BREAKING: The #Gaza Reconstruction Acceleration and Transformation Trust (GREAT), exposed by @washingtonpost, is the twisted brainchild of @BCG, commissioned by @POTUS and @SecRubio to design a great breach of peremptory norms of international law. A short thread:
1/4 The @UN International Law Commission codified in 2022 the peremptory norms of international law (jus cogens), from which no derogation is permitted, to include the prohibition of aggression and genocide, the basic rules of IHL, and the right of self-determination of peoples. The 'GREAT' aims to systemically breach these sacrosanct norms.
@UN 2/4 The foremost aim of 'GREAT' is the the acquisition of Gaza's territory by the use of force - by Israel and the US as co-conspirators - and the suppression of Palestinian political independence and territorial integrity.
3/4 Aggression is defined by UN General Assembly Resolution 3314 as the the use of armed force by a State - in this case by Israel and the US - against the sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence of Palestine, including any annexation, appropriation and exploitation of territory by the 'trust.'
4/4 In the course of perpetrating aggression, 'GREAT' also envisions a grave breach of international humanitarian law: individual or mass forcible transfers, as well as deportations of protected persons within or from occupied territory, which is absolutely prohibited under Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
@UN PS. Partnering in high crimes with 'GREAT' is none else but the 'Gaza Humanitarian Foundation' @GHFUpdates, which will continue to subterfuge the obstruction of humanitarian relief and the use of starvation as a method of warfare.
PPS. Should any of these plans come to pass, Israel and the US would be responsible for gross and systemic breaches of peremptory norms, for which all other States can invoke by lawful countermeasures. In addition, persons responsible for the design and implementation of the 'GREAT' scheme could face international criminal responsibility for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and the crime of aggression.
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