There is an increasing consensus that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza because the evidence is overwhelming. Here is a reminder of some of the available and useful resources: An initial syllabus:
UN Commission of Inquiry, 10 June: Detailed findings on the military operations and attacks carried out in the Occupied Palestinian Territory from 7 October to 31 December 2023: ohchr.org/sites/default/…
10 October 2024: UN Commission of Inquiry: Israel’s destruction of the health system in Gaza ohchr.org/en/press-relea…
8 November 2024: UN Commission of Inquiry: 70 percent of verified victims (October - 30 April) were children and women: ohchr.org/en/documents/r…
12 November 2024: 8 aid organisations of the systematic violation ICJ orders on humanitarian assistance, thereby establishing genocidal intent: oxfam.org/en/press-relea…
1 November: statement by 15 UN and humanitarian organisations: bit.ly/40pLGqx
Supplement to the syllabus on Israeli genocide in Gaza:
"Statement of Scholars in Holocaust and Genocide Studies on Mass Violence in Israel and Palestine since 7 October", 9 December 2023, contendingmodernities.nd.edu/global-current……
Forensic Architecture, 7 March 2024, "Humanitarian Violence: Israel’s Abuse of Preventative Measures in its 2023-2024 Genocidal Military Campaign in the Occupied Gaza Strip", content.forensic-architecture.org/wp-content/upl……
B'Tselem, August 2024, "Welcome to Hell: The Israeli Prison System as a Network of Torture Camps" btselem.org/sites/default/……
Meron Rappoport, 17 September 2024, "A plan to liquidate northern Gaza is gaining steam" 972mag.com/northern-gaza-……
Al-Haq, PCHR, Al-Mezan, "As Israel’s Genocide in Gaza Passes the One-Year Mark, International Inaction Fuels Renewed Wave of Genocidal Violence against Palestinians", alhaq.org/advocacy/24756……
VOX, 25 October 24, "Is Israel committing genocide? Reexamining the question, a year later": vox.com/politics/37891……
Amos Goldberg, 29 October 24, "What is happening in Gaza is a genocide because Gaza does not exist anymore", Le Monde, lemonde.fr/en/opinion/art……
Haaretz, 6 November 2024, North Gaza: "'A Siege Within a Siege': How Israel's Army Blocks Aid to Tens of Thousands of Gazans", archive.ph/a3Arn
HRW, 14 November, "“Hopeless, Starving, and Besieged”: Israel’s Forced Displacement of Palestinians in Gaza" hrw.org/report/2024/11……
William Schabas, "Top genocide scholar calls Starmer and Lammy ‘hypocrites’ over Gaza stance," 18 November, middleeasteye.net/news/top-genoc……
UN Special Committee warns General Assembly, 19 November, "A genocide is unfolding before our eyes: History will not forgive our inaction", ohchr.org/en/statements-……
ICC, 21 November, "Situation in the State of Palestine: ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I rejects the State of Israel’s challenges to jurisdiction and issues warrants of arrest for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant" icc-cpi.int/news/situation……
-- Crucial legal background for period before the genocide:
ICJ, "Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem", 19 July 2024, icj-cij.org/case/186/advis…
It is welcome that @genocide_watch joins the increasing consensus that recognises that Israel is committing genocide. For an organisation committed to "prevention" the statement comes a year late. 2/
2nd problem is that it (a) asserts without evidence, citing in a link a propaganda group (the Defamation League!) that Hamas' intent is to destroy the "Jewish people"; (b) borrows from Netanyahu's propaganda is the reference to "existential threat". Yet: 3/
As Israel continues its genocidal attack on North Gaza and burns Kamal Adwan hospital. Here is a reminder of the AP report in Nov on Israel's attacks on hospitals and the findings of the UN Commission of Inquiry in Oct. re systematic attack on health care: 1/5
"The AP spent months gathering accounts of the raids on al-Awda, Indonesian and Kamal Adwan Hospitals... It found that Israel has presented little or even no evidence of a significant Hamas presence..." 2
The UN Commission of Inquiry (October): "The Commission finds that Israel has implemented a concerted policy to destroy the health-care system of Gaza... collective punishment..." 3
To recap: we have now at least 3 reports based on Israeli soldiers' testimonies that say that Israel's numbers about "combatants" killed are fabricated: 1/4