Israel / Hamas War

Stay informed on the continuing crisis between Israel and Hamas with these online resources:

Q&A's From Experts

• 7 big questions about the Israel-Hamas war, answered
• What’s happening in Israel and Gaza? What is Hamas? A really simple guide
• Explainer: What war crimes laws apply to the Israel-Palestinian conflict?
• Israel’s War on Hamas—What to Expect Next
• How did Israeli intelligence miss Hamas’ preparations to attack? A US counterterrorism expert explains how Israeli intelligence works
• Understanding the Dynamics of the Hostage Crisis
• What is the Palestinian Authority and what is its relationship with Israel?

Congressional Research Service Reports

• Israel and Hamas: Major Conflict After Surprise Attacks (Oct. 10, 2023)

• The Palestinians: Overview, Aid, and U.S. Policy Issues (May 24, 2023)

• Israel: Major Issues and U.S. Relations (Sept. 27, 2023)

• The Palestinians: Background and U.S. Relations (Oct. 27, 2022)

• Israel and the Palestinians: Chronology of a Two-State Solution (June 30, 2020)

The Iran Primer (From the United States Institute for Peace)

• U.S.: The Iran Threat & Options

• Israeli-Hamas War: Iran Comments

• Israel-Hamas War: U.S. and Europe on Iran Role

From HeinOnline

• A Brief Overview of the Israeli-Hamas War So Far (posted 10-11-2023)

Human Rights Reports

• Al-Haq, Annual Report on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, 1989.
• UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Israeli Practices towards the Palestinian People and the Question of Apartheid, 2017.
• UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Concluding Observations on the Combined Seventeenth to Nineteenth Reports of Israel, 2019.
• Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, Joint Submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied Since 1967, 2020.
• Human Rights Watch, A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution, 2021.
• B’Tselem, A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This Is Apartheid, 2021.

• Links gathered from GBS Library: https://gbslibguides.glenbrook225.org/israelgaza2023
• Links gathered from Harvard University's Center for Middle Eastern Studies: https://cmes.fas.harvard.edu/news/readings-and-digital-resources-palestine
• Links gathered from Hofstra University Library: https://libguides.hofstra.edu/c.php?g=323332&p=10006551
• Links gathered from March Library: https://episcopalhighschool.libguides.com/israel-hamas-2023