With Israeli troops on the ground in Southern Lebanon, conflict in the Middle East escalates further. But Israel’s tried this before and hasn’t achieved its goals.
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Today, hearings will begin in the International Court of Justice, where South Africa is accusing Israel of genocide in Palestine. How will the proceedings work, and what does it mean for the war?
Proportionality requires that lives of civilians on both sides of a conflict must be treated with the same degree of respect.
The spike in violence was marked by a 68% increase in fatalities involving civilians.
More than half a million people have died in Syria’s war with half the population displaced. The suffering will continue until there is a reckoning with Assad and his allies.
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Professor of International Law, Australian National University
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Director of Research, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, University of Maryland
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Professor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University
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Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect and Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, The University of Queensland
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Associate Research Fellow, Africa Center for Strategic Studies
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Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University