October 7 - Justice Without Borders

14/06/2026

Our 2025 Activity Report is out!

Tap the following link to access the full version:https://0cd116f1-983f-471a-ae8d-e729b0c381c1.usrfiles.com/ugd/0cd116_e36bfd1cbde345c49dc7e8eccdf3e470.pdf

11/06/2026

✨Meet the O7J Team✨
We are so glad to feature Michalya Schonwald Moss, our Chief Advancement Officer since June 2024.

09/06/2026

Last week we were in Geneva and Zurich. We met with UN officials and Representatives to the UN, Activists, Writers and Publicists on the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict; Leading Attorneys including in restitution of Holocaust assets, experts in Human Trafficking and Women's Rights and with members of the Israeli and Jewish community in Zurich. It was heartwarming and we came back to the field with new energy!

Also out: the O7J 2025 Activity Report soon to be found here and on our website.
Thank you for your support, for being on the side of the truth, for understanding justice matters to victims, and to society as a whole.
We will continue our pursuit, in an independent, non-political manner, representing hundreds of victims directly, pro bono, based on universal values for unconditional humanity in international and domestic courts and UN Human Rights Mechanisms- From Atrocity to Accountability.

07/06/2026

✨Meet the O7J Team✨
We are delighted to feature Yülin Chou, our Law and Policy Fellow since October 2025.

06/06/2026

06/06/2026

Merci à Complément d’enquête pour cet enquête.importante dans notre dossier contre AP et Reuters pour la responsabilité des agences dans leur part dans un élément cléfs de l'attaque sanglante contre des civiles du Nova Festival Victims Memorial une action en dommages en civil devant le tribunal District de Jérusalem. Les agences demandent l'effacement de l'action avant une audience sur le fond. Co-conseils haezrachi Reznik Ressler et yael vias gvirsman pour 5 familles endeuillées.

04/06/2026

We are holding our breath- not all have come home.
Link to article: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-898309

03/06/2026

This article published in מעריב אונליין Maariv Online examines the growing legal and public debate surrounding recognition of victims of “digital terrorism” following the events of 7 October.

Digital terrorism refers to the use of digital platforms and technologies as part of the attack to amplify the impact of terrorist acts through the recording, dissemination, or strategic circulation of violent content in order to intimidate, traumatise, or psychologically harm individuals and wider populations.

The piece highlights the collaboration between October 7 Justice Without Borders and the ICHL Clinic at אוניברסיטת רייכמן - Reichman University, and tens of leading Israeli NGOs bringing together the experiences and identified needs of hundreds of victims alongside legal, technological and evidentiary expertise relating to the digital sphere as a space of harm, accountability and rights.

The initiative draws upon comparative and international legal research in support of proposed legislative reform aimed at recognising and protecting individuals who suffered severe psychological trauma through real-time digital exposure to acts of terrorism.

The article raises important and evolving questions concerning the nature of trauma in the digital age, the legal recognition of remote exposure to mass atrocities, and the responsibility of legal systems to adapt to emerging forms of harm and victimhood.

O7J is proud to be part of this cso-led legislative reform to recognize victims of "digital terrorism" with 121 - מנוע לשינוי חברתי and Reichman University - International School.

Link to read more below: �https://www.maariv.co.il/news/israel/article-1315496

27/05/2026

It is important to revisit the December 2025 op-ed by Att Yael Vias Gvirsman, written before the passage of Israel’s new death penalty law on 30 March 2026 — one of the most significant proposed shifts in Israeli criminal law in decades.
Rather than framing the issue purely in terms of punishment, the article examined what such legislation could mean for Israel’s legal system, democratic principles, and long-term social resilience.
The central argument was that introducing a sweeping or near-mandatory death penalty for terrorism offenses would not strengthen Israeli society or deter terrorism, but will instead cause profound moral, legal, and security-related harm.
The op-ed emphasized that justice requires judicial discretion and individualized responsibility and maintaining fundamental human rights and due process. Even after mass atrocities, historical examples such as South Africa, Rwanda, Bosnia, Kosovo, Nuremberg, and the Eichmann trial demonstrated the importance of careful adjudication rather than automatic or generalized executions.
Att. Yael Vias Gvirsman argued that the fundamental question is not whether certain crimes are horrific enough to deserve the harshest punishment, but whether irreversible punishment should ever become automatic, systematized or stripped of meaningful judicial restraint. Justice not Revenge should be the leading value.
The article ultimately focused on the broader values at stake for Israeli society after October 7, concluding with a reflection that remains deeply relevant:
“We should not be focusing on who to kill, but on who we want to be as a nation.”

Please find the link to the full op-ed here:�https://www.zman.co.il/647646/

21/05/2026

✨Happy Shavuot from the O7J team, tune in for upcoming “Meet the Team” series.✨