@WAR Conflict Law Centre

Ayesha Malik and Hennie Strydom talk about South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, and what we should expect from the the ICJ's preliminary orders 

Ayesha Malik sits down with Dr. Marco Longobardo to discuss his book The Use of Armed Force in Occupied Territory, and the right to resistance, the right to self-determination, the classification of the conflict, how to apply human rights law in occupied territory, and what we can expect from the upcoming Advisory Opinion. 

In this episode, we sat down with Saroop Ijaz, Senior Legal Counsel for Human Rights Watch, about apartheid in Israel and Palestine, HRW's report 'A Threshold Crossed' and the key factors involved in making that determination. 

Ayesha Malik and Zarrar Khuhro talk about how narratives around this conflict have changed over the decades, the conflation of anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism, the international community's reaction, and whether international law remains relevant. 

Ayesha Malik and Dr. Ahmad Siddiqi talk about the roots of the conflict, the various phases of Israeli policy towards the Palestinian population, whether the Palestinians were actually offered statehood five times, why Hamas has acted now and why Israel's response has been what it is, and finally what the international community can do.

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Saadia Zahoor, a policy expert at the National Security Division, to talk about looking at national security from a gendered lens, women in decision-making roles, manels, personal attacks on women, local graduates, being inclusive, and the need to not be petty.