Gaza and the Growing Momentum to Prosecute Environmental Crimes

In a recent interview with Al Jazeera Newshour, Kate Mackintosh, executive director of UCLA Law Promise Institute Europe, discussed the devastating environmental impact of armed conflict, with a focus on Israel’s attacks against Gaza’s once-thriving agricultural industry. She underscored how the destruction of Gaza's agricultural sector reflects a broader pattern of environmental damage as a strategic target in warfare.  

"The scale of destruction has been extreme in such a short time frame," Mackintosh noted. Such environmental devastation not only threatens the lives and livelihoods of local communities, causing harm to health and property, it is also disrupting local economies and has long-term implications for global ecosystems and biodiversity.