Ex gratia compensation

Gaza compensation: A controversial idea to free Israel from the war crimes debate - analysis

Ex gratia payments to some Palestinians will not solve Israel’s legitimacy problems - but many smart Israeli legal minds think it could be a start.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Palestinians rally to mark the fifth anniversary of the ‘Mavi Marmara’ flotilla, in Gaza City port, May 31, 2015.
Palestinians live among the ruins of their destroyed homes after returning to the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, February 8, 2026

Israeli officials consider paying some Gazan war victims to rebuild global legitimacy - exclusive

Officials raised a controversial idea to free Israel from the black and white debate of war crimes without admitting criminal fault, starting the painstaking process of rebuilding Israeli legitimacy.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
BARBARA COLE

Making artful waves

Barbara Cole’s underwater photographs give a feeling of buoyancy or weightlessness to everyone who looks at them.

|ByBARRY DAVIS