Israel and its allies have introduced quite a number of legal and political configurations over the past 19 months that even the most creative Jessup moot court problem writers would not dare to imagine. One such staggering development was the announcement of a new plan to replace the United Nations (UN) agencies that were vital in the provision of humanitarian aid in Gaza. The UN is to be replaced not by an alternative international organization or a state-run program but by a private foundation – the “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation” (GHF) – that will execute its aid program together with the private security firm, “Safe Reach Solutions”. The daunting question now is: on what basis is outsourcing core humanitarian functions to private actors legally or ethically defensible? Before turning to a few legal reasons why this model is deeply problematic, here is what we know so far about GHF and its operational plans.
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Removing Palestinians from Gaza is not a plan; it is a crime against humanity
The relocation of Palestinians from Gaza is regularly raised by Israel in the wake of the outlandish Trump’s Riviera Plan. The US President proposed in February 2025 a dystopian project to resettle Palestinians in neighboring countries and transform the enclave into a luxurious coastal resort. A month later, Israel's Security Cabinet established a new agency within…
Gaza and the Collective Political Costs of Algorithmic Warfare
Since Israel started its military campaigns against Gaza, Lebanon, and the West Bank after the terrorist attacks of October 7, 2023, both academia and the media have intensely debated the Israel Defence Force's (IDF) use of so-called artificial intelligence-enabled decision-support systems (AI-DSS) for its combat operations. Controversies have mainly revolved around the staggering number of deaths…
Territorial Annexation of Palestine: Illegality, Third States Obligations and the ICJ’s 2024 Advisory Opinion
In the last few years, despite such prohibition, Israeli officials have announced their plans and intention to annex the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) in whole or part. In a recent statement, on 11 November 2024, Israel’s Finance Minister Smotrich announced a plan to impose Israel’s sovereignty to and annex the occupied West Bank in 2025. He also confirmed…
Is the detention by an occupying power of fighters in a NIAC governed by GC IV?
Since the outbreak of the hostilities on 7 October 2023, Israel has detained thousands of Palestinians from Gaza. 1,627 are being held by the Israel Prison Service (IPS) as of 6 November 2024, according to information obtained by HaMoked, while thousands more are estimated to be detained by the Israeli military.
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