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-8 posts tagged "Israel Hamas war"
Letter to the Editor | Monday, November 20, 2023
In “Why Did Israel Kill My Son?” Palestinian poet and journalist Ahmed Abu Artema recounts surviving a bombing in southern Gaza on Oct. 24. Among ruins of their collapsed house, he saw his son and daughter screaming and pointing to their injured sibling Abboud, 12, who’d later die in intensive care. Abu Artema’s two aunts
Letter to the Editor | Monday, November 20, 2023
Among the charges leveled against Israel in these tragic days is that of its genocide of the Palestinian people. Unlike other such words or phrases heard at present protests, this one has a technical and legal definition, as well as a clear origin. The Polish-Jewish jurist Raphael Lemkin coined the term in 1943 or 1944
Observer Staff Report | Sunday, November 19, 2023
On Thursday, students drew 11,000 keys outside the entrance of South Dining Hall to commemorate the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza since Oct. 7., the start of the war between Israel and Hamas. For Gaza’s more than 2 million inhabitants, the death count equates to one out of every 200 people. Blair Kedwell, president
Meghan Lange | Friday, November 3, 2023
The conflict brewing between Israel and Palestine is more than 6,000 miles away, and yet it still hits close to home for many Notre Dame students. Atara Greenbaum, a senior who is a co-president of the Notre Dame Jewish Club, said her two younger brothers are currently studying in Israel and are planning on staying
BridgeND and Nelisha Silva | Wednesday, November 1, 2023
In the context of the extremely violent past century in the Middle East, the conflict between Israel and Palestine has taken a central place in the American public’s mind. Given the level of vitriol surrounding the recent events in the region, it’s important to develop a framework to clearly evaluate the situation and not quickly
Meghan Lange | Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Notre Dame study abroad students in Jerusalem woke up on Saturday, Oct. 7 under different circumstances than the typical study abroad student. The students at the University’s Global Gateway at Tantur, located on the southern edge of Jerusalem, heard air raid sirens early that morning and were evacuated to a bomb shelter immediately. Senior Zachary
Meghan Lange | Friday, October 13, 2023
Students and staff packed into the Hesburgh Center for International Studies Thursday afternoon to hear from a panel of experts on the Israel-Palestine conflict. Professor Ebrahim Moosa opened the panel by describing how Palestinian guerrilla militants of Hamas “wreaked tremendous havoc” in Gaza and Israel. He said the militants killed “many, many civilians.” In the
Sally Bradshaw and Allison Bowman | Friday, October 13, 2023
On Wednesday morning in the Center for Faith, Action and Ministry office, Saint Mary’s College students gathered to pray for peace in the Holy Land. Ecumenical chaplain Carrie Badertscher, who organized the event, said the purpose of the prayer service was “to provide a space for people to gather in community to recognize the grief