Global Perspectives on the 2023 Israel-Hamas Conflict

User icon Heather Dray
16 November 2023
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International scholars, humanitarians and independent researchers help us understand the causes, impact and implications of the crisis in Gaza.


Oxfam GB · 19 July 2024 English

This report examines the systematic weaponization of water by the Government of Israel during its military campaign in Gaza. It highlights the severe water shortages and sanitation crises resulting from …


Brookings Institution · 28 October 2023 English

President Joe Biden has been a strong supporter of Israel throughout his long political career. Yet it has been stunning to watch his seeming tolerance of the calamity that has …



Cato Institute · 22 December 2023 English

As the number of dead civilians in Gaza approaches 20,000, 16 or so times the number of Israelis killed by Hamas’s brutal initial attack, even the Biden administration is growing …


BESA: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies · 29 October 2023 English

In the law of war, the standard of proportionality is never just a matter of intuition or “common sense.” It is a matter of reason, an integral foundation of both …


Amnesty International · 7 November 2023 English

Amnesty International reiterates its call for the immediate and unconditional release of all civilian hostages, some of them children, who have been held in the occupied Gaza Strip for a …


The Conference Board · 20 October 2023 English

The Geopolitical Implications of Israel at War Hamas’ devastating attack on Israeli citizens and Israel’s declaration of war against the militant group is only the brutal opening scene of a …


ISW: Institute for the Study of War · 28 October 2023 English

Israeli Ground Operations in the Gaza Strip The IDF conducted five raids into the Gaza Strip on October 27, and IDF ground forces will expand their operations overnight.7 The IDF …


MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 14 December 2023 English

There is no denying the fact that Israel has taken precautions in the military campaign like warning civilians to vacate north Gaza and go towards the South of the Strip …


IMF: International Monetary Fund · 13 September 2023 English

Years of isolation and continuous conflicts have left Gaza’s economic development far behind that of the West Bank. In 2022, per capita income in Gaza was only a quarter of …