know.

RESPONSE TO THE COMPLAINT TO REED ELSEVIER, PUBLISHERS OF THE LANCET, BY PROFESSOR SIR MARK PEPYS AND 395 COLLEAGUES   In this public response to the smear campaign and personal attacks on Richard Horton, The Lancet Editor-in-Chief, Lancet Complaint to Reed Elsevier, we assert:-

For  children  living  in  the  Gaza  Strip,  2014  was  a  year  that  brought  violence,  fear,  and  loss.  The  Israeli   military  offensive  that  lasted  50  days  between  July  8  and  August  26,  dubbed  Operation  Protective  Edge,   killed  547  Palestinian  children,  535  of  them  as  a  direct  result  of  Israeli  attacks.1  Another  3,374  children  …

The President of the Security Council presents her compliments to the members of the Council and has the honour to transmit herewith, for their information, a copy of a letter dated 27 April 2015 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council, and its enclosure. This letter and its enclosure will be…

In 2014, after unprecedented destruction and suffering in Gaza, international donors pledged $3.5bn and a change in approach. Six months later, reconstruction and recovery have barely begun, there has been no accountability for violations of international law, and Gaza remains cut off from the West Bank.  This paper outlines an achievable course of action to…

Hundreds of Palestinian children work on Israeli settlement farms in the occupied West Bank, the majority located in the Jordan Valley. This report documents rights abuses against Palestinian children as young as 11 years old, who earn around US $19 for a full day working in the settlement agricultural industry. Many drop out of school…

Early on the afternoon of  8 July 2014, the first day of the fighting in the Gaza Strip last summer, a  person speaking on behalf of the Israeli military phoned one of the apartments in the home of the  Kaware’ family, in Khan Yunis. He told residents that the military was planning to destroy the building  and that they must immediately evacuate it. More than an hour later, a warning missile was launched at  the roof. The families left the building, but dozens of local residents continued to gather in 

The language of conflict has changed enormously. Today, engagements are often fought and justified through a public mandate to protect civilians.  And yet the weapons used, and the way they are used, far too often pose a great danger to those civilians. The use of explosive weapons in populated areas puts civilians at grave risk…