Jørgen Jensehaugen

Yara kjøper Dødehavsmineraler av omstridt israelsk selskap Den norske giganten vil gjøre ny vurdering etter oljefond-avsløringene.

Godt å se at stadig flere medier følger opp med dekning av norske investeringer i de okkuperte områdene. www.nrk.no/urix/yara-kj...

Even if you think genocide is not the right word, you should be able to see why people use it: the scale of devastation, death, blockade.
If you can't, and you are offended, then either
1. You've kept yourself ignorant
2. You don't care if it's true or not
3. You think Palestinians deserve it

Israeli military used 500lb bomb in strike on Gaza cafe, fragments reveal Exclusive: Experts say use of heavy munition in Monday’s strike that killed dozens may constitute a war crime

“The Israeli military used a [230kg] bomb – a powerful and indiscriminate weapon that generates a massive blast wave and scatters shrapnel over a wide area – when it attacked a target in a crowded beachfront cafe in Gaza on Monday”

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Is a Gaza ceasefire around the corner?
The question exhausts me because the answer is that I don't know, and it is far too late. The offical Palestinian deathtoll stands at over 57.000, with research points to 40% underreporting.
And this, this is the food situation in Gaza.

Nytt Babylon ute! I artikkelen Skyggekrigen mot UNRWA etter 7. oktober 2023 viser @kgberg.bsky.social & jeg hvordan Israel undergravde UNRWAs legitimitet. Det beredte grunnen for den katastrofen som er Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

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UN says Israel's 'weaponisation of food' in Gaza constitutes a war crime "Israel's militarised humanitarian assistance mechanism is in contradiction with international standards on aid distribution," a spokesman for the UN human rights body said Tuesday, noting that more…

I found it difficult to not reach this conclusion.

UNRWA chief says cash flow crisis may force him into 'unprecedented decision' The head of the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency said on Tuesday he may have to take an "unprecedented decision" about the services it provides if funding is not found soon to ease a cash flow crisis.

This is very serious! www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Violent and Nonviolent Death Tolls for the Gaza War: New Primary Evidence High-quality war mortality estimates, such as those that were produced for Kosovo, Iraq, and Darfur (1-3) play a critical role in illuminating the human cost of war. During the tumult of war they are,...

What is Gazas real deathtoll?
New study confirms previous findings that official figures are almost 40% too low. Already on 5 January 2025 the real number of deaths was probably 75.200. The study confirms that 56.2% of killed are women, children&elderly

B'Tselem reminds us of what Israel is doing in Gaza while attention is on the war with Iran:

This is the food situation in Gaza. Source OCHA-OPT

A grim poll shows most Jewish Israelis support expelling Gazans. It's brutal – and true ***

This is the grim reality - in Israel, support for ethnic cleansing is the norm.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Reported impact snapshot | Gaza Strip (28 May 2025) | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Occupied Palestinian Territory Figures that are yet-to-be verified by the UN are attributed to their source. Casualty numbers have been provided by the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Israeli authorities. The fatality breakdowns c...

The OCHA brief for Gaza should be read daily.
54.000 killed, with credible estimates suggesting that this is 40% below real number.
470.000 facing catastrophic food insecurity.

Hunger, Displacement, and Occupation in Gaza – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) Outside Gaza, aid convoys are lined up. Food. Water. Medicine. The trucks are not allowed into Gaza because Israel is using humanitarian aid as a polit ...

Forced displacement is now official Israel policy, and the refugees will not be allowed to return after the fighting. And all the while Israel is enforcing a policy of starvation against Gaza.
My latest PRIO blogpost.

Utenfor Gaza står nødhjelpskonvoier i kø Nok en gang erklærer Israels statsminister at krigen i Gaza skal trappes opp. Denne gangen med et enda dystrere bakteppe. Det mange lenge har fryktet, blir nå tydeliggjort som offisiell politikk – okk...

Status Gaza blir stadig verre. Utenfor står nødhjelpen, men den slipper ikke inn. Det er villet politikk.
Min spalte i Panorama Nyheter

Utenfor Gaza står nødhjelpskonvoier i kø Nok en gang erklærer Israels statsminister at krigen i Gaza skal trappes opp. Denne gangen med et enda dystrere bakteppe. Det mange lenge har fryktet, blir nå tydeliggjort som offisiell politikk – okk...

Status Gaza blir stadig verre. Utenfor står nødhjelpen, men den slipper ikke inn. Det er villet politikk.
Min spalte i Panorama Nyheter

Press freedom continues to decline internationally.
In the Middle East Gaza is the most dangerous place to be a journalist, and Israel falls 11 places - to 112th in the world.
Also Jordan and Tunisia drop significantly.

@heissenstat.bsky.social these works on UNRWA, as you asked, are core:

Most read articles from Journal of Palestine Studies Explore the most read and downloaded articles published in Journal of Palestine Studies

It's a bit unreal to be on the Journal of Palestine Studies' list of most read articles "of all time", but there I am!
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"Capa...depicted Israel as a heroic nation of Holocaust survivors and victors of war, while the Palestinians and the Nakba were hidden from view. Capa’s vision was important because he was an internationally renowned photographer who was not an official Israeli propagandist..."

Photographing 1948: Robert Capa’s Absent Palestinians Visually speaking, Robert Capa made Israel. Through that act he erased Palestine. The vision Capa developed of Israel is captured in the 303 published photographs that he took over the course of th...

Portraying Palestine in a way that obscures Palestinian presence has a long history. Robert Capa, the greatest war photographer of his age, was a trendsetter in that regard.

Road to October 7 In Road to October 7, Erik Skare argues that Palestinian Islamism is far more complex and dynamic than generally assumed. The phenomenon has continuously developed through disputes between moderates a...

Having been fortunate enough to read @erikskare.no's new book on Palestinian Islamism, I can clearly state that it is a must read for anyone interested in understanding the multiple Palestinian Islamist groups and the developments within and between them.

Check out our newest policy brief on mediation in regionalized conflicts.
Lots of interesting insights from multiple case-studies.

Consequences of the Israeli UNRWA Ban – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) MidEast Policy Brief

While the implementation of Israel's UNRWA ban has been slower than we feared, the current Israeli policies are very much in line with what we predicted.

Israels gamle drøm om Gaza Israelske ledere har ønsket seg Gaza i flere tiår. Med Trump er veien plutselig kortere.

Les denne! Trude Strand med et dystert eksempel på hvordan historiefaget kan brukes for å sette samtiden i perspektiv.

My new Research Professor title will take some time getting used to!
While the title is personal, it has been a team effort. So big thanks to supervisors, co-authors, editors, peer-reviewers (even the # 2s), archivists and funders.

The losers and worse losers of Trump’s tariffs on the Middle East and North Africa Algeria, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Libya, Syria and Tunisia are hit hard by Washington's sweeping imposition of duties based on trade deficit formula

Syria lacks the money to buy foreign goods and thus has a trade defecit with the US. They are therefore hit by a 41% tariff!

Want to learn more about how to defend democracy? Check out @idarudolfsen.bsky.social and mine course this fall at @prioresearch.bsky.social

This fall PRIO will be hosting a brand new PhD-level course on Mass mobilization and democratization with @mariannedahl.bsky.social & @idarudolfsen.bsky.social
Apply by 4. May!

The Consequences and Prospects of Israel’s Ban of UNRWA As the UN agency’s operations continue to be obstructed, its outright ban will continue the perpetuation of severe human suffering and have multidimensional ramifications, from illegality on the inter...

As Israel once again pounds Gaza the UNRWA ban looms in the background as something that can be implemented at any time, with disastrous consequences. Our latest in The Cairo Review

Netanyahu has not allowed any food, water, or fuel into Gaza in two weeks.

Now he has resumed bombing, killing hundreds of people and breaking the ceasefire that had given Gaza a chance to live again.

NO MORE MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL.