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Gerhard Kemp

@gerhardkempicl.bsky.social
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Professor of Law, UWE Bristol, UK; Institute for Justice & Reconciliation, Cape Town. #internationalcriminallaw

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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...
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EXPLAINER – Why ICC apartheid charges against Israel’s Smotrich would be historic
Legal experts say ICC charges against Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich could mark an important development in international criminal law | Anadolu
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
opiniojuris.org/2026/05/18/i...
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Is Israel’s New “Death Penalty for Terrorists Law” an Act of Apartheid?
[Gerhard Kemp is professor of criminal law at UWE Bristol and serves on the board of directors and executive committee of the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in Cape Town] The recently ado…
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
opiniojuris.org/2026/02/25/t...
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Terraforming Warfare and International Law
[Dr Saeed Bagheri is Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in International Law at the University of Reading School of Law. His research focuses on the law on the use of force and international humanitari…
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...
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Israel again violating international law, agreements by expanding West Bank powers: Experts
'Israel is again now violating not just the international law but international agreements such as the Oslo Accords,' Yonatan Mizrachi of Peace Now’s Settlement Watch Team tells Anadolu - Anadolu Ajansı
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
New publication by Saaed Bagheri & me on the environmental destruction of #Gaza. We call it terraforming warfare; environmental harm with longterm effect. academic.oup.com/jicj/advance...
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Damage to and Destruction of the Natural Environment: Terraforming Warfare in Gaza and Accountability for Ecocentric Crimes
Abstract. This contribution considers the significant and well-recorded environmental destruction in Gaza, following Israel’s full-scale military operation
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
My comments on the latest extension to file a counter-memorial, granted to Israel in the genocide case (South Africa v. Israel) ICJ: www.middleeasteye.net/news/icj-gra...
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'Disappointing': ICJ grants Israel another extension in South Africa genocide case
UN's top court once again extends timeline of genocide case, giving Israel until 12 March 2026 to submit its counter arguments to South Africa's evidence
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
My comments, with other experts, on two years of genocide in Gaza: www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/2-...
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2 years of Gaza genocide: Legal reckoning for Israel edges closer?
Experts say parallel tracks of justice in The Hague may be slow-moving, but could mark a turning point in efforts to hold Israel accountable - Anadolu Ajansı
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René Rusch @renerusch.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Itamar Mann, Professor at the University of Haifa, Faculty of Law: “The only reasonable inference from the cumulative evidence is that Israel’s conduct in Gaza constitutes genocide.“ LTO asked eleven international experts, if Israel is commiting Genocide. Outcome: 9x yes, 2x not sure (2025/08/15)
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International Law Experts: Genocide in Gaza?
Does Israel’s conduct in Gaza constitute genocide? LTO asked eleven international law experts. After 22 months of war, a clear tendency is emerging.
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
A few comments on the current situation regarding SA’s case against Israel, with colleagues @mikebecker.bsky.social & Juliette McIntyre. #GazaGenocide www.middleeasteye.net/explainers/i...
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Israel’s genocide in Gaza: What happened to South Africa’s case at the ICJ?
A verdict may not come for at least another two years - why the delay?
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Israel, ante el espejo de Sudáfrica www.lavanguardia.com/internaciona... My comments re Israel’s “South Africa moment” (comparing the isolation of apartheid SA to contemporary efforts to put pressure on Israel to end the genocide & occupation). Some similarities; significant differences as well.
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Israel, ante el espejo de Sudáfrica
A medida que va arañando metros de terreno en Gaza, Israel va perdiendo apoyos en la escena internacional. Lo reconocía el propio Beniamin Netanyahu esta semana:
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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
If you want to complain to The Times about their decision to publish an op-ed by Yoav Gallant - subject of an International Criminal Court an arrest warrant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza (starvation, murder, persecution etc.) - their email is feedback@thetimes.co.uk
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
NILSC Hybrid Workshop: APARTHEID, GENOCIDE, AND ETHNIC CLEANSING - The University of Nottingham Join us in person or online next Thursday, 19 June at 12:00 UK. Speakers include Leila Sadat, Bill Schabas, Alain Pellet & other scholars (full programme in link below).
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NILSC Hybrid Workshop: APARTHEID, GENOCIDE, AND ETHNIC CLEANSING - The University of Nottingham
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
I have signed this letter & legal memorandum (with 800 UK-based lawyers) to the UK Government regarding its obligations under international law. #Palestine #Gaza #genocide lawyersletter.uk/wp-content/u...
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Gaza was “too controversial” for faculty seminars, “too sensitive” to discuss. The tide is turning, now, but it is noted 👇🏼
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
We don’t watch #Eurovision but this year we don’t watch it with dolus specialis
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Mike Becker @mikebecker.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
The #ICJ has dismissed #Sudan’s case against #UAE, but the #UAE’s reaction merits caution. UAE states that the outcome proves that Sudan’s case was ‘unfounded and lacks any basis.’ That is the wrong takeaway from the ICJ decision. 1/2 www.mofa.gov.ae/en/MediaHub/...
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UAE Welcomes ICJ Ruling Which Represents a Resounding Rejection of Baseless Sudanese Claims
The United Arab Emirates has welcomed today’s decision by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague to dismiss the case filed by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) against the UAE, citing a m...
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
opiniojuris.org/2025/04/29/c... My comment on developments in the first prosecution of apartheid as a crime against humanity and the issue of prescription.
opiniojuris.org
Criminal Court in South Africa Confirms Charges in Historic First Prosecution of the Crime Against Humanity of Apartheid
[Gerhard Kemp is professor of criminal law at UWE Bristol, and extraordinary professor of public law at Stellenbosch University] On Monday, 14 April 2025, the high court in Johannesburg issued an i…
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Andra le Roux-Kemp @profandra.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
With the UK #HigherEducation sector in crisis, read 👇🏻 for a history of how it got in its stratified state, the impact of these institutional typologies at the academic unit level and specifically on #LawSchools, and also how these can be disrupted. doi.org/10.53300/001...
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Of Clubs and Clans: The 'National Pattern' of Higher Education in the United Kingdom and its impact on Law Schools | Published in Legal Education Review
By Andra le Roux-Kemp. UK law schools must reflect critically and operate strategically to disrupt the complex pattern of institutional types characterising the UK higher education sector and impactin...
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Very useful open access resource on peace-building & transitional justice with a focus on mental health & psychosocial support (authored by: Institute for Justice & Reconciliation, Cape Town) www.ijr.org.za/portfolio-it...
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A Training Manual and Handbook for Trauma-Informed Psychosocial Peacebuilding
This Training Manual and Handbook on Integrating Peacebuilding and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support contributes to the development of learning and teaching resources based on participatory metho...
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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
"The Genocide Convention and customary international law prohibit only the physical and biological destruction of a group, not attacks on cultural or religious property or symbols of the group. However, ... such attacks may be considered evidence of intent to physically destroy the group." (ICTY)
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
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Stand with South Africa against Trump’s wrath
To allow South Africa to be isolated and punished would be to surrender to the imperial logic that seeks to divide and conquer all who resist.
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Happy to see this. Trump & Putin supporters in 🇿🇦 will not like this, but good to see mature diplomacy in action. mg.co.za/politics/202...
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Zelenskyy set to land in South Africa on April 10
The Ukrainian president’s visit is announced as Europe rallies after Washington cuts support
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...
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Skill the Boer — a response to Ernst Roets and Tucker Carlson
Roets made four bold claims — about South Africa’s collapse, the ANC’s governance, Afrikaner persecution, and societal breakdown. As an Afrikaner myself I see the same reality he does but draw starkly...
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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Make South Africa Great Again?
How the country’s post-apartheid politics may inform the world view of Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
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Patryk I. Labuda @pilabuda.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Second World Approaches to International Law. We meet in Vienna on Friday, looking forward to 2 days of thought-provoking papers events.ceu.edu/2025-02-21/s...
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In Search of Second World Approaches to International Law
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Mike Becker @mikebecker.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
In good company here with @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social and @sevslv.bsky.social on the numerous legal and moral problems with Trump's Gaza proposals. www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...
aa.com.tr
Safe areas or ethnic cleansing? Experts debunk Trump’s Gaza plan claims
Even if Trump claims to have good intentions, as long as Palestinians are forced to leave, and there is no plan for their return, then it remains ethnic cleansing, says legal scholar Gerhard Kemp - ...
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Full article: A critical analysis of the role of legal higher education and training in the institutionalisation of the English legal profession: quo vadis for English law schools?
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
I talked to Rabia Ali about Trump’s Gaza plans… www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...
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Safe areas or ethnic cleansing? Experts debunk Trump’s Gaza plan claims
Even if Trump claims to have good intentions, as long as Palestinians are forced to leave, and there is no plan for their return, then it remains ethnic cleansing, says legal scholar Gerhard Kemp - ...
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
www.thenational.scot/news/2488620...
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Ethnic cleansing fears after Donald Trump calls for 'clean out' of Gaza
Donald Trump has sparked international concern after calling for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza – saying he believes in a “clean out” of the…
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I was honoured to write the foreword to this open access volume, ed by Pilisano Masake & Florian Jessberger #coloniallegacies edoc.hu-berlin.de/items/eee434...
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International Criminal Law and the Legacy of Colonialism
This book presents African perspectives on issues at the intersection of international criminal justice and colonialism. Is it true, as some argue, that international criminal justice is permeated by ...
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
On this 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, I’m reminded of readings to (re)read; to remember. And the Irving Judgment, because Holocaust denial, the denial of any genocide, is a grave moral wrong. Never Again.
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
link.springer.com/book/10.1007... Happy to see this out now in English (previously published in German). My chapter concerns late prosecutions of apartheid-era crimes in South Africa.
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The Last Nazi Trials
This book addresses key aspects of the judicial phenomenon of late prosecution by examining the last Nazi trials from a multidisciplinary perspective.
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
I wish for all a peaceful festive season, a Merry Christmas for those who celebrate, and an end to the genocide in Gaza and an end to all wars & atrocities everywhere. Peace & justice in 2025.
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
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Gazan Humanitarian Scholarship
We offer scholarships for citizens of Gaza who have been displaced as a result of the ongoing conflict in the region and are living in a different country (outside of the UK).
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Great to see old & new friends at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) in Cape Town. IJR is doing important post-atrocity & post-conflict justice work in several African countries. www.ijr.org.za
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas... - My comments via Amnesty International. #UK #ICC #Palestine
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UK: Government is hiding behind 'domestic processes' on Netanyahu arrest - legal expert
We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
My comments on the ICC arrest warrant decision (Netanyahu et al) www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...
aa.com.tr
ICC arrest warrants: What are the legal consequences for Netanyahu and Gallant?
All 124 state parties to the ICC are now legally obliged to arrest Netanyahu and Gallant if they set foot on their territory - Anadolu Ajansı
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Important progress. And indeed, a test for the West… let’s see. But a sense of justice in itself…
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/20/i...
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
mondoweiss.net/2024/11/turm...
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Back in South Africa for a few weeks. Time to reflect on an intensive week in London engaging with officials & parliamentarians on UK’s international law obligations re #Palestine. Thinking with Arundhati Roy’s texts. There’s an urge in the West to let history begin on 7/10/23…A.R. quoting Berger…
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VidyaKumar 🕵️🪐🚀💫⚖️🇵🇸 @vidyakumar.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
To the insane amount of new followers from the X-odus, below is some info about me and my interests, it's a bit dated. New work on "Revolution and International Law in the Americas", on "Race in the UK Constitution" and on "the JCPC in Southern Rhodesia" coming soon. #InterdisciplinaryScholar
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
A productive week in London with Itay Epshtain, Zaha Hassan & Victor Kattan. We were hosted by Amnesty International UK & had the opportunity to engage with senior UK Gov officials & MPs re implementation of #ICJ AO on #Palestine & related int. law matters.
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
I was honoured tb part of this great panel tonight hosted by Amnesty International & ICJP in London. Engaging audience; important discussions; pertinent issues raised; much work to do!
I was honoured tb part of this great panel tonight on apartheid, genocide and occupation, hosted by Amnesty International & ICJP in London. Engaging audience; important discussions; much work to do!
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Mark Klamberg @klamberg.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
In view of the allegations against the ICC Chief Prosecutor & the role of the Independent Oversight Mechanism (IOM), I have updated the CLICC comment on Rome Statute article 112(4). I also think the Report of the Bureau, ICC-ASP/8/2, 15 April 2009 is worth a read. cilrap-lexsitus.org/en/clicc/112...
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Lexsitus
Lexsitus – a service of the Centre for International Law Research and Policy (CILRAP) – is certified as a digital public good by the Digital Public Goods Alliance.
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Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 11/11/2024
Invitation: This Wednesday I'll be discussing the (non-)impact of international humanitarian law and criminal law in Israel/Palestine with @astridcoracini.bsky.social at the International Institute for Peace in Vienna. www.iipvienna.com/event-calend...
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Dead or Alive? The Challenges of International Law and International Criminal Law in the Middle East — IIP
We want to debate the actual content and role of the law of armed conflict, the prohibition of genocide, and international law as a whole: How humanitarian is humanitarian law in the context of self-d...
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
#Springboks RSAvScotland 😁
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Mark Klamberg @klamberg.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Here is my starter pack on public international law go.bsky.app/9mPfGRg
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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
A good read on tremendous efforts to prove #apartheid policy & practice imposed on Palestine. I had a great conversation with @tylermcbrien.bsky.social, author of the piece, who kindly quotes me. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The team of researchers fighting to prove West Bank apartheid
For years, international groups have claimed Israel imposes apartheid. Can these maps finally help prosecutors make courts accept the claim?
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