Nathalie Boehler

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Sep 4, 2024, 2:12 AM

Selective empathy: the Western silence on the execution of six Israeli hostages

A memorial candle showing the slain hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin on a table during a vigil in his memory in Jerusalem. (Leo Correa / AP)

On Sunday morning, Israel woke up to the heartbreaking news that the bodies of six hostages, abducted alive by Hamas on October 7, had been recovered from a tunnel in Rafah, southern Gaza. Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Ori Danino,...

May 23, 2024, 4:22 PM

Assessing ICC’s decision: Do the accusations against Israel form a valid case?

On Monday, May 20, 2024 Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan announced that he is filing applications for warrants of arrest before Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Situation in the "State of Palestine", more precisely...

May 21, 2024, 8:59 PM

How Hamas’ ideology of martyrdom led to the sacrifice of an entire population

Children talk with masked militants from the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, a military wing of Hamas, hold their national flags while marching along the streets of Nusseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Friday, May 28, 2021. Arabic on the headband reads "No God but Allah and Muhammed is his messenger, al-Qassam Brigades". (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

At 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 7, 2023 Hamas launched an unprovoked surprise attack on Israel. Terrorists infiltrated Israel using rockets, paragliders, boats, motorcycles, and other vehicles with a single objective: to murder and kidnap Israelis. This objective resulted...

May 20, 2024, 9:49 AM

The thorny issue of humanitarian aid in Gaza: Who is really responsible ?

In "Anatomy of a Genocide," Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese, accused Israel of "deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring...

May 19, 2024, 5:54 PM

Instead of always blaming Israel, maybe it is time to start condemning Hamas

During the Gulf crisis, Roland Dumas, French Minister of Foreign Affairs, said in September, 1990 that the taking hostage by Iraq of innocent civilians "may be a casus belli". On October 7, 2023 at least 240 Israeli and Foreign...

May 18, 2024, 4:39 PM

About the calling for Israel’s exclusion from Eurovision and alleged genocide

Eurovision this year aroused passions, which led to a demand for a boycott of the 20 years old Israeli candidate Eden Golan and a withdrawal of Israel from the European song contest. The parallel mentioned was that of the...

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About Me

Nathalie Boehler, former journalist in Israel for i24NEWS and doctoral student in public law specialized in International Law, Criminal, Environmental and Humanitarian Law.