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The study outlines the concrete consequences of the ICJ Advisory Opinion, which reaffirmed Israel’s violations of fundamental principles of international law.
The Israeli military systematically uses dogs to brutalise Palestinians, including children, elderly people, and detainees, sometimes with fatal consequences.
![Palestinian refugees are Israel’s Achilles heel [Book Review]](https://epalestine.ps/sambahour/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/the-war-of-return-adi-schwartz-einat-wilf.png)
The book is a long-winded frontal attack on Palestinian refugees and reads more as a commissioned assignment from the Hasbara-hub called the Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs than a truly deep analysis of the issue of Palestinian refugees. What is missing from the book is as important as what is in it—all the other references that Palestinians’ Right of Return is based on, above and beyond the single one, UN General Assembly 194, that the authors pin their entire argument around.
Although much has been written about the Wall, few efforts have sought to dig deeper into why States turned a blind eye to all its illegalities, which were clearly ingredients for a troubling road ahead, as we are now witnessing. Mohammed Alatar has taken this aspect of the Wall head on in a newly released documentary titled, “BROKEN”. Watch the trailer and read Sam’s article on Mondoweiss.
!["The 51 Day War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza" by Max Blumenthal [Recommended]](https://epalestine.ps/sambahour/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/The-51-Day-War-Ruin-and-Resistance-in-Gaza-by-Max-Blumenthal-980x1489.jpg)