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Israeli Obliteration = Ecocide from Gaza to Lebanon and Beyond
By :Dr. Dan Steinbock, The Guardian
02 May 2026
Obliteration Ecocide from Gaza to Lebanon and Beyond Lebanon accuses Israel of committing ecocide in country since 2023. It is an extension of Israel’s destruction of Gaza – and its obliteration doctrine.     Israeli military aggression has “reshaped both the physical and ecological landscape” of southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese report (which
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Gaza Recovery and Reconstruction: WB, EU & UN Estimate Costs @ $71.4 Billion
By :Press and information team - Office of the European Union Representative (West Bank and Gaza Strip, UNRWA)
21 April 2026
Final Gaza Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment estimates $71.4 billion for recovery and reconstruction   In a detailed report rich in passive voice description of loss and damage incurred through Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, a new World Bank-EU-UN recovery and reconstruction prospectus does not mention liability or reparations. Israel’s genocide, Hamas
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Israel Razing Entire Cities in Lebanon
By :Sprinter Press Agency
20 April 2026
The current situation in the almost completely destroyed by Israel city of Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon, where about 30,000 people still lived at the beginning of the year.   Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon, where about 30,000 people still lived at the beginning of the year. The videos below show the city
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Lebanon: IDF-imposed “Yellow Forward Defence Line”
By :Jordi Bou, Graphic News
20 April 2026
IDF reveals forward defence line in southern Lebanon The Israeli military has released a map of a new deployment line in southern Lebanon, bringing dozens of villages into its control zone just days after a ceasefire with Hezbollah took effect.     In its statement, the Israeli military referred for the first time to
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Lebanon: Israel Has Destroyed 40K Homes
By :Lili Gerjes, en Nahhar
16 April 2026
Lebanon faces unprecedented surge in housing destruction amid intensifying 2026 conflict A new national report reveals tens of thousands of homes damaged across Lebanon amid rapidly intensifying conflict, raising urgent questions over reconstruction, funding, and the country’s economic future.     The National Council for Scientific Research described the rising destruction in Lebanon as
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Humanitarian Shelter and Displacement Report
By :OCHA
10 April 2026
Humanitarian Situation Report | 10 April 2026 Summary  In the northern West Bank, Israeli forces extended for two months a military order that further prolongs the displacement from three refugee camps of over 33,000 people since January 2025.   Another 5,700 Palestinians have been displaced because of settler attacks and access restrictions since January
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UN Risks “imminent financial collapse,” Secretary General Warns
By :Maia Davies and Imogen Foulkes, BBC
30 January 2026
UN risks `imminent financial collapse`, secretary general warns António Guterres said the organisation`s money could run out by July   The United Nations is at risk of “imminent financial collapse” due to member states not paying their fees, the body`s head has warned.   António Guterres said the UN faced a financial crisis which was
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US Gaza Plan: Forced Ghettoisation, Annexation, Mass Ddetention, Resource Plunder
By :Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor
03 December 2025
US plan in Gaza: forced ghettoisation, annexation, mass detention, resource plunder     Palestinian Territory – The consequences of the US plan to support dividing the Gaza Strip into green and red zones separated by a yellow military line carry grave risks, including the effective displacement of Palestinians from their homes and the transformation
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“New Gaza” Initiative to Move 2 million Palestinians
By :Ron Ben-Yishai, Y-net News
01 December 2025
Israeli occupation forces [referred to as IDF in this article] try to control the narrative of its genocide in Palestine while a US-backed `New Gaza` pilot in Rafah moves slowly forward. The term “resistance fighters” here replaces the author’s use of the word “terrorists”—HLRN.     US `New Gaza` initiative seeks to move
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New Commission of Inquiry on Palestine and Israel
By :OHCHR
28 November 2025
Human Rights Council President appoints Members of the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel   GENEVA - The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Jürg Lauber (Switzerland), has appointed Srinivasan Muralidhar (India), Florence Mumba (Zambia) and Chris Sidoti (Australia), to serve as members of the United Nations
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Documents (31)

Document Title

Publication Date

Validation Meeting on the CCIAJT Application Findings

21 May 2025

Climate Finance in Morocco (matrix)

23 April 2025

Yenişehir Housing Project for Earthquake Survivors

15 February 2023

Israeli Apartheid: Tool of Zionist Settler Colonialism

27 December 2022

Housing and Property Restitution in Middle East and North Africa

30 November 2022

الإنتقال من العمل الخيري والإغاثة إلى التنمية (أسئلة أستراتيجية)

21 September 2022

الإنتقال من العمل الخيري والإغاثة إلى التنمية (العدالة)

20 September 2022

الإنتقال من العمل الخيري والإغاثة إلى التنمية" (المقدمة)

18 September 2022

الإنتقال من العمل الخيري والإغاثة إلى التنمية (مبادرة الاراضي العربية)

18 September 2022

Human Rights Related to Habitat (Land, Housing, Population Transfer, Natural Resources) in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara

16 March 2022

تقرير جديد: الأرض وسط الجائحة

11 December 2020

"A Pandemic of Violations"

05 October 2020

Commission of Inquiry into Post-election Violence

05 December 2018

الحق في المدينة في بيروت الكبرى: تقييم السياق في ضوء أزمة اللاجئين والنازحين

23 April 2018

Human Rights Habitat Observatory

10 July 2017

“Sanctuary in the City: Beirut” Workshop Beirut

24 May 2017

Report of fourth “Sanctuary in the City: Beirut” Workshop Beirut May 2017

05 May 2017

برنامج ورشة العمل الأولى لمشروع الملجأ في المدينة،بيروت

21 December 2016

ملاحظات تمهيدية، الملجأ في المدينة، بيروت

21 December 2016

الحكومات المحلية والمجتمعات المستضيفة تجاه أزمة اللاجئين، الملجأ في المدينة، بيروت

21 December 2016

نماذج عملية للحق في المدينة، الملجأ في المدينة، بيروت

21 December 2016

The Role of Local Government in Addressing the Impact of Syrian Refugees: Jordan Case Study

03 June 2016

Sanctuary in the City: Beirut

01 June 2016

HIC Comments on Habitat III Issue Papers

31 July 2015

العراق: قانون هيئة دعاوي الملكية

09 March 2010

المبادئ الأساسية والمبادئ التوجيهية المتعلقة بعمليات الإخلاء والترحيل بدافع التنمية

05 February 2007

Principes de base et directives concernant les expulsions et les déplacements liés au développement, A/HRC/4/18

05 February 2007

Housing and property restitution in the context of the return of refugees and internally displaced persons, E/CN.4/Sub.2/2005/17

28 June 2005

S/RES/520 (1982)

17 September 1982

Right to the City in Greater Beirut p

01 January 1970

Right to the City in Greater Beirut p

01 January 1970

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