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Nov 15, 2024 3 tweets 13 min read Read on X
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:

13 October 2023, Raz Segal, jewishcurrents.org/a-textbook-cas…

15 October 2023: Public Statement: Over 800 Scholars Warn of Potential Genocide in Gaza
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2 November: UN experts call to prevent genocide: un.org/unispal/docume…

16 November: UN experts call to prevent genocide: ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

16 November, William Schabas: ccrjustice.org/sites/default/…

16 November: Holocaust and genocide scholars John Cox, Victoria Sanford, and Barry Trachtenberg declaration, ccrjustice.org/sites/default/…

29 December, South Africa submission to ICJ: icj-cij.org/sites/default/…

29 May, South Africa's dossier of evidence of Israel's genocidal intent, the UN Security Council: tinyurl.com/nb6ua4a5

Martin Shaw, x.com/martinshawx/st…

UN Expert Francesca Albanese, first report on the Genocide (March 2024): ohchr.org/sites/default/…

UN Expert Francesca Albanese, second report on the Genocide (October 2024): documents.un.org/doc/undoc/gen/…

John Quigley, “Legal Standard for Genocide Intent: An Uphill Climb for Israel in Gaza Suit”, 14 March, EJIL: ejiltalk.org/legal-standard…

UK Judges’ and Lawyers’ Open Letter Concerning Gaza, 3 April 2024: lawyersletter.uk

Jinan Bastaki, Gaza, Forced Displacement, and Genocide”, EJIL, April 2024, ejiltalk.org/gaza-forced-di…

Nimer Sultany, “A Threshold Crossed: On Genocidal Intent and the Duty to Prevent Genocide in Palestine”, May 2024: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

University Network for Human Rights report, May 2024: humanrightsnetwork.org/publications/g…

Aryeh Neier, NYRB, 6 June 2024: nybooks.com/articles/2024/…

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/…

Oxfam, Water War Crimes report, July 2024: oxfam.org/en/press-relea…

Omer Bartov, 13 August: theguardian.com/world/article/…

Haaretz, “The Numbers Show: Gaza War Is One of the Bloodiest in the 21st Century”, 14 August: haaretz.com/middle-east-ne…

Maryam Jamshidi, On Genocidal Intent, August: opiniojuris.org/2024/08/02/ref…

Forensic Architecture: cartographic analysis of the genocide in support of South Africa’s case in the ICJ: forensic-architecture.org/investigation/…

AOAV analysis that shows that vast majority of killed in Gaza are civilians: aoav.org.uk/2024/casualtie…

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…

14 November 2024: UN Special Committee Report ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

North Gaza:

9 October 2024: 18 Aid organisations warn of dramatic escalation of humanitarian catastrophe in northern Gaza: oxfam.org.uk/media/press-re…

15 October: 38 organisations: “Northern Gaza is being wiped off the map”: 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…

Amos Goldberg, 18 April 2024, "Yes, it is genocide", thepalestineproject.medium.com/yes-it-is-geno…

"Amount of Israeli bombs dropped on Gaza surpasses that of World War II", 4 June 2024, aa.com.tr/en/middle-east…

UN Expert Michael Fakhri, 17 July 2024: starvation, genocide, colonialism: ohchr.org/en/documents/t…

Nicola Perugini and Neve Gordon, 17 July 2024: "A Legal Justification for Genocide" jewishcurrents.org/human-shields-…

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…
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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
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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
1. Haaretz report in March Image
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2. +972 report in July 972mag.com/israeli-soldie…Image
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"Even if they were just a child"

The horrors of genocide in Gaza Image
"'the line of dead bodies', attracting packs of dogs who come to eat them." Image
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