Eitan Diamond
@eitandi.bsky.social
Manager and Senior Legal Expert, Diakonia IHL Centre, Jerusalem | PhD (Law)
Deeply distressing yet not surprising that a champion of genocide is now calling for the State to engage in homicidal crimes www.jpost.com/israel-news/...
Itamar Ben-Gvir calls to assassinate Palestinian Authority officials, arrest Abbas | The Jerusalem Post
"Targeted assassinations of senior PA officials should be ordered if the UN recognizes a Palestinian State," Ben-Gvir said on Monday.
www.jpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Deeply distressing yet not surprising that a champion of genocide is now calling for the State to engage in homicidal crimes www.jpost.com/israel-news/...
Just out! A paper that Orna Ben Naftali, Anna Christina Schmidl and I co-authored in which we search for specks of light in the current darkness. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Just out! A paper that Orna Ben Naftali, Anna Christina Schmidl and I co-authored in which we search for specks of light in the current darkness. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Witches don’t exist. What do exist, unfortunately, are contemptable men who mount witch hunts to serve their own repulsive political and puny psychological needs.
October 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Witches don’t exist. What do exist, unfortunately, are contemptable men who mount witch hunts to serve their own repulsive political and puny psychological needs.
A talk I gave in Berlin on Saturday called "Not a time to stand idly by" www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUPJ...
October 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
A talk I gave in Berlin on Saturday called "Not a time to stand idly by" www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUPJ...
Reposted by Eitan Diamond
Shield or Sword? IHL's protective function under pressure.
#Geneva colleagues, join us on 23 October for a panel discussion co-organized by the IHL Centre and @gpplatform.ch, with @annyssabellal.bsky.social, Prof. Marco Sassòli, @eitandi.bsky.social, Swiss MFA, @icrc.org
mailchi.mp/ihlcentre.or...
#Geneva colleagues, join us on 23 October for a panel discussion co-organized by the IHL Centre and @gpplatform.ch, with @annyssabellal.bsky.social, Prof. Marco Sassòli, @eitandi.bsky.social, Swiss MFA, @icrc.org
mailchi.mp/ihlcentre.or...
October 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Shield or Sword? IHL's protective function under pressure.
#Geneva colleagues, join us on 23 October for a panel discussion co-organized by the IHL Centre and @gpplatform.ch, with @annyssabellal.bsky.social, Prof. Marco Sassòli, @eitandi.bsky.social, Swiss MFA, @icrc.org
mailchi.mp/ihlcentre.or...
#Geneva colleagues, join us on 23 October for a panel discussion co-organized by the IHL Centre and @gpplatform.ch, with @annyssabellal.bsky.social, Prof. Marco Sassòli, @eitandi.bsky.social, Swiss MFA, @icrc.org
mailchi.mp/ihlcentre.or...
What future is this boy walking towards? A statement that the IHL Centre issued today – exactly two years since the onset of the darkest chapter in a long history of violence – addresses the unbearable cost of the hostilities for a generation of children. www.diakonia.se/ihl/news/sta...
Statement - Two Years On: The Unbearable Cost of War for a Generation of Children
This statement marks two years since the Hamas-led attacks in Israel on 7 October 2023. Those attacks and Israel’s large-scale military campaign in the ensuing years entailed serious violations of int...
www.diakonia.se
October 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
What future is this boy walking towards? A statement that the IHL Centre issued today – exactly two years since the onset of the darkest chapter in a long history of violence – addresses the unbearable cost of the hostilities for a generation of children. www.diakonia.se/ihl/news/sta...
IPC Famine Review Committe findings www.ipcinfo.org/fileadmin/us...
August 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
IPC Famine Review Committe findings www.ipcinfo.org/fileadmin/us...
In a note just published by @ejiltalk.bsky.social, I examine and critique Israel’s paridoxical appeal to humanitarian reasoning and language to obscure, justify, and facilitate harmful conduct www.ejiltalk.org/humanitarian...
www.ejiltalk.org
August 22, 2025 at 8:09 AM
In a note just published by @ejiltalk.bsky.social, I examine and critique Israel’s paridoxical appeal to humanitarian reasoning and language to obscure, justify, and facilitate harmful conduct www.ejiltalk.org/humanitarian...
Ezra Klein interviews Philippe Sands about genocide. Well worth listening to. open.spotify.com/episode/0ZBm...
When Is It Genocide?
The Ezra Klein Show · Episode
open.spotify.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Ezra Klein interviews Philippe Sands about genocide. Well worth listening to. open.spotify.com/episode/0ZBm...
Increased construction (of Israeli settlements) alongside mass destruction (of Palestinian homes and infrastructure) – complementary aspects of the same unlawful, criminal, displacement and dispossession of one people by another www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Israel's Smotrich approves settlement splitting East Jerusalem from West Bank
Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich approved plans overnight for a settlement that would split East Jerusalem from the occupied West Bank, a move his office said would bury the idea of a Palestinian state.
www.reuters.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Increased construction (of Israeli settlements) alongside mass destruction (of Palestinian homes and infrastructure) – complementary aspects of the same unlawful, criminal, displacement and dispossession of one people by another www.reuters.com/world/middle...
The most basic provisions of IHL and dictates of human decency prohibit attacks on rescue workers. But in a war where every tabu has already been breached, neither law nor humanity have any sway. www.972mag.com/double-tap-i...
‘Double tap’ airstrikes: How Israel targets Gaza rescue efforts
In the aftermath of bombings, the Israeli army routinely fires on Palestinian rescue workers to prevent them from saving the wounded.
www.972mag.com
July 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The most basic provisions of IHL and dictates of human decency prohibit attacks on rescue workers. But in a war where every tabu has already been breached, neither law nor humanity have any sway. www.972mag.com/double-tap-i...
In @opiniojuris.bsky.social, my colleague Anna-Christina Schmidl and I explain Israel’s systematic disregard of protections set in #IHL, contributing to conditions of life that seem calculated to bring about the physical destruction of Palestinians in Gaza. opiniojuris.org/2025/07/11/t...
The Systematic Destruction of Healthcare in Gaza
[Anna-Christina Schmidl is a legal advisor with the International Humanitarian Law Centre. Eitan Diamond is a manager and senior legal expert at the International Humanitarian Law Centre.] Introduc…
opiniojuris.org
July 11, 2025 at 10:11 AM
In @opiniojuris.bsky.social, my colleague Anna-Christina Schmidl and I explain Israel’s systematic disregard of protections set in #IHL, contributing to conditions of life that seem calculated to bring about the physical destruction of Palestinians in Gaza. opiniojuris.org/2025/07/11/t...
From the people who called killing fields “humanitarian aid” (www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...) now comes “humanitarian city” for concentration camp (www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...), and “humanitarian transit areas” for routes to ethnic cleansing (www.reuters.com/world/middle...).
Defense minister: Israel to concentrate all Gaza population in Rafah 'humanitarian' zone
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www.haaretz.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
From the people who called killing fields “humanitarian aid” (www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...) now comes “humanitarian city” for concentration camp (www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...), and “humanitarian transit areas” for routes to ethnic cleansing (www.reuters.com/world/middle...).
Wise words - in German - from my @ihlcentre.bsky.social colleagues Anna-Christina Schmidl and Elvina Pothelet blog.venro.org/die-bedingun...
Die Bedingungen zur Lieferung von Hilfsgütern in Gaza sind völkerrechtswidrig
Im Gazastreifen genügen die verteilten Hilfsmittel hinten und vorne nicht, um eine Hungerkatastrophe abzuwenden. Weil Israels Regierung ihren humanitären Verpflichtungen nicht nachkommt, muss die inte...
blog.venro.org
July 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Wise words - in German - from my @ihlcentre.bsky.social colleagues Anna-Christina Schmidl and Elvina Pothelet blog.venro.org/die-bedingun...
Some answers from @ihlcentre.bsky.social to questions about legal issues surrounding aid delivery to Gaza www.diakonia.se/ihl/news/qa-...
Q&A: Legal Issues Surrounding Aid Delivery to Gaza
This Q&A seeks to provide a basic guide to some of the legal issues raised by the Israeli-imposed aid delivery scheme in Gaza.
www.diakonia.se
July 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Some answers from @ihlcentre.bsky.social to questions about legal issues surrounding aid delivery to Gaza www.diakonia.se/ihl/news/qa-...
While attention is shifting to another front, the people of Gaza continue to endure conditions threatening their survival. A new publication by @ihlcentre.bsky.social shows that controls Israel has imposed on aid delivery worsen the situation in breach of int'l law. www.diakonia.se/ihl/news/a-l...
A Legal Appraisal of Israel’s Purported Aid Delivery Scheme in Gaza
This publication highlights that the severe limitations and coercive conditions imposed by Israel since May 2025 on the delivery of aid in the Gaza Strip violate several of its obligations under IHL.
www.diakonia.se
June 20, 2025 at 6:47 AM
While attention is shifting to another front, the people of Gaza continue to endure conditions threatening their survival. A new publication by @ihlcentre.bsky.social shows that controls Israel has imposed on aid delivery worsen the situation in breach of int'l law. www.diakonia.se/ihl/news/a-l...
new piece by @janethanderson.bsky.social on @justiceinfo.bsky.social net asks some probing questions about crimes and perpetrators that the ICC has not (yet?) addressed in the Palestine case. Some answers from me inside www.justiceinfo.net/en/146344-ic...
ICC: Shall we talk about the West Bank?
One year after the request for arrest warrants against Hamas and Israeli leaders, the war in Gaza and the colonisation of the West Bank have only intensified. Why is the International Criminal Court n...
www.justiceinfo.net
June 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
new piece by @janethanderson.bsky.social on @justiceinfo.bsky.social net asks some probing questions about crimes and perpetrators that the ICC has not (yet?) addressed in the Palestine case. Some answers from me inside www.justiceinfo.net/en/146344-ic...
Looking forward to presenting about @ihlcentre.bsky.social
's work in Israel-Palestine at Uni of Copenhagen
– please come to say hi if you’re around! jura.ku.dk/icourts/cale...
's work in Israel-Palestine at Uni of Copenhagen
– please come to say hi if you’re around! jura.ku.dk/icourts/cale...
Breakfast Briefing with Eitan Diamond and Anna-Christina Schmid
Shrinking Civic and Humanitarian Space in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
jura.ku.dk
May 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Looking forward to presenting about @ihlcentre.bsky.social
's work in Israel-Palestine at Uni of Copenhagen
– please come to say hi if you’re around! jura.ku.dk/icourts/cale...
's work in Israel-Palestine at Uni of Copenhagen
– please come to say hi if you’re around! jura.ku.dk/icourts/cale...
Still a while till 'Humanitarian displacement? The (mis)appropriation of humanitarian principles to justify mass displacement' comes out in YIHL v 27, but a recorded presentation of it is available here podcasts.ox.ac.uk/humanitarian... and the preprint is here papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
May 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Still a while till 'Humanitarian displacement? The (mis)appropriation of humanitarian principles to justify mass displacement' comes out in YIHL v 27, but a recorded presentation of it is available here podcasts.ox.ac.uk/humanitarian... and the preprint is here papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
A statement from @ihlcentre.bsky.social on a Nakba day at a time of newly unfolding catastrophe www.diakonia.se/ihl/news/sta...
Statement: Grave Concern Over Conditions of Life Threatening Palestinians’ Survival
Amidst unprecedented threats to the continued existence of the Palestinian people, the IHL Centre calls for urgent protective measures to ensure their survival.
www.diakonia.se
May 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A statement from @ihlcentre.bsky.social on a Nakba day at a time of newly unfolding catastrophe www.diakonia.se/ihl/news/sta...
A story from Swiss broadcaster SRF titled “Israel wants to criminalize criticism of its actions” (google’s translation from the original Schweizerdeutsch) includes an interview with me. www.srf.ch/news/interna...
Israel will Kritik an seinem Vorgehen kriminialisieren
Nicht nur die Missbilligung israelischer Aktionen soll verboten werden, auch Hilfswerke sollen massiv behindert werden.
www.srf.ch
May 15, 2025 at 6:52 AM
A story from Swiss broadcaster SRF titled “Israel wants to criminalize criticism of its actions” (google’s translation from the original Schweizerdeutsch) includes an interview with me. www.srf.ch/news/interna...
German news program Monitor investigates the killing of photographer Fatma Hassona against the backdrop of mass displacement and starvation in Gaza. Interviewees include Theodor Meron, Avner Bartov and me www.youtube.com/watch?v=caAu...
Tod in Gaza: Ausgehungert und vertrieben
YouTube video by Monitor
www.youtube.com
May 15, 2025 at 5:49 AM
German news program Monitor investigates the killing of photographer Fatma Hassona against the backdrop of mass displacement and starvation in Gaza. Interviewees include Theodor Meron, Avner Bartov and me www.youtube.com/watch?v=caAu...
Serious journalism, a stark contrast to the Israeli military's coverup www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
Video: Six Deadly Minutes: How Israeli Soldiers Killed 15 Rescue Workers in Gaza
Israel’s military said it was reacting to an immediate threat when it killed 15 medics and first responders in Gaza in March. But eyewitness accounts and an analysis of videos, audio and autopsy repor...
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Serious journalism, a stark contrast to the Israeli military's coverup www.nytimes.com/video/world/...