The Media Accountability Project  

"It should be clear that not all the Israelis were killed by Hamas given the use of the “Hannibal Directive” on October 7, as recently exposed by Haaretz on July 7th.The Hannibal Directive was ordered across the Gaza Division network, stating, "Not a single vehicle can return to Gaza." This directive was understood by the military to mean that extreme measures would be taken, even at the expense of the lives of kidnapped individuals."

"While I am glad the Globe and Mail are covering the ICJ decision, your article and its headline not only downplay the ICJ findings but outright misrepresent them. While this is a wire article, the Globe and Mail should, as is common, modify the headline to make clear that ICJ did not merely find that 'Israeli settlements' in Palestinian territories violate international law, but rather that 'the State of Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory [which includes the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem, not merely settlements] is unlawful.' To frame the ICJ opinion as being specifically about settlement policy, rather than about occupation in a much larger sense, is to fundamentally mischaracterize the nature of this ruling for your readers."