It has been nearly a year since Hamas and other Palestinian resistance fighters broke out of Gaza and the illegal Israeli occupation launched a devastating and genocidal war on Gaza, which has now expanded to all of the Occupied Palestinian Territory and other countries in the region. Many attempts within the United Nations to stop the war and to hold Israel accountable have failed to protect Palestinians, as have other international bodies. Clearing the FOG speaks with human rights lawyer Ousman Noor, who started a petition demanding that an international protection force be established urgently to protect Palestinians. Noor explains how people can use the petition to pressure nations to take action.
Petition: Urgent International Military Protection for Palestinians
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Ousman Noor studied law at SOAS: University of London, and social anthropology at the University of Oxford. I worked as a human rights barrister (lawyer) in London for 9 years, specialising in refugee and detention law, and taught as a Senior Teaching Fellow at SOAS. For 3+ years, I was Government Relations Manager at Stop Killer Robots, a coalition of 250+ NGOs from 70+ countries. Following a personal Tweet calling for an end to occupation, apartheid and ethnic cleansing in Palestine, my employment was terminated.