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Palestinians stand near a World Central Kitchen vehicle on April 2, 2024, after three aid vehicles were targeted by Israeli strikes. Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Israeli strike on World Central Kitchen aid convoy shows growing danger of humanitarian work in conflict zones

Aid workers used to be considered off-limits in conflicts. The deaths of 7 aid workers in Gaza show that’s not the case anymore. Attacks on aid workers are on the rise.
A family living through the Bengal famine, a time when three million people died due to starvation,1943. (Wikimedia Commons)

Colonialists used starvation as a tool of oppression

For centuries, colonial powers have used starvation as a tool to control Indigenous populations and take over their land and wealth. A look back at two historic examples on two different continents.
A procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, believed by many Christians to be the site of the crucifixion and burial place of Jesus Christ. AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner

Easter 2024 in the Holy Land: a holiday marked by Palestinian Christian sorrow

A Christian Palestinian human rights scholar who grew up in Bethlehem writes about the special time of Easter, but also about the restrictions on Palestinian Christians.
Palestinians inspect the damage to a house after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah in southern Gaza Strip on March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Does the destruction of homes in Gaza constitute genocide?

The deep connection of homes in Gaza to Palestinian land, territory and nationhood makes Israel’s destruction of them a genocidal tactic.
Palestinian women react after their home was hit by an Israeli strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Feb. 8, 2024. In Gaza and elsewhere, an effective feminist foreign aid policy needs political action to address root causes of poverty, violence and sexual and reproductive harm. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Canada’s inaction in Gaza marks a failure of its feminist foreign policy

Canada’s tepid response to the war in Gaza and the severe harm caused to Palestinian women casts doubt on the sincerity of the government’s Feminist International Assistance Policy.

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