Informed Comment daily updates (11/09/2024)

 

Conservative Muslim Cleric in North Gaza denounces Hamas for violating Islamic Laws of War Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Rushdi Abualouf of the BBC reported on a new fatwa or considered legal opinion issued by the conservative Salafi scholar Dr Salman al-Dayah, who had once been a dean at the School of Islamic Law and Civil Law at the Islamic University of Gaza. The controversial opinion lambasted Hamas for […]

Targeting UNRWA Could Harm Israel’s Own Interests srael is strengthening the case of those who question its international legitimacy

Extreme Weather has already cost Vulnerable Island Nations $141 Billion Emily Wilkinson, ODI Global; Ilan Noy, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Matt Bishop, University of Sheffield, and Vikrant Panwar, ODI Global (The Conversation) – Two years ago, when the curtain fell on the COP27 summit in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, developing nations on the frontline of climate change had something meaningful to […]

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