The pipeline from Jerusalem to The Hague

How a piece of paper can become a parliamentary scandal? Step one: NGO Monitor, a Jerusalem based research institute, publishes a report. The report alleges that Hamas has infiltrated Dutch aid organisations operating in Gaza. The evidence is thin. One example involves a wastewater treatment project that also irrigated…

April 29, 2026 · 6 min

Battle-tested and market-ready: how the arms trade profits from war zones

In September 2023, the Israeli Ministry of Defence released a promotional video for its Iron Sting precision mortar system. The footage, taken from a drone, shows a building in Gaza being obliterated. It isn’t merely a military demonstration; it’s a sales pitch. The message? Our weapons work. And they work because we’v…

June 2, 2025 · 6 min

Europe’s shameful silence: Why the continent fails Gaza

As Israel’s slaughter in Gaza grinds on, now in its twentieth month, with over 45,000 dead, most of them women and children, and nearly every hospital, school, and home reduced to rubble, one might expect Europe, that self-proclaimed bastion of human rights, to muster more than a few limp statements of concern. Instead…

May 9, 2025 · 4 min