Posted on May 8, 2009 by warvictims
By Sarah Holewinski, Executive Director of CIVIC
Ask any civilian who has lost a loved one, a limb, or a home in war and they’re likely to tell you they never received anything for their suffering. I’ve always found it shocking that international law doesn’t generally require warring parties to help the people they’ve harmed.
Take for [...]
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Posted on March 11, 2009 by warvictims
I trekked across the Sinai Peninsula after watching the fighting from the Armistice line for a few weeks in December and January. Israel wouldn’t let human rights monitors into Gaza, so I decided to take my team of researchers in through Egypt once the fighting stopped. I’ve been to Gaza twice before – in 2004 when there were still settlements there, and again in 2006 after they were removed, and I consider myself seasoned to working in war zones. But the tragedy I faced in Gaza hit me hard.
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Posted on July 25, 2008 by warvictims
Posted By: Marla B.
During the 2006 war nearly all businesses in the north of Israel closed. Many Israelis fled their homes here, heading south staying with friends, family and even occasionally strangers willing to take them in.
In Kiryat Shmona, a town close to the Lebanese boarder, this man stayed behind and tended to one of [...]
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Posted on July 25, 2008 by warvictims
Posted By: Marla B.
Perched on a hilltop overlooking a lush valley on the other side of which is Isreal, Bint Jbeil was considered a ‘Hizbollah stronghold’ during the 2006 war.
Two major battles took place there. The first began early in the morning on July 25, 2006 with heavy gun volleys between the Israeli Defense Forces [...]
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Posted on July 25, 2008 by warvictims
Posted By: Marla B.
Haifa’s train depot was the scene of the deadliest attack in Israel during the 2006 war with Hizbollah. On July 16, shortly after nine in the morning missiles rained down on the city. One directly struck the train depot killing eight workers inside.
We visited the train depot in the hopes of getting [...]
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