EL PAIS English Edition 18 November 2023 : Israel and Humanitarian Law and more

 

Israel and humanitarian law EL PAÍS USA EDITION

Dear readers, ‌ As the second phase of Israel’s assault in Gaza culminated in the storming of the Al Shifa hospital, where military authorities believed Hamas was operating a command and control center and potentially storing weapons, we looked at the legality of the Israeli army's operations against medical complexes under the structure of international humanitarian law. EL PAÍS also went beyond the frontlines of the conflict to speak to members of Israel’s community of over 300,000 Bedouins, who have found themselves further isolated by the ravages of the ongoing war. “In these villages we are not protected by the Iron Dome. Nor do we have ambulances, shelters, alarm systems…” said Akel Kran, who lost one of his children in a rocket attack against the settlement of Al Bat in Israel’s Negev desert on October 7.   ‌ We also interviewed Kristi Coulter, who worked as an executive in Amazon’s Seattle headquarters for over a decade. The 53-year-old has just published Exit Interview, an account of her time at the tech giant and the working conditions imposed by the company. “At one point, I ran an executive coaching program. We would get these guys into a room, and these are like stoic alpha males, and they would be crying within 10 minutes,” she said. ‌ Also this week, Pedro Sánchez was invested as prime minister of Spain for a third time after the Socialist leader secured a controversial pact with several minority parties, which included an amnesty deal for the figureheads of the 2017 bid for Catalonian secession. EL PAÍS analyzed how the head of the new coalition government has risen from obscurity to the cusp of becoming the second longest-serving prime minister since the country’s return to democracy. ‌ We hope you enjoy this selection of articles from EL PAÍS USA Edition.

Questions and answers: What protection do hospitals have in a war? Are there any exceptions? International humanitarian law expressly prohibits attacks on health centers, unless they are used to commit ‘acts harmful to the enemy.’ However, even in this case, an operation that puts the lives of civilians at risk is not lawful ‌

Bedouins, the weakest link in Israel’s war on Hamas The current conflict has exacerbated the traditional institutional disregard of a community of more than 300,000 people who have few basic services and scarce protection against Hamas attacks ‌

The last Palestinians resisting in the olive groves: ‘The settlers are trying to take away the food we put on the table so they can then take our land’ West Bank farmers claim that they were already suffering attacks by settlers before October 7, but that now the Israeli army has also joined in the harassment ‌

How the changing balance of power is shaking up the world The technological revolution and the shift in global relations are key factors in the destabilization of the planet. Our times are marked by new, devastating wars and dangerous power struggles ‌

‘Working in Amazon offices was like slowly killing yourself’: Life in the tech giant, according to a former executive Kristi Coulter spent 12 years in various positions at the company’s headquarters in Seattle. Now she has released a memoir about the grueling work conditions, which she says have been key to the business’s success ‌

Pedro Sánchez, the political survivor who keeps resisting against all odds In 10 years, the Socialist leader went from complete obscurity to the prime minister’s chair for what might soon become the second-longest term in office of Spanish democracy ‌ ‌

Mary Beard: ‘The Roman Empire emboldens self-absorbed macho men’ The expert on Ancient Rome explores the lives of emperors in a new book, covering the scandalous Heliogabalus and defining moments that shaped our political culture

What is happening in Iceland? Thousands of earthquakes herald a volcanic eruption The seismic swarm in the southeast of the island has registered 1,000 earthquakes a day, and land deformation in the area has been observed from space ‌

This is the Liverpool data guru who discovered Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah Ian Graham – the theoretical physicist who recommended the signing of manager Jürgen Klopp – has left the Reds. He now plans on offering his knowledge to other soccer clubs as an external consultant

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