AS of November 2023, the Gaza Health Ministry reported that around 15,000 people had been killed in the war with Israel and the death toll continues to rise. According to Care International, a global humanitarian agency, a staggering 70 per cent of the people killed in Gaza are women and children. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees in the Near East is facing a severe lack of funds and facilities as around 250,000 internally-displaced persons are seeking shelter. According to estimates by UN Women, 50,000 women in Gaza are pregnant, and about 5,000 women are scheduled to give birth in December. Needless to say, the current war between Israel and Palestine has disregarded basic humanitarian needs and the rights of innocent civilians.
Despite decades of efforts by world leaders and organisations to broker peace between the two countries, the Israel-Palestine conflict has only grown more violent and destructive. With no end in sight to the war, innocent nationals on both sides are bearing the brunt of it. However, the current loss and destruction faced by Palestinians is incomparable, and the devastation that the war has caused to the psyche and lives of the most vulnerable of its citizens—women, children and the elderly—is irreversible. The impact of the war has been particularly brutal on Palestinian women, who continue their resistance against the settlers, while losing their sons and daughters, among other loved ones.
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The 'Invisible' Dalits
The debate over sub-categorisation of castes is likely to shape the political discourse in the upcoming state elections
Caste Census: To Conquer Or Conserve?
The caste census is generating heated debate, but even its most ardent proponents are not able to articulate a plan about how to use the resulting data
THE FATEFUL COMEDY
Actor-director Rajat Kapoor talks about adapting Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov into a Hindi play
Mad Hatter
When a leader takes off his topi and holds it in his hands while appealing for votes, it signals something extraordinary
Circle Within Circles
The caste question in Muslims.
Backward March
The Maratha reservation question may continue to mire the next government in the state
The 69% Exception
Quota within quota: lessons to be learned from Tamil Nadu
United Indifference
The perils of tweaking tribal identities
Two Nations, Two Destinies
The widely differing balance of power between the military and civilian leadership in India and Pakistan has significantly impacted democracy in the two countries
Crème de la Crème
The mainstream society thinks reservations are against right to equality. It’s high time they are seen in the context of right to justice.