Several people asked this question, so let me explain. I deeply believe the best opinion journalism is based on new reporting, so my columns are rooted in travel and reporting. In this case, I saw a story and pursued it, and because I'm a columnist it ran in the opinion section.
Sexual violence against Palestinian detainees in Israeli detention is unfortunately not breaking news. Nick’s column cites numerous reports documenting it, including our work at @stoptorture_il. His thorough investigation confirms it and calls for the US to avoid complicity in it
Some public events in the midst of busy couple of weeks full of closed door briefings and bilateral meetings https://t.co/qOpui7XHH6 https://t.co/6KwgZXqodi https://t.co/UarXKOLOKS + this forthcoming https://t.co/akzsRhCXcd
Me talking about the unbearable gap between is (the realities on the ground) and ought (what international law requires) at a conference on Gaza in Berlin
Hi friends! I'm going to be in Berlin for meetings between 30 April and 5 May, so if any of you are around and can spare the time please DM me so we can try to fix a time to meet.
In a new post, Ellen Nohle and I explain why Israel’s new modus operandi of mass displacement via evacuation orders directives and warnings is unlawful even while supposedly removing civilians from harm’s way https://t.co/KDuRDgJHyF
אל דאגה, במדינה המתנחלים, לא רק שמחלקים נדל"ן חינם ומטהרים אתנית כדי שלא יבואו לכם ערבים בעין, גם יאפשרו לכם "לגדוש באלפים" בלי שאיזה קצין משטרה יפיל אתכם על הראש
To continue with business as usual after Israel enacted an apartheidist death penalty law that is designed to apply only to Palestinians would make a travesty of this provision of the EU - Israel Association Agreement.
By enacting a death penalty law crafted to apply to Palestinian but not to Israeli perpetrators of homicidal terror, Israeli lawmakers have compounded the barbarism of State sponsored homicide with structured racism producing a murderous form of apartheid. https://t.co/EFHcvW94Yl
The latest from @IHLCentre on how States should act to alleviate the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza while respecting the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and other fundamental norms of international law https://t.co/bqaDB2wz4z
מדוע הצעת חוק עונש המוות שעלולה להפוך לחוק עוד החודש גרועה במיוחד? ולמה חייבים לעצור את החקיקה? התשובות בפודקסט של הוועד נגד עינויים - כדאי לשמוע, ולהעביר הלאה! https://t.co/4ZYqXlb5qI
As Ellen Nohle and I argue in 'Humanitarian Displacement? The (Mis)Appropriation of Humanitarian Principles to Justify Mass Displacement' (https://t.co/onnf5CuR9l) the legality of such mass displacements is highly dubious
The latest from @ihlcentre outlines humanitarian and legal imperatives at a critical juncture in the Palestinian-Israeli context https://t.co/ZCv0RJ2XBj
I haven’t got the time to adapt it into a book, but with the blatant defiance of visual evidence of violations I analyzed in my PhD now being more pervasive than ever, I’ve decided to share the full text https://t.co/JazZA5CzMB
I was delighted to join host Sarah Henry on the latest episode of the excellent podcast @ACTIVISTLAWYER. Our conversation is available here: https://t.co/qiyarxpKsD
Omar El Akkad spoke after winning the 2025 National Book Award for nonfiction for “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” his book on the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. He accepted the award at a gala in New York City this week.