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A UN-sponsored independent inquiry into Israel’s conduct in Palestine reported Monday that Israel has committed the international crime of genocide amid its military operations in the Gaza Strip.
A 72-page legal analysis from the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory found that Israeli forces have committed genocidal acts against Palestinians in Gaza, including killing or seriously harming members of the group, as well as bringing about conditions of life “calculated to bring about [Gazans’] physical destruction in whole or in part” and preventing births among the population. To support its conclusions, the commission cited that 60,199 Palestinians have been killed since the October 7 attacks on Israel, that life expectancy in Gaza dropped precipitously from 75.5 to 40.5 years, and that 46 percent of Palestinians killed were women or children. The panel also highlighted direct attacks on maternity wards and Gaza’s largest IVF clinic.
Additionally, the commission concluded that Israeli officials have demonstrated incitement to genocide, specifically naming President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and former defence minister Yoav Gallant. The panel referenced Herzog’s comment that an entire nation was responsible for the October 7 attacks, Gallant’s comment that Israel was fighting “human animals” and must “act accordingly,” as well as Netanyahu’s comparison of Gazans to the Amalekites—who were singled out for destruction in the Hebrew Bible. Netanyahu and Gallant are facing arrest warrants from the International Criminal Court (ICC) for using starvation as a method of war and crimes against humanity.
Navi Pillay, the Commission of Inquiry’s chair, said upon the report’s release:
Under the Genocide Convention and the Rome Statute of the ICC, genocide is committed when specific acts, like killing members of a group, are undertaken with the intention of destroying a group in whole or in part. In order to establish that a genocide has occurred, international tribunals must conclude that the underlying acts took place and that they were committed with the intention of destroying a group.
Israel is a party to the Genocide Convention but not a party to the Rome Statute. The ICC still exercises jurisdiction over Gaza owing to the State of Palestine’s accession to the Rome Statute.
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A 72-page legal analysis from the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory found that Israeli forces have committed genocidal acts against Palestinians in Gaza, including killing or seriously harming members of the group, as well as bringing about conditions of life “calculated to bring about [Gazans’] physical destruction in whole or in part” and preventing births among the population. To support its conclusions, the commission cited that 60,199 Palestinians have been killed since the October 7 attacks on Israel, that life expectancy in Gaza dropped precipitously from 75.5 to 40.5 years, and that 46 percent of Palestinians killed were women or children. The panel also highlighted direct attacks on maternity wards and Gaza’s largest IVF clinic.
Additionally, the commission concluded that Israeli officials have demonstrated incitement to genocide, specifically naming President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and former defence minister Yoav Gallant. The panel referenced Herzog’s comment that an entire nation was responsible for the October 7 attacks, Gallant’s comment that Israel was fighting “human animals” and must “act accordingly,” as well as Netanyahu’s comparison of Gazans to the Amalekites—who were singled out for destruction in the Hebrew Bible. Netanyahu and Gallant are facing arrest warrants from the International Criminal Court (ICC) for using starvation as a method of war and crimes against humanity.
Navi Pillay, the Commission of Inquiry’s chair, said upon the report’s release:
Israel’s UN delegation in Geneva vehemently rejected the report as an attempt by a nonjudicial body to demonize the State of Israel. The delegation claimed that the “cherry-picked” facts cited were falsehoods spread by Hamas and that the commission ignored atrocities committed by Hamas. Israel’s delegation also called for the Commission’s disestablishment, saying, “The Commission has proven time and again that it is not an independent and impartial human rights mechanism, but a hotbed of activism engaged in lawfare against Israel.”
Under the Genocide Convention and the Rome Statute of the ICC, genocide is committed when specific acts, like killing members of a group, are undertaken with the intention of destroying a group in whole or in part. In order to establish that a genocide has occurred, international tribunals must conclude that the underlying acts took place and that they were committed with the intention of destroying a group.
Israel is a party to the Genocide Convention but not a party to the Rome Statute. The ICC still exercises jurisdiction over Gaza owing to the State of Palestine’s accession to the Rome Statute.
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