Al-Ahram Weekly

If international humanitarian law applies anywhere, it is in the occupied Palestinian territories. Why, then, is it not being respected? In Geneva, Dina Ezzat examines Israeli violations, and the efforts being made to mitigate the most pernicious effects of an intolerable occupation

'Legal, not political'
Forget condemning violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention -- the signatories may not even be sitting down together

A little respect
In Geneva, the humanitarian capital of the world, the diplomatic battle for Palestinian rights is waged on several fronts

Emergency, institutionalised
A special emergency appeal launched by UNRWA suggests that Palestinians are still paying an unbearable price for the Intifada even as the resumption of negotiations is being discussed

A monopoly on victimisation
An international conference against racism could run aground over Israel's insistence on denying the Palestinians equality

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		Al-Ahram Weekly Online 5 - 11 July 2001 Issue No.541
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