Head of investigations @Airwars. Former @AFP @newhumanitarian.
Nov 3, 2023 • 21 tweets • 5 min read
In recent days, I have seen many asking ‘how does Israel justify killing so many civilians to kill one man?’
I want to explain the concept of non-civilian cutoff values (NCVs) - essentially the number of civilians a military deems acceptable 'collateral damage' when striking.
Let me start with caveats. NCVs is an American term. There isn’t any public evidence the Israelis use the exact same system, Israeli war lawyers I have spoken say they aren't as explicit.
But their system is based on the US/UK one and so something similar likely exists.
Jun 15, 2022 • 23 tweets • 9 min read
Today after 6 years Mohammed Al-Halabi will face a verdict.
The former head of World Vision in Gaza is accused by Israel of working for Hamas in a trial criticised by the UN.
I am not there sadly but this thread will outline the case and stakes and update later with the verdict
For background I have been following this case closely since Halabi was arrested in 2016, spent days in Gaza digging into it for @AFP and attended perhaps 6-7 court sessions in southern Israel.
Last year I wrote a Guardian longread about the trial.
Breaking: Head of UN agency for Palestinian refugees to “step aside” until corruption probe concludes
.Two top officials have already left the agency but Pierre Krähenbühl had so far refused. He is accused of having a personal relationship with a colleague who was appointed to a $200,000 a year job allegedly without due process
