Applying International Law to Israel鈥檚 War and Hamas鈥� Attack

Oct 18, 2023

The Israeli Army has issued to people living in Northern Gaza, demanding that they immediately relocate to Southern Gaza in anticipation of a . Israel鈥檚 latest war is in retaliation for a series of aimed at Israeli civilians that killed well over a thousand people and trapped several hundred hostages. So far, Israel鈥檚 air attacks on Gaza have been indiscriminate, also . Over the weekend there were supporting Palestinian rights.

, professor of politics and international studies at the University of San Francisco and a leading Middle East expert, spoke with 大象传媒 Racial Justice Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on 大象传媒 Presents: Rising Up With Sonali about the long-running war and occupation through the lens of international law.

Sonali Kolhatkar joined 大象传媒 in summer 2021, building on a long and decorated career in broadcast and print journalism. She is an award-winning multimedia journalist, and host and creator of聽大象传媒 Presents: Rising Up with Sonali, a nationally syndicated television and radio program airing on Free Speech TV and dozens of independent and community radio stations. She is also Senior Correspondent with the Independent Media Institute鈥檚 Economy for All project where she writes a weekly column. She is the author of聽Rising Up: The Power of Narrative in Pursuing Racial Justice聽(2023) and聽Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence聽(2005). Her forthcoming book is called聽Talking About Abolition聽(Seven Stories Press, 2025). Sonali is co-director of the nonprofit group, Afghan Women鈥檚 Mission which she helped to co-found in 2000. She has a Master鈥檚 in Astronomy from the University of Hawai鈥檌, and two undergraduate degrees in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Texas at Austin. Sonali reflects on 鈥淢y Journey From Astrophysicist to Radio Host鈥� in her 2014聽聽of the same name.